Everything changed. The entire world was different. Do you see the same thing happening because of this oil leak? Or its not that important?
crabs covered in oil will never compare to over a thousand human deaths and the destruction of property that people actually care about.
people outside of the area are going to care more about increased shrimp prices than oil-soaked beaches.Well lets see how it plays out. I think a lot of people care about that property down there.
I think its changed somewhat. By that I mean, its open the general public eye's to the real risks of drilling offshore and in deep ocean in which they demand more accountability from the oil companies and hopefully make a real push to alternative energy.Everything changed. The entire world was different. Do you see the same thing happening because of this oil leak? Or its not that important?
Oh yes, yes I remember the days after 911, that feeling of being sucker punched, and the only definitive answer we had was GWB reading school children my Pet Duck.
Oh yes, yes I remember the days after 911, that feeling of being sucker punched, and the only definitive answer we had was GWB reading school children my Pet Duck.
Soon to follow were the surrender our all constitutional rights Patriot act and the twin Quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Now we ask, can we be smarter this damn time by making sure to have the oil company regulations needed to prevent similar incidents in the future?
The only way this has a lasting impact is if Obama and the left ban all off shore drilling and cause the price of gas to spike.
Otherwise we clean it up and life moves on. A decade from now most people will hardly even notice that the spill happened. Sadly parts of the gulf maybe feeling the effects of the oil spill for decades.
what actual direct impact will the ecological issues cause for Joe American living thousands of miles away from the gulf, though?The ecological impact of this can and probably will be felt for decades despite our best cleanup efforts. Higher gas prices due to a ban on new offshore drilling would be the lesser part of the total impact.
Everything changed. The entire world was different. Do you see the same thing happening because of this oil leak? Or its not that important?
No one cares about this silly oil leak. Not even Obama.
The only way this has a lasting impact is if Obama and the left ban all off shore drilling and cause the price of gas to spike.
Otherwise we clean it up and life moves on. A decade from now most people will hardly even notice that the spill happened. Sadly parts of the gulf maybe feeling the effects of the oil spill for decades.
what actual direct impact will the ecological issues cause for Joe American living thousands of miles away from the gulf, though?
Now we ask, can we be smarter this damn time by making sure to have the oil company regulations needed to prevent similar incidents in the future?
Oddly enough, I agree with you about this...life does indeed move on. Bad things happen, we recover, learn what we can to prevent them in the future, and move on.
Then again, I'd say the same thing about 9/11. Obviously the scale, impact and importance aren't the same...but "everything changed on 9/11" is rhetorical nonsense. I definitely wouldn't apply that sort of language to an oil spill, but I wouldn't really apply it to anything short of a cataclysmic event.
I don't think making our entire national policy about bad events in a healthy thing to do...it turns reaction into obsession, and results in ill considered decisions because we're not "allowed" to take other factors into account. Your example of banning all offshore drilling is perfect, because it's exactly the kind of one-issue thinking that results from "we must not let this happen again, no matter what the cost"...otherwise known as "everything changed".
But sadly, while I think we'll avoid overreaction with the oil spill, I think it will be because most people don't CARE about spilling oil into the gulf and devastating sea life...not because they realize overreaction would be stupid.