the Gulf of Death

It seems like every day we are finding out more and more bad news related to the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. We should be calling this the BP/Obama disaster. BP for the obvious reasons but Obama also for obvious reasons as well. Had this been a fire on land would Obama have stood back and watched the fire destroy and kill without doing anything to stop it? Of course not! Just saying he is holding BP responsible for this disaster is not enough. There were technologies available that have had success in other oil cleanups that were ignored. They should have at least tried them. This will more than likely be one of the worst catastrophes ever of any kind and it could have been prevented. It could have been prevented by not allowing off-shore drilling in the first place. The rules, regulations, and restrictions in place should've been enforced as strictly as possible. Random inspections at least twice a month should have been in place, with ANY safety violations cause for immediate shutdown until reinspected and authorized by the government to be in correct running order.

Certainly the horrible images of dead or dying wildlife has been something to behold but could this be a preview of what could happen to the human population of the region? Think of the chemicals and toxins released by this oil volcano and think what might happen if they become mixed together or exposed to water or air?

Is our country so fucking retarded that a) we believe the media, the White House, or BP's answers to any questions involving the Gulf , b) by the media taking it off the front page we lower the importance of the disaster, or c) that anything can be done to stop or repair the damage done from this disaster? As more oil comes out, and hurricane season begins, the ability for the government to hide the effects of this disaster on human beings will be lost and we will see what kind of lying motherfuckers they really are. I'm surprised that the usual lie the government assigns since 2001, "al Qaeda did it", hasn't came into play yet. Maybe when they let us know that the situation is thousands of times worse than they've admitted to they might throw the AQ line in.

If we didn't waste money on this war we wouldn't be able to say we can't afford this or that when it comes to disasters. Also, would the guardsmen overseas be better used to protect America by helping clean its southeastern shores?Considering the fact that we will lose children to wars fought over oil and other resources, with oil seeming to be the premium, why did BP and the U.S. let so much of it go to waste in this disaster? It seems like the protocol after ANY oil spill is recover as much as possible yet none here. Also how do you protect an underwater oil operation from earthquakes?

This translates to something and it's not going to be good.