I’m a little upset. Mind you it is usually only the government and their red tape hoops that upset me, and they have done it again. I am really not a very political person. I rarely get involved in choosing sides. I’m a registered independent because I don’t like taking sides with groups with whom I disagree and that’s all of them. I never believe any president is responsible for everything bad or that we dislike happening in this world. Obama is no exception. But the convoluted decision announced today that all off shore drilling will be stopped is hitting my pocketbook, our pocketbooks. The government is out of their collective minds. Since they emphasized that offshore drilling would stop even in Alaska, I suspect they are going to make Sarah Palin very mad. And you know what that means. Neither do I.
Brace yourself. We do not yet have an alternative to oil. We are not allowed to drill in our own country. Much of the oil we use from the good old USA comes from the ocean. Everything we buy will soon go up in price. Do you have any idea how much oil we use? Actually neither do I, but it’s not just for cars and heating. It’s cell phones, computers, and clothes, maybe even our food for all I know. Some of what I eat tastes like plastic.
Our president this morning assured me that the government has been on the clean up problem from the beginning. That frightens me. They blame BP, and they are the ones responsible, but the government is leading the clean up? Help! Help I’m drowning in oil. If they are so good, why hasn’t something that works begun? Resources will be drained making us even more dependent on foreign oil. Thousands will lose their jobs. Prices will go up and the end of the world is near. Run for your lives.
Yes, that may be a slight exaggeration. There are brilliant minds out there that can and will solve this, but must the government now add multiple layers of red tape. It has been fives weeks now that this has been going on. The disaster affects the Gulf coast and possibly the entire Atlantic coast. We will all soon be living off the land, searching for berries and leaves. Digging for roots that are edible. We have no idea what food at its source really looks like. We may have forage or hunt and fish. I know it should come in clear packages from very large boxes called stores. But that isn’t the source. It started with four legs or fins. Someone prepared it for us and packaged it to protect our sensitive nature. We may have to become wanders like our very far forefathers and foremothers. I can’t chop. I hate chopping wood. I don’t even like gardening. I don’t mind riding a horse, but I absolutely do not want to clean up after them. Besides they are too big for my apartment. I could not get a pet agreement. That’s what happens when I can’t afford gasoline. My life as I know it will come to an end. I don’t want to live off the land. The thought makes me shiver.
Yes I have a major beef. I’m on a limited budget. I exaggerate and make foolish projections. But isn’t it just as foolish to sit about in committees when there are options available. So what if some of them fail. Guess what. Everything approved has failed so far. Try it all. There is too much is at stake.
Whew! I feel better already. I accomplished nothing. That should qualify me for a government job.
2 comments:
I know u aren't serious with what you are stating but still, I would like to comment:
March 2010 Import Highlights: May 27, 2010
Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in March 2010 has been released and it shows that three countries exported more than 1.00 million barrels per day to the United States. The top five exporting countries accounted for 66 percent of United States crude oil imports in March while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 86 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top five sources of US crude oil imports for March were Canada (2.020 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1.149 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.086 million barrels per day), Venezuela (0.984 million barrels per day), and Nigeria (0.939 million barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Angola (0.490 million barrels per day), Iraq (0.475 million barrels per day), Brazil (0.299 million barrels per day), Algeria (0.276 million barrels per day), and Russia (0.248 million barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 9.292 million barrels per day in March, which is an increase of 0.612 million barrels per day from February 2010.
Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum in March, exporting 2.517 million barrels per day to the United States, which is an increase from last month (2.490 thousand barrels per day). The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 1.265 million barrels per day.
So you see, depending on Canada for much of your oil....isn't a bad thing really. :) Even if you kicked Saudi Arabia to the curb, you still have Mexico for your imports....which might make up for the import of the illegals (see my rant on my blogspot!)
As for your government leading the cleanup...what they mean is not that they will actually DO it...but will put pressure on BP to clean up their own mess. USA is still thought of as a powerful nation that you don't want to mess with....so that should mean what Obama directs...that company does.
Have a great day!! And by the way...you DO have a government job! It's called RETIREMENT and the pay sucks big time! :)
LOVED YOUR COMMENTS. I was aware of Canada's contribution to us. I lived in Alberta for awhile and reaped the benefits of an oil rich province. But I always found it interesting that there were hundreds of wells near the border of USA but almost no wells in Montana. Now I learn that one of the richest oil deposits in the good old USA is in Montana and North Dakota, but environmental concerns keep us from drilling. I'm sorry, but that seems silly. Drilling on land seems much better to me than the ocean.
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