I know there are a lot of geniuses on this forum, so excuse me if I'm stating common knowledge.
First, you can't just put booms on the water to corral oil IF 80% of the oil is BELOW the surface.
Second, our navy is used for national defense--not cleaning up private-sector fuckups.
Third, this well is still gushing oil. Cleaning up is the EASY part. Drill, baby, drill!
Fourth, I favor a free-market solution to this mess. BP can fix their well and clean everything up--or at the very least, reimburse the government every last dime to do so. If that means bankruptcy for BP, so be it.
Fifth--nice to see the latent environmentalists suddenly come out of the closet. Feeling a little Teddy Roosevelt of late, are we?
It's sickening how the people who blamed the victims of Hurricane Katrina for the rioting and chaos are suddenly shitting themselves because one of their corporate masters is correctly being charged to address a problem they caused.
Although, of course, if you could demonstrate where the U.S. government has the expertise and equipment needed to clean up a mess such as an exploded oil well in the ocean, then please do outline your proposal.
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