bute also need to make sure that the money tt comes out of bp here doesn't just disappear into a black hole and is actually put back into restorinthe communities, restoring the eco system, restoring the economy of the gulf coast. host: we should point out too this piece in the business section of the "new york times this sunday in following the money, where bp's money is landing. they have a chart here. they say that so far sce may bp has paid more than $144 million in claims, 55 million going to just basically loss of income. and then money going to fishermen, shrimpers, oyster harvesters, crabbers, charter boat owners, rental property owners. a lot of local folks there. it's paid just under a third of the more than 950,000 claims it receives -- 90,000 claims. next call from tampa. chris, go ahead. caller: the question is, if foreign skimmers were let in on+ day one, how many more barrels of oil could have been collected? it seems like the gulf is impacted by the obama administration due to union pressure. guest: well, i think no question that more skimmers is better and we should hav