British Petroleum (BP) Oil Spill Containment Emergency Plan... FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!
The conservative politicians got their wish. Government stayed out of the way of Corporate oil, and let them decide how much effort to take in preparing for an oil spill on the Gulf. Now BP cannot stop a leak less than 1/2 the size they proclaimed they could stop. The Coast Guard and the EPA, having been whittled down monetarily over the past fifteen years by the conservative led Republican Congress, doesn't possess the resources to come to the rescue. The starve the beast policies of conservative politics doesn't work. Not one individual living on the coast has the power to stop this mess, yet conservatives argue that government should not intervene.
The trickle down effect espoused by President Reagan appears only to exist in the oil that will trickle down upon the coastlines of the residents of the Gulf of Mexico, and the pee that I imagine might be trickling down the legs of some major players at BP, the politicians who believe in Corporate self management and handed big oil the power to "best manage" our environment, and the constituents who placed their faith in those politicians.
A government of and by the people is only as effective as the people themselves. There are just some aspects of business, industry and commerce that need to be regulated and policed. Why do we who possess rights as individuals under the United States Constitution allow ourselves to be heavily regulated, yet allow corporations that do not possess those rights to dictate their own rules and regulations?
Posts
0 comments:
Post a Comment
Please, no foul language, and be constructive with your thoughts.