Gulf Oil Slick Vindicates Bush
There’s a growing chorus of reporters and talking heads on the right beginning to attempt some how link the ecological disaster that is occurring in the Gulf of Mexico with what they are calling a slow response from the federal government and specifically the Obama Administration.
Nine days ago a British petroleum drilling rig 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana exploded and the effects of that explosion and now apparently the efforts to subdue the ensuing fire caused the burning hulk to capsize and sink into the depths below. One mile below the surface in fact. Millions of pounds of steel crashing down on itself and the well head. During this unparalleled sequence of events the flow from the well has continued to flow releasing 5000 barrels of oil a day into the gulf. An environmental disaster on a scale that we’ve never seen in this county before. In the 9 days following the explosion we’ve known that some oil was escaping but we couldn’t be sure how much. BP was working with the Coastal Guard to simultaneously shut-off the well and contain the oil that is now floating on the surface of the ocean.
Despite their efforts the true scope of the disaster is just beginning to be understood. And some are now saying if the Obama administration had only acted more quickly this disaster could have been averted. Much like how George Bush was crucified in the press for not acting more quickly during Katrina. The fact is in both cases these men are the victims of not knowing what everyone else didn’t know. And neither of them is responsible for the scope of the disaster, they can only ensure that once the true scope is known they move as quickly as possible to provide the resources necessary to minimize future damage and get the aid/support we have to the people who need it.
But we somehow believe that these men should like the Wizard of Oz and be the all-knowing and all-powerful … they are not they are just men.
No Obama is not responsible for this disaster. We don’t know yet what caused the explosion on the rig. Whatever it was caused the disaster. And George Bush is not responsible for Katrina, Mother Nature was.
Hurricane Activity Lowest in 30 Years
I’m posting this because I’m sure it will not be picked up in the general media. You know the same media that has decided that instead of challenging the claims of a pending global catastrophe . . . . they filter any evidence that challenges the powerful liberal environmental establishment.
They were very quick to assert that increased global hurricane activity was the sign of the pending global disaster (remember the reporting after Katrina?) well wouldn’t the opposite also be true? Decreased activity should mean that the threat is subsiding . . . right?
Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad
Paris responds to McCain’s Celebrity Ad and has a plan of her own.
“Loves It”
Treat Oil As A Green Initiative
I find it interesting that everyone from my hardware store:
To my credit union:
is encouraging me to Go Green frequently with the same arguement! Replace that broken light bulb with a flouresent . . .every little bit helps . . . turn off your paper statements . . . every little bit helps . . . . replace the gas guzzler with a hybrid . . .every little bit helps. There is this mindset, which is correct in my opinion, that small steps become long walks, and long walks become marches toward progress. Fantastic . . I get it. Rome wasn’t built in a day . . . it’s gonna take years in order for us to realize the value of all of the little efforts but let’s take small steps today so later we can take great leaps. Sign me up . . . .but wait.
Why doesn’t the same go for the exploration of new oil sources? Why doesn’t every little bit help in that scenario? I know it will take some time to fully realize the benefits of additional drilling and expanding our refining capacities but shouldn’t we take the small steps now so we can take great leaps later? Instead we hear we that we shouldn’t waste the time and money, or create the jobs necessary I suppose, to find and drill for more oil because it will be years before we will ever see a drop flow into the gas tanks of Americans. It seems to me that those who oppose drilling for additional oil yet avidly support these incremental Green Initiatives are being dishonest by accepting the “Chinese water torture” methodology for their cause and using the negatives of that same methodology to quell calls for additional domestic oil production.
Our natural gas, oil and coal reserves are sufficient to significantly reduce our dependency on foriegn oil and the moment that the world beleives that the United States is going to start taking that seriously the rules of the game have been changed. The United States is the largest consumer of OPEC oil, if tomorrow President Bush standing with John McCain and Barak Obama announced that the United States was going to begin the exploration and recovery of energy sources throughout the United States and its territorial waters coupled with investements in improved fuel efficiency, and coal liquification OPEC would have to react or watch it’s best customer turn to the seller in their own backyard. Even though a single drop will not have been produced yet, the public announcement of our willingness to do what is necessary would create change.
So America start drilling, because every little bit helps!
Global Cooling . . . . Who’s On Board
This interesting article appeared in Investors Business Daily and discusses the impact the sun, it’s activity, or lack there of may have on the environment.
Chicken Little . . .Your Private Plane is Waiting
So I was clicking around WordPress.com looking for interesting articles and I came across this article on global warming . .
Click Here <== Link to Article
I felt compelled to respond and in doing so thought I’d share my thoughts with you, my favorite reader.
I posted this response to the article:
I think I heard a comedian say once, “I’m not a tree hugger . . .but I am an air breather”. I’m a conservative that believes the less crap we put in the atmosphere the better but I’m unwilling to hamstring our economy because a very vocal minority says we must take “immediate/drastic action to avert a looming catastrophe”.
Remember it is IMPOSSIBLE to prove that something doesn’t exist. I can no more disprove your assertion that burning fossil fuels has created a rise in average global temperatures than you can disprove the theory that any changes in average global temperature are part of the natural heating and cooling that the Earth has undergone for the last 4.5 billion years.
So if we are at a stalemate then we must look for some common ground, otherwise we are just going to continue talking past each other and NOTHING will get done.
BUT if we made the leap that maybe we are both partially right we might try to understand that the effect man has had is not as severe OR as disastrous that some on the left are claiming and MAYBE more gradual (but important) changes can be made to reduce the fractional impact we do have.
If the left continues the “Al Gore” chicken little routine they will cede the argument to the right.
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