The Gulf Oil Spill

First and foremost I want to be clear, this is my completely uneducated opinion on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  A horrific accident occurred, and lives were lost.  Because of this the oil rig that was destroyed severed the connection to the well, and oil began to flow from deep with in the Earth into the ocean.  Many people seem to be outraged at BP.  Many people can’t see past the end of their noses.  I have heard that the oil companys get the privilege of spending millions, or billions of their dollars to drill where the U.S. government allows them to drill.  It seems that the more expensive and dangerous drilling is in deep water.  I believe the federal government didn’t want companys drilling in shallow water because that was too close to the U.S. and an accident might cause crude oil to sully our shores.  Good thinking.

I keep seeing messages from people “Twitter mainly” about how upset they are about all this.  The poor animals.  If you are so concerned about the animals, the evil oil company, and the environment STOP DRIVING YOUR CAR!  Oh stop using anything made of plastic (although we may have non petroleum based plastics these days) !  No tires for your bicycle.  Oh and no fair taking that taxi!  If you want to complain, fine complain, but include yourself in the complaint.  Also include yourself because you didn’t let the federal government that you want company to drill for oil where it is the easiest less likely place to have an accident and an oil spill.

While you are at it how about the next time you have  an automobile accident the government puts pressure on you to agree to ALL the damages, including any doctor visits  and days off for work.  No need for you to be heard in court, just agree to it or else.  I am less likely to blame Obama for this, I mean what’s he going to do?  Get a sponge and get busy cleaning up the oil?  I blame the federal government for this mess.  I blame  the environmentalists.  I blame all of you that bitched and complained about nuclear power.

To add insult to injury the government (this time it IS Obama) says no more drilling for six months!   How many jobs is that?  20,000 jobs?  Does this  president know the economy is a pile of steaming crap right now?  Sure all this started under President Bush, but the recovery should have long ago started, and it hasn’t.  This latest knee-jerk reaction to a problem is poorly thought out.  How many oil wells are there in the Gulf of Mexico?  How many have there been?  How many major oil spills?  Please understand I’m not anti-Obama, I’m anti-democrat.  I don’t agree with their basic principles.  If dems feel guilty and want everyone to have their money fine, just don’t tax me and give it to them.  You donate your money and feel better about yourself.

Does BP have a responsibility for this oil spill?  Sure, I think they do.  Did they do something criminal?  Maybe, but that is up for the courts to decide.  Should our government EXTORT billions of dollars from them.  Hell NO!  Do you people really want corporations to leave the U.S.?  This is the basic flaw in the democrat’s logic.  Tax the people, tax the businesses.  Put laws in place to make it harder and harder for companys to make money, then filter that money to people that don’t or won’t work.  Increasing their voter base, and creating a population that is dependent on the federal government for everything they need.

I don’t like this oil spill.  I know that BP doesn’t like it.  What should be done?  Stop the leak!  The federal government should be asking BP “What can we do to help?!?!?!”  Fix the problem THEN investigate the cause of the accident.  Levy fines if necessary.

Oh one more thing.  We had a new space program to go to the Moon.  That’s been killed by the current president.  How many jobs is that?  Have you guys heard of Helium 3?  Well that’s the stuff that is in abundance on the Moon.  It seems that helium 3 can be used in fission to create a clean, radiation free, electricity created directly from the process.  So you nuclear power plant haters out there here is a fuel that would be an amazingly clean fuel source with in our technical capabilities and we just killed the Moon base project.