About The Oil Mr. President
VTonight, the President of the United States is planning to address the nation from the Oval Office. When the president makes a national broadcast from their, it usually means he has something important to say;
I hope, the president will be telling us that he has figured out “whose ass to kick” and that he is doing it. I hope, that he will say that BP has agreed to spend tens of billions of dollars on the clean up and compensation. I hope that he will tell the American people and the world, that his administration is taking steps to insure that this kind of accident never happens again. I hope, he will use this opportunity to get congress to approve measures that will make it easier for researchers to develop alternative forms of energy.
As bad as the spill has been, and will continue to be for a long long time to come, we as a nation have a chance to use this unfortunate opportunity to take a hard look at the way we conduct business with the oil companies and make drastic changes. We have the chance to show the rest of the world that the United States is not kidding around when it comes to finding alternative energy sources and actually using them.
I hope, the President will not just try to convince us that he is in charge, but that he will show us he is by his actions. Talking tough, means nothing if you can’t back up your words. Acting tough only lasts for a short time until the enemy realizes that you don’t have the strength it takes to win the battle. A show of strength and unity is only good if all of the people and agencies are truly working together, not for a few weeks, but for the long term.
Tonight, the president has a chance to show us and the world who is in charge, who is calling the shots, and who is winning the war. I hope he is up to the task.
Who Has The Oil Money
Have you heard? As of yesterday, the US geologic survey has estimated that their might be as much as 40,000 barrels of oil a day flowing up from the Gulf of Mexico. That is more then twice the amount ever reported by BP. If I wasn’t convinced that BP wasn’t telling us the truth before yesterday, I am now.
It’s all about the money, and BP doesn’t want to give it up, or pay it out in the hundreds of law suits it will inevitably be facing. In the few cases that have been filed so far, BP is all ready trying to have the cases moved from Alabama, and other Gulf coast states to more” friendly” states where they think that they would stand a better chance in the court of public opinion as well as the civil and criminal courts.
Instead of admitting the obvious, and honestly trying to help states and Gulf coast communities capture the oil as fast as possible, BP is electing to drag its feet on the clean up, and to run to what they consider to be safer havens. The morel and ethical neglect that BP is showing for the people, the environment, and even toward our government is not shameful, but down write disgusting.
Congress is now considering legislation witch would lift the cap of 75 million that a company has to pay for an oil spill clean up, and passing legislation that places no limit on the amount of liability an oil company can have. If it is passed, this might be the only way that BP will eventually step up to the plate, take full responsibility for the spill, and spend the billions it will take to get the mess cleaned up, and compensate the hundreds of thousands of people whose way of life and livings are effected by their negligence. Passing this new legislation is the hope of tens of millions of honest hard working Americans who believe more then ever, that big business should be held fully accountable for their errors and no longer be given a free pass, or simply a slap on the wrist.
The question then becomes, does the congress have the stomach to pass this kind of legislation, and if so, will the president sign it. Will the legislation be so watered down with loop wholes that it sounds good when put before the media, but have no teeth in the court of enforcement? Let’s not forget, that many states rely heavily on the investments of the energy industry to keep their economies growing. Let’s not forget that many members of congress receive and except healthy donations from the energy industry to their political campaigns. Lets not forget, that if congress doesn’t have what it takes to do the responsible thing, and pass legislation that is clear and fully enforceable, that they to can be easily replaced.
Oil Oil Oil
Oil Oil Oil
Have any of you seen the pictures on television of the oil that is spilling out from under the ocean in the Gulf of Mexico? It’s disgusting isn’t it?
I ask you, how, in the year 2010 with all of our technology, with all of our laws, and with all of our theoretical over site could we allow this to have happened. I know, we put the cart before the horse. We put our trust in the oil companies, in big business, and look where it got us. Here’s a question for the government. If there is no one in the government, from any federal agency who has the knowledge to fix this thing, then how on earth could we have ever thought we had over site when it came to ensuring that an accident like this would never happen?
How could government inspectors ever be expected to ensure that every thing was safe, when it is quite obvious that they wouldn’t have known what to do, or what to look for to prevent this catastrophe from ever happening. What was our government thinking?
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