No End in Sight

Oil

I am a big Marx Bros. fan. "Duck Soup" ran on Turner Classic Movies a few days ago. I was excited! 

The picture's comical opening credits show a few ducks. First thing I thought? Not comedy. Not schtick. Oil. I thought of ducks dying in oil - BP's careless oil disaster does not go away, even with help from the Marx Bros. 

Water

I can't look at pictures of clean, blue seas without thinking of our oil-soaked waters (and beaches) (and sea creatures) (and entire eco-system).

Does BP losing 48% of its market value make any statement? 

Oh, yes. BP deserves to be punished where they'll feel it - in their till. That's the twisted good news, from a New Orleans girl's POV. 

The straight bad news connected to that sinking market value is further jeopardy for oystermen and all Gulf workers and residents. 

If (when?) BP goes bankrupt, people won't be made good. 

That Gulf mess is just an inch of BP's massive revenue pool. They make tons of money, drilling all over the world. 

Let's hope their financial reservoir will not dry up before Gulf states are compensated; fisheries to tourism, retail to restaurateurs and so on and so on; it's a long list of payees.

I'm only one of tens-of-thousands of people sick over Sportsman's Paradise Lost.

PTSD flourishes where joy once lived on Grand Isle and too many other places. It's not going away any time soon. 

Suggest BP rename itself to GD - Gloom & Doom.