Anger over spill grows

Anger over the inability to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico has been building for a long time, and now it's gushing out like the oil itself. There have also been numerous reports about angry fishermen who have offered to use their boats to help skim the oil, but they are sitting idle. (Source: Multiple, 05/26/10) Democrat strategist James Carville on "Good Morning America" lashed out at the Obama administration's "lackadaisical" response. "It just looks like (Obama is) not involved," Carville said. "Man, you got to get down here and take control of this, put somebody in charge of this thing and get moving. We're about to die down here." (Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 05/26/10) Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Monday declared the Gulf of Mexico a national fisheries disaster, citing the damage to the region's multibillion-dollar fishing industry by oil. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has closed nearly 20 percent of the commercial and recreational fisheries in the area because of the spill. Fisheries of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are covered by the disaster declaration, making them eligible for federal relief funds. (Source: CNN, 05/24/10, New York Times, 05/26/10)