Are You A Warrior Or A Wimp? Live Feed To A Disaster In Progress...

Yes, the LIVE FEED of the oil spill in The Gulf will literally turn your stomach, so I understand if you don't want to watch it or leave a comment. If you do want to see it, please note that the camera occasionally moves and becomes as dull as watching paint peel. Just wait for a few minutes and it will return to the live feed of oil gushing from the unplugged well 5,000' below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. What else can possibly be said except that it's changing our world as Americans, by the minute.

From what I understand, we should be praying that a hurricane doesn't decide to spin into the Gulf Coast. It could multiply the current disaster by 100 times or more. I've never been so scared for our country's southern coastline as I am now. I also detest the idiots at BP more than ever. I'm fighting mad and I'm considering making a pilgrimage of sorts to the Gulf Coast in order to help in any way I can.

Somehow, some way, we have got to get that 5,000' well plugged but nothing BP wants to do has helped. Reportedly, British Petroleum is hiring the best in the world to help, but I seriously doubt they have gone to such lengths, considering their history. It's all just hot air.  Hot air that I'm becoming tired of hearing. It's all just Blah! Blah! Blah!

BP is still trying to drill two relief wells, but they each take two months (at the very least) to reach depth. However, this is the ultimate *fix* for this oil spill problem. So, I'm thinking that this should probably be a required step BEFORE drilling any other off shore wells (although being so outrageously expensive makes it a no go). Unfortunately, government regulations have been ignored (like forever) when drilling commences. Uh-huh. Go. Figure.

It is time for us, as American citizens, to make sure our thoughts and hearts are heard by Washington. Write your congressman  and your senator and let them know that this IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. Tell them you want to see some regulation monitoring in the drilling of oil wells. It's time to necessitate a change in Washington people. If you stay quiet, then nothing will ever change. Let your voices be heard by way of the written word. Please don't just sit back thinking you can't change anything. Together we can surely make a difference, but EVERYONE HAS TO GET INVOLVED to make this work. Apathy could kill this country and everything that we've ever loved about our country.

Are you going to sit around pretending it's all okay or are you going to stand up and let your voice be heard? It depends on each & every one of us. So, are you a Warrior or a Wimp?

If You Think The Oil Spill In The Gulf Doesn't Effect You... Think Again

Okay, this is a very sensitive subject but things need to be said.

I've been really upset & pissed about the offshore drilling rig that exploded, killing 11 people and dumping hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico... along with that totally helpless feeling. It's like watching your infant child falling to the earth from a great height & not being able to catch him/her, times 1,000,000,000.

Since Mr. Snoots was in the oil business for most of our marriage (he was an independent landman who checks land ownership and mineral rights records and acquires leases for oil companies) I asked him, "Why do we even allow anyone at all to conduct off-shore drilling?" His answer stunned me.

He said that more than 30% of the oil produced in this country comes from the gulf. Without that 30% of oil & gas, we are screwed. It will shut this country down quicker than you can say Bullsh*t! Without that oil (which is what this country runs on), we would have to be 70% dependent on foreign oil (a percentage less when you account for dry land drilling). So when you add that with our billions of dollars of debt to China, what have you got? Total chaos and turmoil.

Having said that, I will add that I think British Petroleum should be banned from ever drilling anywhere near this country. Ever. Again. They are crooks & liars who only hire the cheapest engineers, drillers, roughnecks, etc., which all of us in the oil business have known for years.

So, if you don't mind riding a bicycle everywhere for the rest of your life, I suppose you'll be fine. However, so many of the people protesting against drilling in the Gulf are typical Americans who love their cars. Windmills could pop up all over the country ten times over but it will still never be enough for the amount of energy we consume as a country. This is a hard cold fact until a suitable alternative has been discovered and utilized.

Oil & Gas is our country's life source, the same way coal is. Why do you think they let the coal mines get away with all they do, even in the face of many deaths? Because the politicians know that we need it, however much it sucks the big one. Several years ago when BP's refinery in Texas City, Texas exploded into a gazillion pieces, BP lied through their teeth to everyone, including the Senate  hearing committee conducting the investigation. Many of the senate committee hearings are totally bogus and I say that it's time someone step up to the plate, but nothing will ever come of them, just like always. BP should have been banned from drilling anywhere near this country after the Texas City incident, but they weren’t. Why? Because the government and politicians KNEW we needed it.

I have one friend whose hubby is a driller and was asked to be the driller on the well that exploded in the gulf but he refused because he knew what idiots the guys at BP are. They hire geologists & engineers straight out of college who have NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE as well as the cheapest possible rig workers (roughnecks). The last time I looked, you still get what you pay for. Any seasoned engineer, geologist or driller would have never let it come to that explosion and thus, the horrific oil gushing from beneath the sea. BP is basically hiring kids the age of my own children (a truly horrifying thought to me since I know so many of those kids that went into the business) and throwing them out there, thinking book smarts is all they need. Oh contraire. They were very wrong but we get to pay the price. It scares the living hell out of me.

Additionally, the Gulf is where we get more than half of our seafood here in Texas. That's history for a long time to come, in addition to the killing of the wetlands & all that represents. I consider this to be one of the most horrific tragedies of my 57 years. I mean, it's right up there with 9/11.

Don't assume for one minute that BP cares, because they don't. All they care about is the almighty buck. This. Is. A. Fact.
 
Will Obama do anything? Hell no! He also knows we need the off shore drilling because without it, this country will will tumble & roll until there is nothing left of us...

It's a hopelessly sad situation & there is NOTHING we can do aside from going down there to the Gulf and pitching in to help or sending money to fund those that do.

I wish I had better news about this, but there is no better news about this..... This is the harshest of all realities and it's happening to OUR COUNTRY.

It all comes down to what I've always said. Washington is a well oiled machine. It will never matter who is President as long as we continue to vote the same a$$holes into the Congress, Senate, and House of Representatives. Think long and hard the next time you vote. Get rid of the same tired young and old politicians who ALWAYS go with the Washington flow. Otherwise,  British Petroleum may be destroying your coastline  next.....perhaps worse.