Slip-slidin’ away

Plumes of concentrated death billow from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico and the “experts” can’t seem to get a handle on the magnitude of the situation. Executives, from the United States Government, the private industry responsible for this mess and the educational hierarchy (college and environmental studies operations around the world), for all their collective IQs and elevated educational degrees can’t stop the petro-hemorrhage killing the Gulf Coast.

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Makes you question the Progressive’s foundational theory “experts” are the ones best suited to decide what’s good for YOU, doesn’t it? All we have at this time is a growing society of “experts” mobilized to study an issue/problem at a moment’s notice; as opposed to professional/craftsmen/journeymen ready to attack the situation in a practical manner. Everybody: the Army Corps of Engineers, British Petroleum (BP), numerous Collegiate Professors from as far away as California (with NO attendance in the area) and the local yokels from LSU, MSU, TSU – they all BSU while standing ready to garner governmental research and granted dollars to tell us what we already know: This is some bad s*it, folks. The pompous, posturing fool acting as the CEO of BP told European audiences on SKY-TV he expected the environmental impact on the Gulf Coast to be “modest”. Modest? What the heck does this idiot think is catastrophic? Must the full-blown reality of Armageddon present itself before this yo-yo opens his eyes and starts dealing with the realities of the problem and stop speaking from his Public Relations poop-chute? BP has lied (or at least underestimated) about the scope of this debacle from the onset. They called the Louisiana State Police and reported they expected “no oil to reach shore”. (The Advocate; 5-26-2010, Kimberly Vetter –reporting) BP’s belief in this having a negligible impact on the shoreline of Louisiana and Mississippi would be laughable if the human economics and the environmental impact weren’t so tragic. But, none of the “experts”, governmental leaders and business scions wringing their hands and worrying about the economic impact on their bottom line, live near or count on the continued existence of their livelihood in this area of aquatic fragility. To them it’s data, correlated findings and financial finagling to contain their ruptured profit line. They’re suffering a crushing fracture of their public image and stock values as well. But will they suffer like the “little guy” eking out a living from what he produces from the confines of his nets, his lures and the labors he puts out in the gulf to merely feed his family? No. None of them will lose their livelihood like the people on the Gulf Coast. These “experts” (read-bumbling fools) are certifiably stupid: the stupidity (theoretical expertise) overgrows their good sense like weeds taking over a once fertile garden. They have ideas but can’t thread a needle. They wear slip-ons because learning “HOW” to tie shoelaces isn’t practical, or necessary to them. The slip-ons fulfill the same need: covering their socks when they remember to wear them. Their credibility is “slip-slidin’ away”. Since this mess started I’ve had a question: why has NO submersible (manned or remote), with pincer (Jaws of Life®) or similar equipment been sent down to clamp the pipe? Don’t tell me we have no submersibles capable. They’ve been using deep-diving submersibles (both manned and unmanned) since 1960 when Trieste descended into Challenger Deep (Marianas Trench – 36,198 feet/6.85 miles depth). Robert Ballard used them to explore and retrieve artifacts from the Titanic. No. Every nit has come up with needle threading operations conducted at a depth of more than a mile and with NO practical experience in the exercise. It’s like having a group of blind special-needs children from Borneo trying to move a Saturn 5 rocket with a tow-rope. The most spectacular idea isn’t always the best – no matter how much you want to look like MacGyver © on TV. Sometimes theorists and politicians need to be told to shut-up and go play in the corner. Get some professionals there and crimp the bloody pipe. Then we can concentrate on saving the shoreline and the people living along it before it’s too late. Thanks for listening