Friday, May 7, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill counts on a "Who Bot!"

This Gulf oil spill is just another disgusting demonstration of man's "love of money" which totally overrides responsibility.  Their creed is...Let us not do the best that we can do to avoid disaster...No...we'll do only as much as is required by law and pocket the money that we've saved on safety for our greedy selves!...because oil companies don't make enough money anyway!!!!!
British Petroleum says it's the owner of the oil rig's problem...the owner of the oil rig says they weren't required to meet the safety standards in the Gulf, like they are in other countries who seem to be more diligent in securing safety mechanisms like "automatic shut off valves" instead of manual ones...Not to diminish the loss of life in this disastrous mess...but who in their right mind would be running for a "shut off" switch when the very floor they are standing on is being blown sky high??? Come on now!! A "shut off valve" seems like a no brainer on an oil rig right??  The President of the United States seems to be bypassing the whole issue of "Why?" the expectations of BP were so substandard, and why there was no environmental impact study done...and why there was no preplaning in the event of such a disaster?? It just gets shuffled back to BP and the blame game starts all over again, which I'm sure it will continue to do for some time.  Now they're bringing in the Tower of Power, that looks like something Dr Who would fly about in, and I really have my doubts as to whether or not it's going to make a difference unless they have the other leaks completely sealed off first!  Any pressure that builds up in the "Who Bot" is going to force oil out from the place of least resistance...the open leak...am I correct?
So far we haven't seen the environmental destruction in the form of oil soaked otters, birds etc. that we saw so quickly in the Valdez incident, but that's not because it isn't happening, it's because this oil is killing it's first victims in the depths (sea turtles, dolphins) where we have yet to see them.  It's only a moment in time before more than the oil starts washing up on the shore. God help us...13 other countries have offered the US assistance in the clean up of this mess but so far The United States of America, is "still considering" what they need help with!! They still haven't cleaned up after Katrina yet, Tennessee is now underwater, and the biggest oil disaster in history is knocking on their door and they have to "consider" whether they need help!!!! "Pride comes before the fall"!!!

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