Well, Obama has finally man-upped and lashed out at "the cozy relationship between oil companies and the government agencies that regulate them." Thank you.
I wonder if the country being run for 8 years by 2 men in the oil business has had anything to do with that relationship. No, that couldn't be.
I said that the best show in D.C. is the Palin supporters taking Kagan to task. I believe that this has been surpassed by the spectacle of former "Drill baby drill" legislators grilling oil executives over the BP spill.
Look: These executives consider oil spills to be an acceptable part of the business. Their accountants have statistical estimates on the frequency of major oil spills (that have been remarkably accurate!), and the cost of clean-ups is factored into the price you pay for gas at the pump.
The risks of drilling for oil are well established. If we drill, there will be spills. Period.
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It's all part of the doctrine of disaster shock. It's so overwhelmingly disgusting that the population is depressed into lifeless apathy and acceptance. Big oil execs. just say, " So we fucked up. So what're ya gonna do about it? Quit drivin? Yeah, right. Stop whining. Take the long view." They know we've become cockroaches. We just mutate and go on. Fuck, they wouldn't care if maybe we'd start truckin our garbage and trash to the Grand Canyon. Fill that fucker up and put a golf course over it. Might as well make some use of it.
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