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This week, Rachel Maddow got so fed up with the way the people in charge of handling the oil disaster in the Gulf are handling it that, one by one, she seems to be taking over and doing their jobs herself. First, of course, was her not-too-shabby fake Oval Office address set to undo the damage she thought President Obama had done with his. Last night, she helped out the BP PR team with a dramatic reading of their latest press release.

People will listen to a black person sing (Beyonce), watch a black person dunk a ball (LeBron), a black person act (Will Smith) and a black person be president (the O-Man), but when it comes to your average, shouty, loud, political gabfest, TV Land is often as white as pure Colombian Cocaine. Not surprising considering [...]