[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by redshift

Some good points Jerry. I understand your parallels between a drug cartel and big oil. But drugs are not a requirement for daily life. Oil is however. So that's sort of an apples and oranges comparison. Let's agree to disagree on this one?

WRONG. You see thats exactly what I am talking about. A drug user sees his purchase as a daily requirement just like you see fuel as your daily requirement. He was subjected to the use of drugs just as we were subjected to the use of oil, only on a much larger scale, and now we are all hooked. He can live without drugs just as we can live without fuel, but of course with change comes sturggles and obstacles that no one wants to face or suffer through.

I'm fine with letting people form their own opinons concerning the finer points, my concern here is the ecological fallout. We're hearing lots about a media blackout, more Obama grandstanding "looking for an ass to kick"- sounds so presidential no?

Lets not play the Obama blame game either. He is merely a puppet of our demacratic system. All of these decisions are dealt with through negotiations with the entire Gov establishment(Congress & Senate). Majority rules, right? I did not vote for the man nor do I care to stick up for him, but anyone who puts this squarely on his shoulders obviously does not understand how the system works.

Let's not forget he was on vacation for 2 WEEKS in the middle of this. Could we imagine Eisenhower or FDR having taken a vacation during their biggest crises? Alright I'm off track again...

YES they are all human after all.

The oil continues to flow, the booming is being done incorrectly, they are not even allowing waterfront/ coastline landowners to make their own oil control devices, and at EVERY front this is literally being allowed to worsen. This is just what I've seen and read, I'd really like to hear more from you guys down there. Nitrostarter, linc (anyone spoken with him?), JeffNutz and anyone close to the region. Please correct me if I am spewing BS, and confirm whatever points you can!

You have a right to protect your own land with any means at your disposal as long as you do not violate local laws in doing so. Yes up to now there have been many mistakes made such as using this oil dispersant. I was in the US Navy for many years and had to deal with small oil spills in just this way by order of the powers to be. I think I have already stated that all this stuff does is weigh the oil down and make it sink just below the surface for a while, but eventually the oil will overcome and float back to the surface. I believe that these sub-surface or underwater Plooms they keep talking about are the result of using that disperesant. It is merely a temporary means of disguising the true depth of the problem.