Reply #46: We've done the same thing we did with outsourcing and wall street [View All]

[scentopine]

let the fancy talk of MBA dickheads convince us that reckless and unregulated free market behavior will guarantee prosperity to all - even those of us with a sense of morals, principals and ethics.

Centrist democrats and republicans at this very minute are pressuring congress to let them keep drilling in the Gulf and else where and MMS is at this very minute approving wells near wildlife refuges in the Gulf.

Remember, most people in the world don't live near the Gulf. Its not in their backyard. BP execs and fat cat senators get on a corporate jet and in a few hours, they are back to pampered lives as multi-millionaires. They won't have to live with their consequences. So in free market terms - there is no incentive for them not to pollute the Gulf.

Until the oil washes up on capital hill or creates a shortage of caviar, nothing will happen to stem the flow of bad energy policy decisions and bad politics out of washington - putting us (the non-rich) all at risk.