4/29/10 letter to Whitehouse.gov, Contact Mr.Bob Jindal(LA), Contact Mr.Bob McDonnell(VA):
Dear President Obama, Governor Bob Jindal (LA), Governor Bob McDonnell(VA),
All of us will agree that today is a very sad day along the Louisiana coast. Tonight an onslaught of oil will begin to destroy the coastline and this may continue for many weeks, possibly months. In 1979 an oil well off the Mexican Gulf Coast continued to spill out of control for 9 months! For those of you who fall to the political right of center and prefer to "let the free market work," let's take a good look at what offshore drilling really means. And while we're at it why not throw in a little comment about no new taxes, "read my lips," defending "states rights" and "hands off Federal Government".
Mr. Jindal no doubt wants to have the free market work it's magic as his state faces an emergency at a magnitude we can't yet imagine. He'll want those capitalists at BP and Transocean to pay, pay, pay for damages. Ummm, until they can't or won't? Until their attorneys set into motion a series of well orchestrated diversionary tactics. And Mr. Jindal will accept the Federal Government's immediate emergency response $$ to the crisis. And when it's all said and done, Mr. Jindal will continue to ride the foolish politcal rhetoric that suggests he can have it all and not pay for it, meaning he'll promote lowering taxes and maybe evoke the infamous "read my lips."
Mr. McDonnell and Mr. Obama, strange bed-fellows as they would be, seem hot on the idea of drilling off the eastern seaboard very near the deep and swift moving gulf stream. Imagine a spill of these proportions (millions of gallons) surfing hundreds, maybe a thousand miles reaping destruction in one of the most important sealife highways in all of the world.
Mr. McDonnell a good free enterprise loving fellow will need to make it clear to these oil companies that they're on the hook for any disaster costs. And Virginia will have to pay it's way for such costs as well. In fact, it will have to be Virginia and not the Feds who underwrite these costs if the oil companies can't or won't pay up. Think about it, all the revenue benefits you're proposing to the Virginia citizens will turn negative resulting in a huge state deficit. Imagine the embarrassment Mr. McDonnell will feel when faced with having to grovel for Federal assistance or go to the Virginia taxpayer.
Conclusion: Neither of these good and fiscally conservative capitalists can honestly afford the risks associated with offshore drilling. You can't be a fiscal conservative and make such a potentially costly mistake because you simply can't pay for it if the unthinkable, the current reality for Louisiana, happens again. Let's all be honest on this topic, screw the politics because our world is depending on it.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Don't Say Ixtoc Oil Spill
4/27/10 letter to Whitehouse.gov
I'm angry and saddened to think about drilling along the east coast near the gulf stream. HOLBROOK MOHR and CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press write: The last major spill in the Gulf was in June 1979, when an offshore drilling rig in Mexican waters — the Ixtoc I — blew up, releasing 140 million gallons of oil. It took until March 1980 to cap the well, and a great deal of the oil contaminated U.S. waters and Texas shores.
I'm angry and saddened to think about drilling along the east coast near the gulf stream. HOLBROOK MOHR and CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press write: The last major spill in the Gulf was in June 1979, when an offshore drilling rig in Mexican waters — the Ixtoc I — blew up, releasing 140 million gallons of oil. It took until March 1980 to cap the well, and a great deal of the oil contaminated U.S. waters and Texas shores.
Truth
4/27/10 letter to Whitehouse.gov
What has happened to us in America? Citizens have been swept up in a whirlwind over the past decade. So much has passed before us that we're confused. A recent neuroscience study describes how animals "generate" memories. Yes, memories are generated and not entirely factual. Americans are facing the same phenomenon. We're losing touch with the facts especially related to the actions of the past administration. It's time now to remind the American people about this past. What did George Bush and his posse do? What was Rice's role; Cheney's, Rumsfeld's, Rove's, Ashcroft's. Were they intentionally fleecing America? What lies were the American people and Congress told about Iraq, and 9/11? How did that administration affect deregulation policies, banking and financial markets; energy markets? Remind America of the economic policy mistakes, international trade mistakes, the administration's relations with Saudi oil princes, Mid-East policy mistakes, the willful, self-serving, disingenuous and aggregious bending of civil rights and constitutional statutes, the over-reaching of Presidential Executive powers orchestrated and carried out by the office of the Vice-President along with the Justice Department rewriting the rules, etc, etc. I remember those ugly dark days as I traveled the world and would be asked, "what are you American's doing?" And yes I asked myself that everyday, but now even my memory of those terrible times is waning! It's being rewritten by the outspoken. If you don't do this campaign you'll give up on one of your greatest resources: THE TRUTH! Keep the truth ALIVE!!
What has happened to us in America? Citizens have been swept up in a whirlwind over the past decade. So much has passed before us that we're confused. A recent neuroscience study describes how animals "generate" memories. Yes, memories are generated and not entirely factual. Americans are facing the same phenomenon. We're losing touch with the facts especially related to the actions of the past administration. It's time now to remind the American people about this past. What did George Bush and his posse do? What was Rice's role; Cheney's, Rumsfeld's, Rove's, Ashcroft's. Were they intentionally fleecing America? What lies were the American people and Congress told about Iraq, and 9/11? How did that administration affect deregulation policies, banking and financial markets; energy markets? Remind America of the economic policy mistakes, international trade mistakes, the administration's relations with Saudi oil princes, Mid-East policy mistakes, the willful, self-serving, disingenuous and aggregious bending of civil rights and constitutional statutes, the over-reaching of Presidential Executive powers orchestrated and carried out by the office of the Vice-President along with the Justice Department rewriting the rules, etc, etc. I remember those ugly dark days as I traveled the world and would be asked, "what are you American's doing?" And yes I asked myself that everyday, but now even my memory of those terrible times is waning! It's being rewritten by the outspoken. If you don't do this campaign you'll give up on one of your greatest resources: THE TRUTH! Keep the truth ALIVE!!
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