Friday, May 28, 2010

Oil spill

I sit and watch as the political leaders here and in Washington play the "duh" game. Jindal blames Obama who blames BP and so on. Accidents happen and some, like the oil spill, are tragic. We have plenty of time down the road to figure out whose fault it was. Right now we need to deal with what is happening.

I agree with the President that BP has the best resources and knowledge to deal with the engineering required to stop the oil from gushing out. Where I disagree is that they can do this without someone overseeing the process. In a past life I was in the construction business. As a contractor I would sub out the work that had to be done eg plumbing, electrical etc. The professionals I hired were experts in their respective fields. So did that mean I took off on vacation and left the job to them, no I went every day checked on progress, cost etc. So Mr. President that is what is needed in the Gulf.

Mr. Jindal, get on the phone and request National Guard to help clean up, hire sanitation crews, make sure BP boats are out working every day. Stop whining Washington is doing nothing, because neither are you, except for running to the coast every time a camera appears.

Politicians of today are pathetic. If it was an election year you can bet there would be a parade of them wandering the beaches on the Gulf.

The fishing people on the Gulf have been to hell and back in recent years. Now they see their culture and families on the brink of extinction because everyone is spending time pointing at others.

Time to put someone in charge of cleaning up and getting this mess under control.

Here is my suggestion, instead of meetings on Capitol Hill, where eyes well with tears, every person in an elected position come down and fill a bag with the waste during the break. After all they are still collecting paychecks.

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