THERE IS NO WAY BP CAN DO MAKE UP FOR TAKING SO LONG TO FIX THE OIL SPILL AND THE LIVES AND DESTROYING THIS OIL IS CAUSING TO THE OCEAN PEOPLE AND THE WILDLIFE THAT WILL BE MANY YEARS TO
IF EVER TO COME BACK.. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD WHO FIND THIS SITUATION UNFORGIVABLE NEED TO TELL THE WORLD THAT AND THE GREEDY OIL COMPANIES THAT THIS MUST NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN, START FINING BP 15 MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR OR MORE IF NEED BE,UNTIL THIS IS REPAIRED AND CLEANED UP, NOT COUNTING PAYING THE DAMAGES THAT WILL COME FROM ALL THIS HAS DONE AND WILL DO. WE ILL PRAY FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE PEOPLE AND THE WILDLIFE THAT WE WILL NEVER GET BACK. THIS IS NOT JUST AN AMERICAN ISSUE IT IS A WORLD ISSUE …. A WOOS

Your argument isn’t as well thought out as might first seem and therefore falls into the classification of “sensationalism” for the sake of trying to make a point.

Consider that it’s not always clear who is “stupid” and who is merely deceived by the well oiled establishment that spends so much money on that alone. Way back when….did anyone in your family ever smoke, drive without seat belts before the 70′s, handle mercury in science class, ride a bike or ski without a helmet, take a medicine thought to be safe, buy something on the basis of it’s packaging or pitch, or how about invest in the stock market assuming the regulation and oversight was in place to protect you from greedy/crooked/criminal behavior by the largest most trusted bankers and investment firms?

Hopefully you get my point. Sometimes laws are passed to almost “make up” for where Government once allowed the Corporate world to pull the wool over our eyes. Sometimes they are passed when Government is lobbied (paid) to help pull the wool over our eyes. And so the cycle repeats.

Here is where you are right on the mark!
“…I’d rather see laws enacted to rein in the powerful and greedy corporate forces that are a real threat,”

Thanks, Cyndee…

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Jayne

Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I would like to think that we’ll be looking at this type of drilling more closely, but even as this spill shows no sign of being abated several other oil rig projects have been approved. Sadly, I’m not feeling optimistic these days.

On a more upbeat note, I visited your blog and am now a new fan. You’re a wonderful writer and we share many of the same sensibilities. I look forward to sharing more views with you.

Jayne

I fully agree and endorse your notion of the Stupid Gene… seen it many a time and see it every time I look at TV. Or driving down the major thoroughfare in my community!