Controlled Burn Considered for Gulf Oil Spill

200,000 gallons of oil a day spilling into the Gulf. They want to light it on fire. Drill baby drill. Where is Sarah Palin? Cashing in, getting $100,000 per talk spewing white trash hate. Where is Dick Cheney? Never-mind, I don't want to know. Where's that ridiculous sociopath - Carl Rove? Sadly even Obabma has to eat his own stupidity only two weeks after outlining his plans for the largest expansion of off shore drilling in history. Drill baby drill. Are we ever going to stop doing the bidding of the multinational corporations at the expense of our planet?

Life in the Intensive Care Unit

"Listen, someone's screaming in agony - fortunately I speak it fluently”.....Spike Milligan

President to Outline His Vision

"I want to set a goal to inspire all of mankind. A goal of exploration, hope and destiny. Before this decade is over – let us not send men to the moon and bring them back safely" - if Obama had been Kennedy

Candidate Obama said offshore drilling for oil was not needed, would not impact foreign oil dependence, and would not be in the interest of the ecological health of the planet. President Obama’s recently announced 'vision' is to achieve energy independence that includes the largest expansion of off-shore gas and oil drilling and nuclear power the world has ever seen.

I now know what it is that bothers me so much about this president. He's bright, intelligent, articulate, politically savvy and completely and utterly uninspired. It contrasts so stunningly with his campaign and with the awakening of hope he instilled in billions. And it contrasts so starkly with the times. If ever - ever - there was a time for greatness, vision, and inspiration it is now.

Running Low on Hope

Candidate Obama said offshore drilling for oil was not needed, would not impact foreign oil dependence, and would not be in the interest of the ecological health of the planet - he was right. President Obama now plans to expand offshore drilling more than any President in US history - drill baby drill. Candidate Obama promised the closure of Guantanimo Bay Detention Camp, an 18 month withdrawal from Iraq, end of extraordinary renditions and abuses of human rights, reversal of don't ask don't tell in the military, end of Bush's tax breaks for the most wealthy among us, transparency and marked new limits on using 'national security' as an excuse to abuse power - none of these promises has President Obama yet to make good on.
Candidate Obama was a beacon of hope.
President Obama?  Clearly he is more rationale, less driven by extreme ideology, less arrogant, and more articulate than Bush was. But the candidate represented real change to a weary, frightened world. As president it is not enough for him to just be better than Bush - he simply must do a better job living up to his promises and to the hope he instilled in billions. Failing to do so may, in the end, cause more damage than Bush ever could.