Re: [Paddlewise] BP & oil rig

     I saw a map today (5/09/10) of the oil spill area (the blob) in the
Gulf of Mexico, and it looked ominous. I've spent the last four years
researching my retirement strategy, and now the oil spill has put everything
on hold. I'm lucky that I had not yet made a committment and purchased
any property. My realtor tells me that many of those areas along the Gulf
are already economically depressed. The oil spill may be the death knell.
I had planned to find an area that offered beaches, fishing, kayaking,  
crabbing, oyster beds, and all the activities I enjoyed while growing  
up in Florida. Now I may simply keep working until I keel over.

Bradford R. Crain
In Portland, Oregon, where all we have is volcanic ash
and earthquakes.


Quoting Rich Kulawiec <rsk_at_rockandwater.net>:

> Worth reading in re the cause of this:
>
> 	http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/5/8/864829/-BPs-3-strikesjail-time-now
>
> This article goes into some detail about the 2005 Texas explosion at
> that killed 15, and the 2006 pipeline spill in Alaska -- as well as
> the trifling fines levied against BP for both, and the unfortunate
> lack of serious regulation.
>
> It has a link to this *excellent* article in the Miami Herald:
>
> 	http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/08/1620292/gulf-oil-spill-bp-has-a-long-record.html
>
> It's abundantly clear that the root causes of all these sit on the
> desk of BP executives, who have a decades-long record of skimping
> on safety whenever possible in order to line their own pockets.
>
> ---Rsk
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