The Cat In The BP Hat Comes Back

Lane DeGregory chaneling Dr. Seuss: In the 1958 book The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, Dr. Seuss' nettlesome cat leaves a bright pink ring in the tub after taking a bath. The cat's attempts at cleanup only spread it to the wall, the bed and beyond. Thumbing through the book, we saw parallels to BP and the not-so-pink spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

It was our time for play.

It was our time for sun.

It was our time to swim.

There was fun to be done.

All that white, snow white sand,

All that sand was just grand.

Well … there we were.

We were playing like that.

And then who should stroll up

But the Cat in the BP Hat!

"Bad spill?" laughed BP. "Oh, my, my! No, no no!"

We had heard of the rig…