Jun. 25 2010 - 12:44 am | 595 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment

Top 10 Best BP Oil Spill Cartoons So Far

By JUSTIN GARDNER

The spill in the Gulf has been a tragedy that we’ll be feeling the reverberations from for years to come, but in the meantime let’s take a look at the best political cartoons from folks from around the country.

The first comes from Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle. I think many of us have seen the apology ads from BP and I think we’ve all questioned the spend on these ads vs. putting that money into the clean up effort…

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Next up, from Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, concerns our personal responsibility when it comes to the business of fossil fuels. Yes, we can complain about what’s happening in the Gulf, but are we contributing to the solution or the problem?

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And here’s another from Luckovich talking about the costs as a whole…

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Sack from the Star Tribune investigates the different types of costs that this tragedy has inflicted on the nation, the local community and the wildlife…

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Breen from the San Diego Tribune explores how this all came about…

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Steve Benson from the Arizona Republic aims his gaze on Rush Limbaugh’s poliically charged statements on the oil spill, which I talked about recently here….

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Darkow from the Columbia Daily Tribune provides a powerful metaphor for addition to oil…

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Mike Keefe from The Denver Post presents a spot on perspective about how the Gulf waters are oil rich enough to pump directly into our gas tanks…

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Matson from Roll Call examines BP’s response (or lack thereof) in being able to fix their own mistake…

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And the last, again from Darkow from the Columbia Daily Tribune, juxtaposes the unfortunate statement by BP CEO Tony Hayward vs. the people who lost their lives on the rig that exploded. May they rest in peace.