That's not "Texas tea," that's Cuban tea... U.S. & Cuba as 'Oil & Water': U.S. response to Cuban oil spill would be "limited"; U.S. Coast Guard's role

Beverly Hillbillies - Season One, Episode One: The Clampetts Strike Oil, Aired on CBS-TV, September 26, 1962

http://youtu.be/ZgRamBj5f_o

At 06:42, the first time we ever see the face of Big Oil in The Beverly Hillbillies in the form of Mr. Brewster (Frank Wilcox) of the OK Oil Company. But, of course, over time and lots of crazy adventures he finds himself in after indulging them, this city slicker from Tulsa finds the Clampetts charming and endearing, and comes to appreciate their genuine humanity and willingness to always help others without asking anything in return. That is, when Cousin Pearl isn't putting the moves on him.

That's not "Texas tea," that's Cuban tea... U.S. & Cuba as 'Oil & Water': U.S. response to Cuban oil spill would be "limited"; U.S. Coast Guard's role

Three informative pieces on the prospective role of the U.S. (and the U.S. coast Guard) in responding to any future Cuban oil spill (by foreign energy companies) and some of the political and practical problems that may arise due to the U.S.'s longstanding economic embargo against Cuba.

St. Petersburg Times

Oil spill from drilling in Cuban waters could have limited U.S. response

By Erika Bolstad, Miami Herald

October 19, 2011

WASHINGTON — As exploratory oil drilling is set to begin in December off the coast of Cuba, the U.S. government acknowledged Tuesday that because of chilly diplomatic relations, it could have a limited ability to control the response to an oil spill there, let alone one the magnitude of last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Read the rest of the article at:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/water/oil-spill-from-drilling-in-cuban-waters-could-have-limited-us-response/1197425

See also:

Florida Politics blog

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Coast Guard braces for potential Cuban oil spill

By William Gibson

March 23, 2011 09:56 AM

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/dcblog/2011/03/coast_guard_braces_for_potenti_1.html

and

Market News International

LatamEnergy: US Embargo on Cuba Hinders Response to Gulf Spill

By Heather Scott

October 28, 2011 - 11:15

https://mninews.deutsche-boerse.com/index.php/latamenergy-us-embargo-cuba-hinders-response-gulf-spill?q=content/latamenergy-us-embargo-cuba-hinders-response-gulf-spill