America Holds Breath as BP Attempts to Plug Leak

Given that the BP oil spill has already, by and large, been declared the worst environmental disaster in American history, and that the area in question is larger than the tri-state area/the state of Hawaii, let's hope that BP will plug the hole once and for all so that we can begin the process of cleaning up the mess. Then we can add tougher regulations to the oil industry so that a mess of this size doesn't occur again.

There have already been at least two major setbacks, but we'll all find out within the next 48 hours if the "top kill" procedure has, in fact, worked.