The Oil Devastation of the Gulf of America

You Break It, You Own It

As many of you readers, know, I find my best news analysis comes from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart,  followed by the Colbert Report. Perhaps the best comic line about the oil devastation came from Stephen Colbert last week. He suggested, we should no longer refer to it as the Gulf of Mexico, but call it the Gulf of America. We broke it. We own it.

At least one of the 11 TransAmerica employees killed in the explosion used his leave off the rig, to put his affairs in order to protect his family. He knew disaster was looming. The British Petroleum executives and leadership were demanding to hurry the drilling process along with a new, unproven technology. One mile deep! Think about that! Recklessness and greed busy at work. They continue to mislead and lie to the public about the volume of oil originally and continuously spewing into the Gulf.

Follow the money everyone. BP Shares Drop The financial guys in New York and London are salivating about raking in the dough from this catastrophe. Most of England's pension plans are invested in BP stock. Make no mistake about it, even if  they can successfully "plug up the hole" drilled into Mother Earth, enormous sums of money are going to change hands. However, it's the people along the southern US coast and the creatures of the seas who are being devastated. Oil Shows Up Near Alabama Beach Resort.


In the meantime, this story has moved from page 1 of the Boston Globe to page 7. What's wrong with this picture? Like the Haiti earthquake, this story too, apparently has a short media life. It is said, the general public has a short attention span. Is that true for you?

What every one seems to forget is that Mother Earth is a living, breathing organism who permits the human race to live upon Her. She will destroy us humans before we have any chance of destroying Her. Time is ticking, ticking away. Mother Earth is bleeding out while we helplessly watch. Are your affairs in order?