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Being a business theatre producer has allowed Brian the opportunity to meet and work with some very fascinating people from a variety of backgrounds which, in turn, has helped shape his knowledge and his opinions. His blog will not always be political, it will be about a lifetime of subjects, and nothing is off limits. “Few people have original thoughts, we are shaped by the people we know and meet” he says.



Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Human Side of the Gulf Oil Explosion

What is taking so long to cap the oil well?

I know it is 5000' below the surface but surely they must have known the possibility that an event like this was possible. No amount of resources or politics should stand in the way of capping this well.

President Obama visited the Louisiana Coastline the other day to get briefed and to give his "expert" opinion of what needs to be done. As a community organizer, he is great at holding meetings, blaming someone else and throwing someone under the bus. Everyone keeps looking for someone to blame. It is not time for blame, it is time for action.

News media have all moved people on site to report the latest stories about how disastrous this will be for Louisiana, Alabama and Florida citizens when the oil reaches the shoreline. They can't wait to compare it to Hurricane Katrina. They are interviewing fishermen talking about the impending affects on the region.

What about the 11 men who disappeared?

I know this will have huge economic repercussions for a long time and I know that we will be paying BP's costs for years to come in higher gas prices but one element is missing in all of these stories. The human one.

What about the 11 men who disappeared at sea?

210,000 gallons of crude oil are leaking into the Gulf of Mexico every day and something needs to be done immediately. Something should have been done the day it happened. There should have been contingency plans in place for such a disaster. And there were but politics reared its ugly head.

So what about the 11 men who disappeared.

Usually the media has photographs of these men the day it happens! They usually have company bios of each of the missing men but not this time. Why? We haven't heard a mention about them. Who were they? How old were they? Did they have family? Where are they from? Nothing except a passing mention that 11 men are missing.

And don't call this an oil spill. I may spill a glass of milk, this is an oil leak of major proportions, not a spill. This will have devastating affects of the entire U.S. economy for years to come and BP will probably get their hand slapped and a small fine.

I am sure that, as a result of this disaster, off shore drilling will be set back at least 50 years and the environmental wackos will be reciting their talking points.

But what about the 11 men who perished?

The media once again is losing its focus and trying to make the news rather than report it as journalists.

That is my stand on this tragedy, what's yours?

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

But what about the 11 men who perished? Dead.

I know it is 5000' below the surface but surely they must have known the possibility that an event like this was possible. No amount of resources or politics should stand in the way of capping this well. Thats right.
the U.S. Government can torpedo the main well and stop it or they could detonate a small nuclear blast to stop the oil, why are they not doing this?

May 11, 2010 at 2:20 AM 

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