The allegations were pretty startling to say the least!
Shortly after the President signed off on his hum-drum speech to his fellow Americans, news began breaking around the country that at least three of the major oil companies (BP included) relied on the same celebrated scientist for input on the Gulf crisis.
There was one glaring problem, however.
The expert in the oil industry field died years ago!
But, that wasn't the only revelation that triggered a shockwave on news wires at dusk this evening.
Upon close scrutiny, investigators - hot on the oil spill scandal - spotted other telling irregularities in respect to researched materials (allegedly backed up by legitimate thorough studies by academics) that the industry brass relied on to monitor and maintain their facilities.
With the exception of a phrase or two altered here and there, the exalted reports were almost carbon copies of each other, informed sources revealed.
As tongues began to wag, inquisitive truth seekers reflected on the phenomenon - and likewise - offered up their thoughts on the bizarre coincidence.
"Perhaps one consulting firm was hired (and duly paid) to compile the manual book initially," one astute news hound speculated.
Down the road, when another industry giant sought reference material on the same subject, clearly an unscrupuolous (lazy) employee at the firm had enough larceny in them to just alter a few words in the original report with an eye on racking in a wad of cash for a similar version without much effort.
Who knows!
Just maybe, a clever devil "cut & paste" the material right off the Internet.
As one anchor pointed out, in the event management at either of the big three had ventured beyond the eye-catching cover page, they have have spied embarrassing errors just beyond the first page.
For example, in at least one chapter, the author's factual data is way off-base.
What a hoot!
As was the case with the controversial Immigration Reform Law in Arizona, I just betcha a fiver, that the President hasn't even cracked open the cover to that ambitious historical tome.
Bet he's familiar with the criteria for submitting a candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize, though.
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