My only picture from the Allentown Art Festival

Someone stole my driving school.

Gulf of Mexico oil spill ...onto the politics

Here's the link. It's not about ducks. Watch the video and skim the article like I did.

BP now claims the siphon is capturing as much oil as they first claimed was gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. This oil threatens millions of families and their livelihoods with health complications, economic repercussions and our fragile world for years to come. BP is a London-based company. Don't get me wrong, I love a global world. I think we learn so much when we respect each other's differences. We grow. We innovate. We live healthily. However, I take an isolationist stance when it comes to the response to this catastrophe.

America now has the chance to stand up and say - we can do better. American companies should take this opportunity to rise up and dedicate themselves to respecting the communities in which they operate. The same communities provide their profits. As a message to the world, we should expect any company operating within the United States to value those markets, their valued customers and their homes. It should be a "cost" of doing business. It feels capitalist to me.

Yes, we are addicted to oil right now. I think we are starting to realize we need to find better ways to get our energy. BP won't even estimate an amount of oil flooding into our home. Independent experts (in the field of evaluating the amount of fluid flooding through a broken pipe) lowball the estimate at 84,000 GALLONS each day. BP is an expert in profiting from oil sales, lobbying your elected officials, paying public relations departments and marketing themselves.

No more. America can do better.

(climbing off my soapbox)

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