Instant Karma for the Uninspired

I think this oil 'spill' will define the Obama presidency before its over much in the way the Iran hostage crisis defined Billy Carter's and Katrina, George Bush's. At first it doesn't really seem fair. And yet - two weeks prior to this disaster President Obama announced the largest expansion of offshore drilling for oil and gas in US history. That was the best he could do in his plan for energy independence. Like so much else in his Presidency Obama missed a great opportunity. Kennedy called for men landing on the moon within the decade - a seemingly impossible and yet inspiring call to action. Obama could have had an even greater moment and legacy. He could have called for attaining energy independence using renewable, safe, clean sources of energy within this decade. He could have announced the establishment of his NASA - focused not on space exploration but instead on developing and implementing new technologies that would provide a permanent earth friendly solution to our energy needs. A plan that would have created millions of jobs and captured the hearts of billions. He could have called for the the end of the era of big oil and with it the end of the need to kill, invade and oppress in order to obtain it. He could have called for the end of the slow destruction of our planet. The way we are currently living is after all unsustainable as we continue to poison the very air, water, and soil we depend on to exist. Instead Obama's great plan? Drill baby drill. He's really so very uninspired and now he looks really quite silly. Two weeks after his announced plan to expand oil drilling - this. Instant karma. Sad - but probably well deserved.