08-22-2010, 01:18 AM
ClassicalLib17 Wrote:Dear WT, The Gulf oil spill would be governed by our federal government because it happened in federal jurisdiction. I just think that their moratorium on drilling was hasty and maybe reflected a bias towards federal control over the free market.
Hey CL ...
I am pleased we agree here, at last !! Yes, the feds were the ones to act on the BP Disaster.
In terms of the moratorium on some drilling (not all has been stopped), it makes perfect sense to try to avoid any future nightmarish, long-term catastrophes as this BP Gulf Oil spill is and will be for many long years to come.
The problem began with Bush becoming weakening the fed's regulatory controls over such coastal oil drilling endeavors, and the industry had no incentive to police themselves because the Almighty Dollar is King and the welfare of workers and the enviroment don't even come in at tenth place.
Since the oil companies are unable to police themselves for the public good, they have asked to have someone else do it, and that is us via the Federal Government. These oil companies brought this on themselves, and I hope that BP is sued into oblivion for their sheer negligence, greed and contempt of precious human life and our irreplaceable environment in OUR waters!
We fret so about terrorists and the building of a mosque in NYC, yet BP and Big Oil have brought us one huge shipwreck of a disaster that they need to be fully held accountable for.
BP and Big Oil are enviromental terrorists, and we need to protect our vital interests from Them, no doubt about it.
-- WT Reader