WHILE the BP Gulf of Mexico disaster continues to dominate world media attention, the response of the offshore oil exploration companies appears to be self-preservation, dodging responsibility and denial.

A SCANDAL involving sex, drugs and offshore oil drilling has emerged.

PALIN is suddenly the most searched name on the internet. No wonder America’s left-liberal media is in a panic. And, surprise, surprise, their loyal Irish and British troops are regurgitating a stream of cultural sneers entirely imitative of their big brothers at The New York Times.

President Hugo Chavez’s government took over Venezuela’s last remaining privately run oil fields today, intensifying a decisive struggle with Big Oil over one of the world’s most lucrative deposits.

TO hell with Big Oil.