Tonight our President is going to address the nation from the Oval Office. In the time it takes him to make this speech, thousands of gallons of oil will be released into the Gulf of Mexico. When the speech is over pundits will begin to spin...oil will still be released.
BP, months prior to this disaster informed their shareholders that they had tapped into one of the largest oil reservoirs found to date. They bragged about how they had to quickly move tankers to off load the oil found and that the well produced in such heavy measures that tankers were required to relieve pressure. This well that is leaking has a potential to pollute the entire Atlantic. Mark my words, it is June 2010, by August it will be around the horn of Florida and as far North as the Carolina costs. It will still be gushing 2 years from now....5 years from now...10 years from now! Oval office spin is not going to change that. This well can gush for a generation.
Once it gets into the gulf stream of the eastern seaboard it will effect rainfall. Rain will become percentage slick. Imagine a drive on Interstate 95 in heavy rain? Imagine rain on crops? Imagine a major Hurricane cutting through the Gulf?
Obama lost me when he sat next to Haley Barber and encouraged tourists to come to the Gulf Coast. He is the President of the United States, he KNOWS what a disaster this is...yet he sits next to a fat ass status quo politician taking a "c'mon down" approach?
This oil spill has been out of control for months, it will be out of control for years....possibly decades. We need honesty, not spin. We need the President to be honest, and encourage Gulf Coast residents to consider moving.
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