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Top story this week, Oil Slick News. Well Andy, when we left the Bugle two

weeks ago, oil was pumping into the ocean off the Louisiana coast and everyone was

talking about it. Well, 14 days later, nothing has really changed, other than the

human response going from shock to depressed resignation. The leak is still

pumping out oil like John Grisham pumps out novels indiscriminately and on

an almost incomprehensible scale. At the time of the place for oil, Andy, most

of the time that place is under the ground. It is not, I repeat, not all over a

dead fish. Unless the dead fishing question is a seared tuner and the oil in

question was squeezed out of an Italian olive. A little joke to remind you of last week

there, Andy. They don't need a lot of seared tuner fish down there, John.

Really? Not a great deal, no. A little bit of seabass. Oh yeah? But not a lot of

tuner going on. One next time I'll do that Joe Candel, substitute the tuner for

the bass. Do that. The Obama administration has responded this week to

public concerns that they are not doing enough, making it clear that they're

trying everything from drilling relief wells to firing in mud, golf balls and

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