I am from South Mississippi and have family in effect area, so

[SargeUNN]

I must say that even though I have a personal interest in the situation even though I left Mississippi 3 years ago, that I am very tired of all the fuss over this thing. I know the people there are depressed and worried, they smell oil everywhere and it is horrible and could ruin their economy that is still fragile after Katrina. The biggest problem with all this attention is that it has become so political that just like the immigration issue, many have forgotten the underlying situations. There is a lot of factors I know of that seldom get mentioned and the problem is far more involved than people not familiar with the area could realize. Personally, I think Obama is doing a pretty good job and could do other things better, but I believe he is really trying and will take more into account than those who aren't as aware of the big picture. Of course I have to take this position because it does involve people I treasure.

[HereSince1628]

1. We can't smell it in Wisconsin either and I've seen no bathtub ring on L Michigan

So like, gee, nothing to worry about because it's NIMBY.
Really, that's pretty parochial and Wisconsinites don't really feel that way.

It's one country, one economy, all for one and one for all. If we can't stand together in crisis there is no point in standing together at all.



In my fantasies governments ratchet up the mitigation, and take advantage of lots of unemployed all over America who would do oil remediation for some pay, food and shelter in much the same way that FDR had people doing park building with the CCC. Throwing diapers onto oil soaked seagrass is pretty low tech, and many unemployed could do much more sophisticated mitigation with limited emergency training.

[Angry Dragon]

2. You talk of the big picture

You want to lay out some of the points of the big picture??