I must admit that every time I see an idea by bp in place circus music plays in my head. Because it is a circus. You have average every day people with proven ideas to clean it up but nope they continues to ignore it. Why...because I dont think they care about cleaning up the water, they care about cleaning up the oil. I am upset about this. And I think everyone has their part in the blame.
Our leaders (and I am not talking about any particular administration so this is not really a political argument) have allowed bp and the oild companies to go on like this for years, beyond any one administration. Why, because its hard to say that "we are going to stop all underwater drilling", heck that very issue spurred alot of issues in the previous election.
Face it: we demand energy and we need to have it. We are not going to drop our energy demand....we want stuff, we need jobs, and all that requires energy. Whether we get our energy from overseas or underwater it pose risks.
It is the constant struggle for balance, if you put a lot of restrictions on businesses they take it out on the common man by not paying their employees as much, laying people off, or raising the costs. But if we ignore placing restrictions then we will see things like this.
People who argue on both sides of the fence are both right but the answer is not on one side, but some where in the middle. We need to find that balance and the best way is to discuss it like reasonable people and not allow a simple idea or belief result in hard feelings.
I personally do not look to one channel or one side for my answer I actually like to read and listen to all sides. I then form my opinion from there. But it is an opinion. There are times when opinions are no brainer solutions, but their are other times where you just do not have enough infomation to form an intelligent opinion. And yet people will treat their opinion as law and it results in flaming back and forth.
You say you want to boycott BP, but bp is big enough that they own part of other companies. They released a report that said that even in this crisis BP continues to make a profit, that the amount of money it cost to clean and deal with this spill is not half of the profit they get everyday.
Too many companies rely on energy and BP probably have their hands in more businesses then you or I know.
The point I am trying to make. If you want to really do something then unity is the best method, you have to have enough people angry and willing to put aside their difference to make a difference. But I dont think people are willing to do that. People are so dug in that it is hard to even reason with them at times. It takes a tragedy to bring people together, ie 9/11. But is the BP oil spill enough of an issue that it can do that, that it can unite people.
Uniting people to find solutions, not to blame. After we get it fixed we can blame, but right now we need people who can come up with ideas. We also need people willing to put BP to the test and force them to listen to the solutions that americans are providing.
I know I danced all around the political line, but it is not meant to cause an argument. But to unite, to put aside our different views so that we can fix OUR COUNTRY. BP does not care as much because this is not their home. But it is our home and the outrage should be directed to finding solutions, and demanding a better job being done.
I figure just get rid of it, no harm nor foul..