The Federal government cannot let BP off the hook for the cleanup of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Also the moratorium on permitting and the drilling of new wells needs to be more broadly defined. How can new permits and waivers still be given out by the government? This mess in the Gulf will take decades to repair and look how many people have lost their livelihoods due to this spill which no one seems to be able to horrible spill.
Do we never learn any lessons? We should have been making progress towards energy independence since the oil crisis of 1973. We have had years to create affordable alternative energies and we have done nothing but suck up more oil.
Why can't anyone have the backbone to say to BP we are taking over this process and you are paying for it.
The one humorous aspect to me is that Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, is crying for government help when a year ago he was hitting the President and the Democrats for too much government intervention.
This is just another fiasco brought on by corrupt government permitting and greed of the big oil corporations. Tell me why they are getting huge tax breaks and government subsidies. This I do not understand when they are reaping huge profits.
When do criminal charges against the BP executives and members of the Minerals Management Service get filed. It is disgusting that federal employees charged with overseeing safety and permitting processes are basically in bed with the oil and coal companies. Doesn't anyone care that men have died because of their lax oversight? I would advise everyone to read the article in the New York Times regarding this situation. Here is the link. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/us/25mms.html?hp
What are we as a people to do when faced with such corruption?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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