Now this has been the source of many conversations as of lately. I am just gonna throw my 2 cents in the pot real quick….
The other night on the news they talked about how BP failed for the umpteenth time to stop the oil leak. My wife comments “Well gas prices are gonna go up more now”. I responded “Forget the gas prices, look at all these lives and sources of incomes that have been wrecked”. And this is exactly where my heart is. Now I will openly admit that I feel this is just a setup to make President Obama look uncompetent and inaffective as a president. For quite a few years now we have settled for backward assed politicing and this is like the ultimate in that.
On my way home today I heard on the radio that the government is gonna give BP a 69 billion or million dollar bill for this oil spill and the have until June or July to pay it. My question is this…Who is getting the F*in money? Are checks gonna be written out to those men & woman who fish, crab, and shrimp catch for a daily living? Or is that payment gonna go towards the Untied States debt? I mean really I haven’t heard anything about the government having to spen jack for relief, overtime for cleaning shorelines or anything else. The folks in Louisiana have yet to really recover from Katrina as of today. See for yourself…
Now what does that say to you??? For me it sounds like another way for the government to basically move folks out so the can set up a sudo city made for all of the import/export businees the US does. I mean I am just keeping this real because even I am affected by some of the dumb-assed, non-thinking, poorly calculated decisions our elected officials have made and are making. Why is it okay for a CEO to continue to make large salaries and the average worker gets a cut in pay, laid-off, or setup and fired? I mean I just don’t get that. Sure there needs to be someone overseeing the daily functions of a business, but outside of taking a vacation right after a vacation isn’t considered work to me. Making decisions to buy new furniture instead of making sure your infrastructure is up to par is not good business decision making and it sure does not show me you are worthy of the salary you are making. Hiring a manager for a department instead of making sure you have a staff to support that manager first is not showing me you are worht the salary you are making.
How is it the CEO and front face of BP still have their jobs and salaries? I mean didn’t they sign off on the off shore deal? Didn’t they lie about being able to deal with a situation like this? Were they not the ones who were accessories to MURDER? That’s right I said MURDER. Clearly they were more caught up in making the money instead of making sure the workers were protected? And now these same people have NO CLUE what to do, let alone how to stop this disater. Even though I don’t live anywhere near the major affected areas I have NO DOUBTS it will have a lasting effect on my daily life. It will hit my pockets when I go to buy food. We don’t really used gas but we do eat. My wife loves crabs and I love shrimp. Not only the seafood but I think it will have and effect on all food.
If the oil gets soaked up in the dirt and soil of fruits and vegetables will be effected. Our animals will ingest grass, dirt and soil that could possibly become tainted from the absorbtion of the oil. I mean there is a possibility of things that could happen and BP is sitting around with their thumbs in their asses and our government is acting like it is not a priority. And most importantly as long as this oil is spilling, the market drops. When the market drops, businesses lose money. When businesses lose money, companies lay-off, fire, or shut down.
So yes this ordeal will have a lasting impact on us all…. Look at the live feed. I hope it inspires you to speak up.
