Whenever you have any substance, toxic or not, you are going to have accidents. When the accidents happen, a PLAN must pre-exist so that action can be immediately taken.

Instead, our illustrious leader, Obama, chose to ignore advice of industry experts, go on a personal vacation, and then, authorize only a fraction of the resources requested to handle the spill, at which point was weeks after the april 20th explosion on the BP Horizon oil rig. The Gulf residents are unimpressed by the performance of this administration. Obama didn’t even visit the gulf until six weeks after the accident.

Of particular interest about the public reaction: A CHICAGO NBC poll result shows that 80% of the CHICAGO locals are “Furious” about the President’s handling of this crisis. Okay, bear in mind Chicago is Obama’s home town, and NBC is essentially a propaganda arm of the Obama administration, and the poll STILL shows the people are furious.

NOW what’s being done seems too little and too late to save the gulf beaches, and well, let’s say, on the bright side, this should generate a lot of temporary jobs for the cleanup, which should help local economies.

CAUTION is needed at this point, not just with the technical difficulties of cleanup, but with what is bound to be a backlash against ALL energy exploration in domestic waters.

Indeed, if I were a “Greenie”, this would be my life’s dream realized. Forever more, even above the disaster of the Exxon Valdez, I will have something to point at and say, “I told you so!” every time “Big Oil” tries to do more drilling.

Be very clear. For our country’s economic health we NEED energy independence. We have to keep developing and exploring, or we will forever rely for our energy and economy on countries that overtly hate the United States of America and its interests.

The lesson learned: Do everything we can to prevent accidents. Have a plan in place to correct the inevitable accidents, and do NOT ever stop trying to become energy-independent as a nation.

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