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Subject: Is this the beginning of the end?
Hey, Bart.
I share your frustration. However, I fear
the real reason Obama isn't
"doing enough" is because, well, there's nothing
that can be done.
When this oil rig blew up and I read about what
was happening with the oil
gushing into the Gulf, I immediately had a horrible
sinking feeling in my gut.
It only got worse when I started seeing the media,
the government and BP
intentionally promote ridiculously sanitized
versions of what was going on.
Here are the sad facts:
- Independent (believable) experts say the volcano
has been spewing
a million gallons of oil per day
into the Gulf, maybe more.
- There is not enough hair, hay or other "miracle"
in the world that will even put a dent
in a million gallons (or more) a
day, let alone the 50 million (or more) that's already been spewed.
- The media has started pushing the timeline out.
Some government people have mentioned that the
volcano might be stopped "by Christmas."
I fear they are now conditioning us for the real horror of this.
This oil field is now leaking in
several places. The bedrock has been fractured. A "relief well"
can't help
stop leaking through fissures in the earth's
mantle. Nothing can. So we may be faced with this going on
until the field runs dry. Every
ocean in the world may eventually be destroyed.
- The first sea creatures to be destroyed by this
are the plankton. Not only are they the base of the
marine food chain, they are responsible
for the vast majority of the oxygen in our atmosphere.
Bluntly, without plankton we won't
have breathable air.
I could go on, but you get the point. It
may already be too late and Obama knows or has been told.
Maybe this is the beginning of the end.
That realization is what gave me that sinking feeling.
Sally R
For the second time today, I'm drafted into the Optimist's camp.
We can't say, "It's too late" and give up.
We have the technology to suck up oily Gulf water and filter the oil
out.
We need more people, more filters, more boats
and more vacuum devices.
Anybody know how to get that message to Obama?
Thursday they said the oil has creeped 22 miles into Louisiana's marshes.
It keeps getting worse and we have to fight this like we fought Hitler
and Hirohito.
We don't have any choice - which is why I want a fire lit under Obama.
We need more people, more filters, more boats and
more
vacuum devices
and we need them right
now, not weeks or months from now.
Anybody know how to get that message to Obama?