A Snafu, asking to be contacted,, very tempting !!!!

American Chernobyl. For years and years to come.

Help me out here diggers:

Why is the media calling this “the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history”.

Is there an event in the history of the world that matches this in terms of scope for environmental devastation?

How does Chernobyl rate, ecologically speaking, that is?

Isn’t it ironic that “our” (sic) best chance to stop the spill is also the method that allows BP to suck out the prime petroleum.  The failed methods all merely stopped the leak while the latest cut-and-cap approach allows BP to actually draw out the gunk minus sea water.  And if this approach fails, BP appears to still be off the hook.

Anybody notice that all this is identical to the Wall Street bailouts ?  i.e. Fail at taxpayer expense and then make huge profits without the fear of retribution or regulation…...

It’s the new corporate model - the government (that’s all of us) takes the hit both financially and image-wise, while the populace suffers, and while rampant and rapacious captialists grab monstrous profits. 

I also noted that Joe Scarborough on his “Morning Joe” show was calling for heavy duty pressure on Iran this morning, saying we had spent a decade bracketing Iran in Afghanistan and Iraq.  I can easily remember Joe’s cheerleading of Bush’s war-adventures. 
20-20 hindsight is SO convenient.

After Top Kill failed Friday night, they had the camera
on a gusher coming from the ocean floor, it appeared
to be the well head, it had extreme pressure, nothing
was attached to it. They showed this for several hours.

Did anyone else see this ????

Yeah and how many years will it be before BP shells out any money to pay for this mess?

American style fundamentalist capitalism appears to be a self defeating enterprise.  It seems to be racing to consume itself.  The only question now is what will replace it?  The great promise of America was consumed by greed.  Few things are more blind than greed.  It is interesting to watch the ineffectiveness of government and corporate interests to control the negative effects of their greed.  Blow after blow they are being pummeled by the system they created.  It appears they have met the enemy and it is themselves.

No more off shore drilling, now or in the future.
And no more presidents that shill for the energy companies.

Sickening!  Kills not only whatever life exists in its path, but kills the human spirit—soudlessly, without a whimper.  Throttles hope.  Destroys all faith in human beings.  The damage—irreparable—goes far beyond loss of oil or damaged property, which is bad enough!

Will this be enough to convince us to save whatever of the living planet is left?