{"id":5461,"date":"2010-07-19T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=5461"},"modified":"2014-03-03T10:31:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T15:31:04","slug":"2010-half-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/anonymous_banker\/07\/19\/2010-half-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 Half Year In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
We threw everything at it. Trash, dog hair, \u201ccontainment domes.\u201d We even called in Kevin Costner\u2019s goofy ping-pong ball machine. But the oil kept on gushing. Only BP\u2019s lies could keep up. BP first reported 210,000 gallons were spurting out a day, if that. The latest estimate is between 1.5 and 2.5 million gallons were leaking into the Gulf. (Or one 1989 Exxon Valdez catastrophe every 4-7 days.) We are holding our breath that BP finally capped the leak last Thursday, but you\u2019ll understand if we\u2019re still a tad skeptical.<\/p>\n