BP oil well...for goodness sake...blow it up.
I know we're in an oil hurt right now...I KNOW it's not a great thing...but BP SCREWED up...and we're paying for it.
I'm sorry to say this...but our environmental president isn't doing his job. I realize that I'm gonna anger BOTH republicans and democrats here (one by saying that a business investment should take a back seat to an environmental catastrophe like this, and the dems by saying Almighty Obama should have shut this down long ago)...but frankly we've given BP three weeks to clean up their mess.
At some point when you're a kid...and your Mom insists you clean your room but you don't...and the smell starts wafting down the hall...and the bugs arrive to say hello and start seeking more filth in other rooms...eventually your Mom goes in (begrudgingly) and begins to clean up your mess. I don't know about you...but in those cases...when my Mom did that she would pick things I enjoyed but weren't necessary to 'throw out'...saying she had to cause it was dirty...but I think it was meant more to teach me a valuable lesson. Well...at this point it's time for America to be the mother of the Gulf...and go in and clean the child's mess.
One way to STOP the single handed destruction of the gulf fishing industry...and to teach big oil a lesson is to say "You tried...you failed...and now you've lost." We go in...we use conventional bombs (maybe a bunker buster) to plug the hole. That would probably mean we can't drill. We'd have to be careful NOT to ignite the oil...and BP would lose a TON of money and a good oil resource because they were stupid. In the past Russia even used a surgical nuclear strike to staunch the hole. I'm not advocating that (as I imagine nuclear shrimp isn't as tasty)...there has to be some other way.
We can't allow this to continue. I'm not a left wing radical nutjob who is all about environment over every day living...but right now we're hurting a lot of american workers right now. They can't fish...and they can't earn. These are the bluest of blue collar workers. These guys grow UP in the fishing industry and may not know any other life. This is the worst part of the oil spill...we're not taking care of these Americans.
I believe President Obama is just as susceptible to big oil money lobbying as his predecessors. It's one thing to say you'll resist big oil lobbying...it's another to turn down the check. Don't forget...his job ISN'T to govern the country (that comes later IF he's re-elected)...at this point it's to ensure his re-election. However I think the time has come for some of that tough act behind the tough talk. He should set a hard deadline to this British Oil company. Saying 'look...you'll either get it under control by May 25 or we'll take care of it OUR way. We'll clean up your mess, we'll bill you for it and tax/tariff your oil product until we're paid back." I doubt he'll do that however...but it'd be nice.
Just the way I see it...
Thanks for reading.
I'm sorry to say this...but our environmental president isn't doing his job. I realize that I'm gonna anger BOTH republicans and democrats here (one by saying that a business investment should take a back seat to an environmental catastrophe like this, and the dems by saying Almighty Obama should have shut this down long ago)...but frankly we've given BP three weeks to clean up their mess.
At some point when you're a kid...and your Mom insists you clean your room but you don't...and the smell starts wafting down the hall...and the bugs arrive to say hello and start seeking more filth in other rooms...eventually your Mom goes in (begrudgingly) and begins to clean up your mess. I don't know about you...but in those cases...when my Mom did that she would pick things I enjoyed but weren't necessary to 'throw out'...saying she had to cause it was dirty...but I think it was meant more to teach me a valuable lesson. Well...at this point it's time for America to be the mother of the Gulf...and go in and clean the child's mess.
One way to STOP the single handed destruction of the gulf fishing industry...and to teach big oil a lesson is to say "You tried...you failed...and now you've lost." We go in...we use conventional bombs (maybe a bunker buster) to plug the hole. That would probably mean we can't drill. We'd have to be careful NOT to ignite the oil...and BP would lose a TON of money and a good oil resource because they were stupid. In the past Russia even used a surgical nuclear strike to staunch the hole. I'm not advocating that (as I imagine nuclear shrimp isn't as tasty)...there has to be some other way.
We can't allow this to continue. I'm not a left wing radical nutjob who is all about environment over every day living...but right now we're hurting a lot of american workers right now. They can't fish...and they can't earn. These are the bluest of blue collar workers. These guys grow UP in the fishing industry and may not know any other life. This is the worst part of the oil spill...we're not taking care of these Americans.
I believe President Obama is just as susceptible to big oil money lobbying as his predecessors. It's one thing to say you'll resist big oil lobbying...it's another to turn down the check. Don't forget...his job ISN'T to govern the country (that comes later IF he's re-elected)...at this point it's to ensure his re-election. However I think the time has come for some of that tough act behind the tough talk. He should set a hard deadline to this British Oil company. Saying 'look...you'll either get it under control by May 25 or we'll take care of it OUR way. We'll clean up your mess, we'll bill you for it and tax/tariff your oil product until we're paid back." I doubt he'll do that however...but it'd be nice.
Just the way I see it...
Thanks for reading.
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