Sad realy, many of those loppy lefties could see this coming, but still let's bet on everything going fine.
The big question is how will this effect the right's attitude towards drilling in Alaska?

All that I can add is that in 1960 about 5% of US gdp went on infrastructure, in 2000 it was less than 2%. Another pointer that government is not in it for the long haul, as sadly we are.

Prof. Walt Brasch

I was startled by the Australian National Broadcaster's definition of the Gulf coast’s oil spill as ”The American's oil Spill”, as if the ocean had walls separating its water from that of other oceans and the Americans were the only people bound to suffer from it.

You similarly say “the nation's worst environmental disaster”.

The right definition is ‘The world’s worst environmental disaster caused by criminals in the United States of America”

We keep forgetting that there is only one planet, with one atmosphere, one body of waters and one land mass to care for, and we will fail in keeping this planet together unless we get rid of the ‘Politicians’ among us.