{"id":673,"date":"2010-05-27T11:35:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T11:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/05\/did-top-kill-get-the-real-hole.html"},"modified":"2010-05-27T11:35:56","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T11:35:56","slug":"did-top-kill-get-the-real-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/roddreher\/2010\/05\/did-top-kill-get-the-real-hole.html","title":{"rendered":"Did top-kill get the real oil spill hole?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oil industry expert Matt Simmons makes a pretty disturbing case for why the leak BP is showing on its video could not be the real leak &#8212; which he argues from the evidence is far worse than what they&#8217;re letting on. Watch:<object width=\"420\" height=\"245\" id=\"msnbc978ff4\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=37363529&#038;width=420&#038;height=245\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc978ff4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" FlashVars=\"launch=37363529&#038;width=420&#038;height=245\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"opaque\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 420px;\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\">breaking news<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\">world news<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the WaPo reports that a group of scientists is saying that<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/05\/27\/AR2010052701957.html?hpid=topnews\"> the amount of oil spilled is far, far worse than we&#8217;ve been told. <\/a> On the bright side, BP preliminarily reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-oil-spill-top-kill-20100528,0,5782115.story\">the top-kill maneuver has at least temporarily stopped the oil flow<\/a>. I hope it&#8217;s true, but I don&#8217;t have a lot of faith in the word of this company. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/revolution-21.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/unholy-sacrifice-of-gas.html\">Favog&#8217;s emotional lament<\/a> for what has been done to his home state.<b>UPDATE:<\/b> Reader Jason in Dallas is looking at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wkrg.com\/gulf_oil_spill\/spill_cam\/\">the live video feed from the hole<\/a>, and says, &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t look plugged to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil industry expert Matt Simmons makes a pretty disturbing case for why the leak BP is showing on its video could not be the real leak &#8212; which he argues from the evidence is far worse than what they&#8217;re letting on. 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