Thoughts on Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

I just read an article by Peter Daou at Huffington Post regarding America's reaction to the Gulf oil spill. He generally characterizes all conservatives as greedy and anti-green. This is the kind of crap that just infuriates me, and makes politics even more divisive and partisan.

I agree that this disaster is disturbing, and it seems like more can be done to plug the leak, but what do us normal folks really know about such things? Drilling for oil deep under the ocean is a complicated and complex process. Does BP and any other oil company want to make a profit from it? Sure they do. But, don't tell me they didn't have to jump through some serious hoops to have the opportunity to drill in that field. And don't tell me they don't give a damn about the workers who were killed in that accident. Again, there is no mention of them in Dou's article.

You can bet that BP's scientists and engineers are frantically working on the problem. Overreacting on the left to completely shut down all drilling is not going to help the situation. We have an energy issue in this country, and politics have played a role in that over the years, and you can bet that it hasn't just been Republicans receiving political contributions from the oil companies.

Rather than stomp our feet and demand people to be angry like Daou wants us to do, isn't it a better idea to keep a cool head and learn from this experience? While there will be significant loss of animal life and damage to fragile ecosystems, we need to keep a cool head and try and do a better job to avoid these problems. We also need to develop other energy sources. Or does Dou want us to go back to living in caves or log cabins?

This is not the end of the world. It is a significant disaster, but life will go on, and we will learn from this experience. Let's let cooler heads prevail and forget about the nitwits on the left and the right.