Playing with the Deepwater Horizon spill narrative

From comments at Ace's place on the President's speech in Louisiana, where he called the blown well head (April 20) and subsequent oil spill an "assault on our shore and on our people:"

"It's not so much an assault, actually. But it IS the work of an isolated, extremist oil well. And it's caused by Greeeeeeeeeeeeeed."

And along similar lines,

"The question Americans should be asking themselves is why does BP hate us? How can we answer their grievances?"

Sarah Palin was quoted, also:

"Why was Governor Jindal forced more than a month after the start of the disaster to go on national television to beg for materials needed to tackle the oil spill and for federal approval to build offshore sand barriers that are imperative to protect his state’s coastline?"

Federal response to Hurricane Katrina came up:

"I'm reading Karl Rove's book and he tells of how Bush was so frustrated with Gov. Blanco's refusal to ask him to Federalize the Katrina response that he came within a hair's breadth of declaring Louisiana "in a state of insurrection" so that he could take over the response and use Federal troops without violating the Posse Comitatus Act."

Nice Deb has a nice wrap-up. On the other hand, it's Memorial Day Weekend. The news can wait.

UPDATE: This is disquieting. And this is embarrassing.