Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Now hear this...All Hands on Deck...
Kim Vaughn & I rode over to the Stennis Space Center today for a meeting of the Central Gulf Coast Chapter of the AMS. We had a lively discussion about the oil leak in the Gulf with one Navy fella saying..." I don't think the Government understands how serious this leak is. " His Navy analogy was..."if a ship gets into trouble, the Captain sounds the general alarm & calls for ALL HANDS ON DECK". Sure, there are a lot of people responding to this crisis, but we need ALL HANDS ON DECK. The oil has reached our marshes today. There is no more time to seek permits...we need ACTION. We can't wait for BP or our Government to make decisions. Our local people know best. They know the consequences of oil in the Marsh. Don't know if it's the Govenor, Our Senators, the Sec. of the Interior or maybe even the President. Someone needs to sound the GENERAL ALARM...Louisiana needs ALL HANDS ON DECK as we are in the fight of our lives for our way of life. As a ship's Captain might say..."Damn the costs, Full Speed Ahead." We MUST keep the oil out of the Marsh as we cannot clean the Marsh. Katrina crippled us, but we bounced back. There will be no bouncing back in our lifetime if we can't contain the oil leak. ALL HANDS ON DECK NOW ! Tomorrow may be too late.
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I'm sure gov't is fully aware of what is going on, it just makes people feel better to blame them when those doing the blaming also have no idea what to do about the oil and how to stop it.
Did you see Kevin Costner the actor on TV showing off his machine that takes oil out of water and makes it drinkable again etc.?
They are actually taking Kevin Costner's invention down to the spill in the next day or so....If it works and BP says it worked like a charm on land, Kevin Costner says they have 10 more machines loaded on trucks and ready to be shipped down here.... It may not completely solve the problem, but every little bit helps...
I agree with Bob that we need total mobilization in fixing this mess and that everyone should be "on deck" - BP, Halliburton, government, and fishermen. That said, it's impossible not to notice the complete 180-degree turn being done by those who normally insist the best policy is zero government intervention in any affairs, be it social, business, or environmental. The whole "limited government" argument dies hard when we see so many of its advocates now asking where the government is in this disaster. Rand Paul is suggesting that criticism of BP is "anti-American" and contrary to the American ideal of free enterprise, which is probably the most absurd and unrealistic statement anyone has ever made regarding this whole disaster.
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