Friday, June 18th, 2010
Destin
Sad. The beaches down here, some of the most beautiful in the country, are ruined. Along with them goes the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people who make their living off the tourist industry. BP may make billions a year, but there’s no way any amount of money, no matter what they do with it, will completely cover the loss resulting from this spill. Oiled beaches stay oiled beaches.
June 20th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
prophead said:
During the Bush administration when I was screaming till I was blue in the face that the environment was getting raped, you didn’t listen.
When the Rethuglicans weakened regulatory enforcement consistently for years you said nothing, or agreed in the name of reducing “big government.”
When under the Bush admin. a new law was passed limiting oil spill liability (50 Million dollars, look it up) you said nothing. I would like to remind you this was post Valdez accident.
When under the Bush admin. the safety assessment of the failed platform was performed the risk of a disaster was quantified at 0%, not 1%, not .00001%, 0%.
Wrong.
You know why this doesn’t happen in mature countries where they also do deep water drilling? Because they have regulations, like for example the requirement that all wells have safety collars. In America, not so much (read none.)
Look at what Republicans are saying, they’re calling out Obama for “shaking down” the oil companies. Your guys are taking BP’s side. HELLO.
As a diver I’m outraged, as a human I’m disgusted, as an American I’m embarrassed.
This planetary scale disaster is the Republican’s fault as much as BPs if not more.
All the republicans wanted was lower taxes, fuck everything else.
Now you’re going to have higher taxes to pay for this shit. Try and think a little bit longer term Republicans.
In reality it’s our kids who are going to pay, and not only in money.
Tragic what that party did to our country, tragic.
June 20th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
prophead said:
If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.
Oh, and here’s your guy (LeMieux FL-R):
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/06/millionaires-vs-the-unemployed/
synopsis: We can’t afford to help the unemployed, but we should really give tax breaks to the super-rich.
If you guys would swallow your pride, and admit that you were wrong and switch sides this country would be a better place.
Republicans want one thing only; corporate power.
That power is coming at your expense, yes, you.
The sooner you realize that, and assuming you’re not the CEO of a fortune 500 company,(there’s only 500 of those guys, but they do seem to have a lot of power, yes?) the sooner you will begin to align your political beliefs with your real life.
We are precariously balanced now my friends, please make the right choices.