More Oil Spill Mess

The oil spill continues in the Gulf of Mexico and the federal government has taken up a new tactic – continuing to remind everyone that all this mess is BP’s fault but stating on an almost daily basis that the federal government is in charge of the situation and is telling BP what to do.

Seriously?!?  After a month and a half of oil spilling into the Gulf, killing wildlife, destroying beaches and wrecking the fishing industry, all the government can say is that it is in charge but it is all BP’s fault?  As I’ve written before, the public doesn’t care anymore.  We all knew a very long time ago that BP was the owner of the well that was spilling the oil and being reasonably well educated we figured that the federal government was involved in making sure that all of this got cleaned up.

None of this matters anymore.  What matters is that after six weeks the oil is still gushing out and apparently nothing being done about it.  We don’t care anymore who owns the well.  We don’t care anymore who is in charge.  We really don’t care anymore whose fault it is.  WE JUST WANT IT TO STOP!

I think this is turning into more and more of a problem for the Obama Administration.  The Bush Administration was rightly criticized for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina and I suspect that this oil spill is going to turn into a similar situation for the Obama Administration.  Very little has been done.  Very little has been said about the spill itself and virtually nothing is being done to help the communities affected by the disaster.

To the federal government:  HELLO!  WE NEED HELP OUT HERE.  We don’t need anyone else to tell us who is in charge or who is at fault or who is investigating the whole mess.  We just need the oil spill to stop, to be cleaned up and for business and tourism and fishing to be restored.  COULD YOU PLEASE GET SOMEONE ON THAT RIGHT AWAY?