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June 18, 2010

A time to be angry and sad, apparently

Ian Somerhalder, actor, notices something about the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

"Coming from the entertainment world, I'm really shaken by how quiet Hollywood is," Somerhalder, 31, tells E! Online. "And I say that out of respect for my peers and colleagues, but I'm really bummed that no one is really coming up to help the situation. This is ground zero right now. This place is going to need money, that is the bottom line."

Their silence is the surest sign the Left blames Obama for the disaster.

Also: Ha ha.

Tourism chiefs in New Orleans are set to launch a cheeky 'anti-British' advertising campaign to lure tourists - paid for with $5million of oil giant BP.

If BP were still British Petroleum I might care. As it stands, BP represents everything I have come to loathe about UK plc.

And then: John Derbyshire: "The infantile optimism of post-JFK America may have met its match down there in the Gulf. Nature is not mocked."

Click through at the risk of harshing your buzz. Anyone have the over/under on this thing still gushing oil when Obama's time to stand for re-election rolls around?

Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 18, 2010 11:28 AM

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