Drill, Baby, Drill

Is anyone else getting depressed by the news about the Gulf Oil Spill? On the Nightly News on NBC tonight Brian Williams noted that this was the 26th time they had broadcast the news from Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina five years ago. Five times a year on average. And the fact that the news coming out about the rate at which the oil is leaking only makes it worse. It's a higher number almost everyday. I mean, how does this kind of thing happen? How does the government not require better safeguards? And the language in BP's response is pretty tacky, I think. Go read it. BP also agreed to hire the local fishermen who can't work now to help with the cleanup effort...under certain conditions.

Originally, the fishermen, by contract, weren't allowed to sue BP if they are injured on the job, and they also weren't allowed to disclose information to anyone regarding the type of work they're doing, or how bad the spill is, etc. Fortunately, a federal judge voided those contracts.

Anyway, I just had to rant about that. It's a really crappy deal, and I honestly am surprised it was able to get this bad.

Maybe I'm really just worried that it will affect my vacation in two weeks on the Florida panhandle.

JK. I'm not that shallow. Seriously.