CURIOUSLY...THE BP GULF GUSHER IS BEING FRAMED AS A POLITICAL REFERENDUM ON THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY....!
BUT THIS IS AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM... IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL...IT WAS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT...
YET NOW THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY IS IN DANGER...AND THE CABLE NEWS FREAKS ARE ON THIS LIKE FLIES ON SHIT...
BUT WHY...
WHY NOT JUST CALMLY SAY...WE ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM...WE HAVE TO BEST PEOPLE ON IT... IT WAS AN ACCIDENT FOR WHICH BP IS LIABLE...BUT THEY ARE NOT AN "EVIL" COMPANY...WE WILL INVESTIGATE IN DUE COURSE...
THE NICE THING ABOUT AUTOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS...IS THAT NATIONAL TRAGEDIES CAN HANDLED SCIENTIFICALLY...NOT IMMEDIATELY POLITICIZED BY THE DESPERATE MEDIA...
TERROR ATTACKS IN LONDON, MADRID, MOSCOW, AND INDIA...ARE SIMPLY "HANDLED"...WITH A STIFF UPPER LIP AND MOVE ON...
IN THE US EVERYTHING...EVERY DAMN THING...IS IMMEDIATELY MORPHED INTO A MAJOR POLITICAL EVENT...
EVEN IF ITS JUST A TRAGIC ACCIDENT THAT NEEDS AN ENGINEERING SOLUTION...
