i think the obama administration was acting properly. the focus is going to be on bp and this kind of assurance they were giving to everyone that there were no problems. obviously, just the opposite was the case. and do you think new offshore drilling is dead on an rival on capitol hill now? i think that what we will have to do is to put in place the kinds of safeguards, protections that occurred after the three mile island incident. back in 1979. blue ribbon panel was put in place, led by the president of dartmouth, jen kenemy. when those recommendations were made with regard to what the safeguards had to be in any new new nuclear power plant construction, i think confidence was rebuilt if that industry. i think the same thing is going to have to happen here. you know, mark twain used to say that a cat that s been burnt on a hot stoeb went get on a hot stove again but it won t get on