Reply #150: I live with me just fine.

[Chan790]

Mostly because I don't like in fairytale land where I propose doing magical things that simply aren't possible.

I'm a realist, so shoot me. We're not going to at this point save the gulf, the wildlife, the shoreline, the coast or prevent 100,000 people across the southeast US from developing tumors and/or cancer resultant of this over the next 20 years...it's not possible, it's too late. That ship has sailed. The only question left open and on the table is "Do you want to own this mess or do you want BP to own this mess?"

I want BP to own this mess. I want people pissed off and knowing who fucked up, who FUBARed the repair, who half-assed the clean-up and prevention. I want this to make people question the future viability of oil as an energy source and mock anybody who would use the words "drill, baby, drill" unironically.

Sorry, it is a political opportunity...willy nilly, whether we want it to be or not, it is a political opportunity. Any opponent of offshore drilling or sensible energy policy would have to be a motherfucking idiot to not seize upon it as such, as a means to shove demand for a sensible energy policy down the throats of the pro-carbon-fuel morons.