As the oil washes ashore on the gulf coast and political pressure mounts, the Obama administration is taking a considerable amount of heat. We are reminded of Hurricane Katrina, another disaster affecting the same region and how President Bush took the blame for government demonstrating an inability to respond.Why would we blame the president for an oil rig disaster? Simple, we have been programmed to play the blame game. Is it fair or reasonable to blame anyone except British Petroleum for this incident? Not really. Is anyone noticing that government cannot do anything quickly.....well.
Opportunists on both sides of the so-called political spectrum are doing what they always do instead of problem solving. They are pointing fingers and in this situation as is the case with many situations, the president is the easiest target.
History teaches that since 1973 the U.S. has known it had an energy problem. And since 1973 not a single long range plan has been put in place to reduce our reliance on oil. Hell, even the French, hardly know for long range planning, took immediate steps to dramatically reduce their dependence on oil within fifteen years of having their economy held hostage by OPEC.
Missing in the dialogue of this envirnomental disaster is relevant discussion on what America can do to permanently solve this problem. Ironically T. Boone Pickens has an energy plan that makes sense. Will our adversarial, blame-shifting political system implement it? Take a guess.
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