Everyone who knows anything about me knows that I have no love for Obama. However I feel the need to stick up for him a little bit concerning this current oil spill in the gulf. The same way Bush was not responsible for the hurricane that slammed New Orleans, Obama had nothing to do with this oil spill. It is BP’s fault and BP’s fault along. What do you expect? Do you think Obama is supposed to don a scuba tank and go down and plug the hole himself? That’s a little absurd. Don’t get me wrong, though. He is responsible for not pressing BP to get their butt in gear and use every resource available to them to clean up the oil before it reached the shore. But that’s it.
As for BP being criminally liable, I don’t think so. This is hurting them immensely and they are losing untold millions of dollars. Boycotting BP isn’t going to help the situation at all. The individual citizens that own BP franchises are the only ones that will be hurt by a boycott and that’s not fair to them. BP is going to pay dearly for this oil spill and we should just leave it at that. The more fines and financial losses they experience, the less money they’ll have to clean up the mess in the gulf. What we should do, is find a way to communicate to BP and the president how important it is to use every technique available to clean up the oil. There are hundreds of great ideas out there that they can be taking advantage of but for whatever reason have chosen to ignore.
So let’s be a little slower to judge when it comes to the oil spill. I know a lot of you aren’t going to agree with me and that’s ok. We are allowed to have differing opinions. That’s what makes friendships unique and worthwhile. I do welcome and encourage your thoughts.
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