Brown is the New Green

Pray Baby Pray

Quite a few of us are wondering why Obama hasn't
moved to take control, of the response to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, away from BP. Certainly by now, over a month into it and with no end in sight, the president must be aware that BP is making this up as it goes along. They had no plan for one simple reason: the arrogant bastards never thought that they would need one. And no one demanded that they have one.

Admiral Thad W. Allen from the Coast Guard says, in effect, that only BP has the expertise and the technology to respond to something of this magnitude. But, BP has clearly demonstrated that they haven't a clue. So what Allen is really saying is that our government does not have the capability to step in and replace BP. And you know what? He is absolutely correct.

Of what use is an aircraft carrier in an emergency like this? Or, a nuclear submarine? Can we bomb the hole that BP punched in the ocean floor and stop the geyser of crude oil that is killing the Gulf? I read that we don't have the kinds of submarines that BP is using to try and shut of the flow. No, the kind of submarines that we possess are expensive, dangerous, and utterly useless in a situation like this one.

It would seem that our best brains, and most of our budget, is directed at producing ever more exotic and lethal ways to destroy ourselves. A half-million dollar piece of equipment that might have stopped the leak before it began was deemed both expensive, and unnecessary, by BP. At this point, no one can estimate just how much this will eventually cost. But, rest assured that if the cost is too high, BP will not hesitate to declare bankruptcy and walk away from the mess they created. Only the most naive of fools believes that a corporation would put the welfare of animals and human beings ahead of it's own interests.