Doomsday in the Gulf

There is no making this go away.  The photos say it all and they are ugly, sad, horrific.

Our elected representatives have allowed this to happen by failing to protect the environment from those who seek to exploit it; and, by proxy, that includes us.

 I firmly believe we must put pressure on Congress and the White House to pass measures requiring all oil drilling companies to come up with fail safe plans for potential environmental disasters.  Tonight during her show,  Rachel Maddow listed the five most profitable companies in the world.  They are all oil companies and BP is #5.  Why shouldn't we require them to spend part of the billions of dollars they make on protective measures?   Why is the government allowing new drill leases to  be awarded?

Drug companies have to prove the efficacy of their new products.  They also have to go through rigorous testing for safety procedures.  Why don't the oil companies? 

These photos are flashing around the world.  They are on every television station, in every newspaper and all over the Internet .  From what I understand, what we'll see is merely a fraction of the damage taking place. 

Somehow the image of thousands of birds dying may set the wheels in motion for changes that really matter.

How we can help: http://www.tonic.com/article/how-you-can-volunteer-to-clean-up-the-gulf-coast-oil-spill/

BP Oil Spill: Worse Than They Thought

Why am I not surprised?  Not only is the devastation widespread, but they've been using toxic dispersement to clean up the mess.  Now the Feds are going to create a special commission to look into this?  WTF?  We don't have time for this.  It's been a month.  An entire region of the country's livelihood and habitats are endangered long-term.  This is not acceptable.