The one constant theme underlying all the elements that could have and/or did lead to the BP Gulf oil spill is the mendacious corporate servitude of the Republican party, their leaders and policies. The arrogance and recklessness of BP and its oily partners gestated wildly under the Bush/Cheney administration and little is changing significantly under Obama.

It wasn’t just that Sarah Palin couldn’t think of any SCOTUS decision she disapproved of. It’s that she couldn’t think of the decision she said she disapproved of in June.