pushing barges containing asphalt or oil like it was on saturday. it s according to the houston chronicle reviewing government records. well, that company that owns the t towboat and now partially sunken barge says they ll pay for the cleanup costs associated with the new oil disaster in galveston, but the coast guard is on scene. they have hundreds of people in dozens of boats trying to clean up this heavy, gunky, marine fuel oil. the conditions are windy and choppy. they re not doing a good job containing the oil so far. as of this morning, the oil had already spread about 12 miles into galveston bay. by sun up tomorrow, we should have a better idea of how far it s gone in another 24 hours. once again, the state of the art response from the world s most profitable industry is boom. that s boom, you can see there, lying on the beach. that s boom doing just its usual great job of keeping oil off the shore. here you can see boom doing just as good a job protecting shore