The "A" word

Appalling? Apocalyptic? Awesome? Words being used to describe the oil disaster include; heartbreaking, total destruction of the marine ecosystem, horrific, impossible, amazing, startling, shocking, arresting and upsetting. Mere words cannot begin to describe the shock and awe of this catastrophic disaster. The word that is being bandied about the most about the oil spill is accountability. Everyone agrees that BP should be held accountable for everything that has happened and take full responsibility for the billions that will be needed to clean this mess up, or at least make a full press effort to clean up THEIR mess.

The one word that seems to have escaped the war of words is...."AVOIDABLE"

It is my understanding that BP bypassed the safety concerns of its employees and took the cheap way out to get at the oil at the bottom of the ocean. We need to acknowledge the 500 pound purple gorilla in the middle of the room. Really?

A no brainer REALLY?!

I LOVE the fact that everyone in Washington is spending all this time, money, energy and effort to try and determine how much oil is spilling forth into the Gulf in order to figure out if the oil executives may have lied about the damage they were causing. REALLY???? We know for a fact they lied and misled the government and the public. Does it really matter if we know exactly how much they lied? We know it is bad, how bad it is makes no difference when it comes to playing the blame game. I would think that they would all realize that it is more important to expend more effort cleaning up what is spilling instead of wasting energy and time trying to figuring out how much is spilling at any given moment. I will tell you what to do. Give each an every politician and oil executive a mop, a scoop and a bucket and tell them to argue and point fingers WHILE THEY ARE CLEANING THE SHIT UP! It seemed like a no brainer to me, but maybe that is because I have a brain and a conscience and they have neither.