Lets reduce the size of government and hold them responsible for poor decisions made by private corporations while at the same time reducing the government's ability to regulate.
I don't care who is responsible for the oil spill but I do care that it gets cleaned up and that this kind of disaster never occurs again.
Bill Nelson when asked about the cozy relationship between Minerals Management Service and Oil companies responded by saying the relationship was "incestuous". Then went on to talk about "breaking up" the agency. The question seems a bit obvious to me me but is anyone talking about criminal prosecution of the Oil companies for offering the bribes and influencing the MMS decisions. Why is it the focus is on government only when there is a crime instigated by the corporations who bribe the government people. Tough enforcement of this type of crime never seems to be an option. Why is it destroying the lives of millions of people and killing some creates less of an outrage against theses criminals that a shoplifter of a pack of twinkies?
I don't like the finger pointing even when it's at George Bush I do care about solutions. Who is responsible. All of us, for allowing our government and business leaders to drag their feet in working toward alternate solutions to oil.
Who is best equipped to solve the current problem? Where was the industry-wide response. Where was Shell, Mobile, and all the other offshore oil companies; where was T. Boone Pickens?
So the way some people talk we should send Barack Obama down with a wetsuit to fix it and have Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed cleaning the shore with scouring pads. Isn't it ironic that the Republican outrage is focused on the government when it is their own pet industry is the problem.
Meanwhile let's all grab a dish towel and head for the Gulf of Mexico or better yet start planning better and reduce our oil consumption. Perhaps we can get some Crayfish and Crude Etouffee.
I don't care who is responsible for the oil spill but I do care that it gets cleaned up and that this kind of disaster never occurs again.
Bill Nelson when asked about the cozy relationship between Minerals Management Service and Oil companies responded by saying the relationship was "incestuous". Then went on to talk about "breaking up" the agency. The question seems a bit obvious to me me but is anyone talking about criminal prosecution of the Oil companies for offering the bribes and influencing the MMS decisions. Why is it the focus is on government only when there is a crime instigated by the corporations who bribe the government people. Tough enforcement of this type of crime never seems to be an option. Why is it destroying the lives of millions of people and killing some creates less of an outrage against theses criminals that a shoplifter of a pack of twinkies?
I don't like the finger pointing even when it's at George Bush I do care about solutions. Who is responsible. All of us, for allowing our government and business leaders to drag their feet in working toward alternate solutions to oil.
Who is best equipped to solve the current problem? Where was the industry-wide response. Where was Shell, Mobile, and all the other offshore oil companies; where was T. Boone Pickens?
So the way some people talk we should send Barack Obama down with a wetsuit to fix it and have Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed cleaning the shore with scouring pads. Isn't it ironic that the Republican outrage is focused on the government when it is their own pet industry is the problem.
Meanwhile let's all grab a dish towel and head for the Gulf of Mexico or better yet start planning better and reduce our oil consumption. Perhaps we can get some Crayfish and Crude Etouffee.
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