Yesterday we speculated about what it would take finally to stop the oil in the Gulf of Mexico from the uncontrolled well disaster that has befallen BP and the Coast. People in all of their outrage tend to forget that people were killed in the explosion. Instead the controversy has risen to be a test of nerve for the Obama Administration, complete with 'boot on the neck' metaphors spewing from the White House.
It came to a point this week at which it had to be explained that the Pentagon didn't have the equipment or the know-how to fix what's wrong in the Gulf. But that is to be expected, except that politically there must be assumptions that the government knows everything. The government doesn't know everything, of course, nor should they be held responsible for everything. But those expectations are part of the Obama World Order.
All the talk about BP, and watching it's stock price fluctuate reminds me of that scene in the Monty Python movie where all the townsfolk are gathered to answer the pseudo logic of the town wizard. All they want to do is burn the witch, and their logic is faulty. Of course she's not a witch. But the wise man gives another ridiculous set of logics by which to determine if the witch is a witch.
This is the gambling, you see? This is the thing that nobody can predict, and yet somebody put up the millions so that such drilling could take place. And now there is an environmental disaster that will make us forget about the last one. It's going to be rough for the shrimp boaters and sport fishermen out there on the gulf coast, but very few Americans are going to give up their second car.
My angle on this is the same as it has been. More nuclear. But this drilling in the Gulf was one of the compromises that Obama made. In California, we don't stand for offshore drilling, and while I wavered on the question for a while, I'd have to admit that I will sleep better knowing this seals the political deal for California pretty much for a generation. It's probably going to be Arizona, by the way, that becomes our big nuclear state. Georgia is first, but I have a sneaking suspicion about this. It could be Nevada too... We'll see.
In the meantime. BP will get burned. But here's a question. Why stop with the chemical dispersant? Are they actually going to try to use hay?
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