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Miss Scarlett · 06-16-2010, 04:53 AM

I didn't watch the President's address - not because I no longer support him, I do. But because I am tired of hearing the same thing over and over and over about this mess.

Yes, it is horrible. Yes, I am furious about it. But there is not much new to report and even my beloved NPR is

BP actually boasted the other day that they would be selling the recovered oil and using the proceeds to help pay for their mess. After hearing that I was left with the impression that the end to that statement was left in the boardroom..."That way we don't lose as much money on this. After all we had pretty much written off any income from this mess. Sothis is almost like found money for us."

I hold Congress responsible for lack of oversight. What happened up there? They failed to maintain many controls on the the financial industry and we had the economic blowout. They failed to keep and eye on the oil industry and we have this mess.

I hold BP responsible for their lack of emergency/disaster planning. Also for their glacially paced response to the disaster.

I also hold society (myself included) responsible for its head in the sand attitude with regard to alternate energy. After the Oil Embargo crisis in the 1970's we should have been light years from where we are now with regard to getting away from fossil fuel dependency.

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Miss Scarlett Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: . Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: . Posts: 5,530 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,478 Thanked 12,947 Times in 3,419 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	I didn't watch the President's address - not because I no longer support him, I do. But because I am tired of hearing the same thing over and over and over about this mess. Yes, it is horrible. Yes, I am furious about it. But there is not much new to report and even my beloved NPR is BP actually boasted the other day that they would be selling the recovered oil and using the proceeds to help pay for their mess. After hearing that I was left with the impression that the end to that statement was left in the boardroom..."That way we don't lose as much money on this. After all we had pretty much written off any income from this mess. Sothis is almost like found money for us." I hold Congress responsible for lack of oversight. What happened up there? They failed to maintain many controls on the the financial industry and we had the economic blowout. They failed to keep and eye on the oil industry and we have this mess. I hold BP responsible for their lack of emergency/disaster planning. Also for their glacially paced response to the disaster. I also hold society (myself included) responsible for its head in the sand attitude with regard to alternate energy. After the Oil Embargo crisis in the 1970's we should have been light years from where we are now with regard to getting away from fossil fuel dependency.