June 15, 2010

• GET OUTRAGED!

  I watched President Obama’s address tonight about the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. I was happy with much of what he said, but being a politician, I know that much of it was probably just lip service. The frustrating part is that we need it to not be just lip service. We need action and I don’t mean just with the oil spill but also with the environment. We need full environmental reform and I don’t mean this pussy ass half-assed health care reform that was just recently passed. I mean full fledged, sweeping, change the world reform. Will Obama deliver? Probably not. Will it be his fault? That’s not as simple of an answer.

  Part of the problem is that generally, the American people don’t care, which is part of the problem. When he forced health care reform through, there wasn’t a big ground swell of support for reform. In fact, there were more people protesting against it than for it. But yet he got it done because of the support of Congressional Democrats. But the environment? People don’t care enough. Its sad but true. And while Obama might care or at least pretend to care, there are not enough people in Congress who will support him, the reason being is that the people don’t care enough and they don’t want to go against the people if it means they might lose elections. If only people protested global warming and oil spills as much as other issues.

  Than there are the Tea Partiers and the Republicans. They are the ones who claim to be the most patriotic Americans and the ones who care so deeply about America. They insist that America is the best country in the history of the world. Yet, here we are the southern shores of their precious America damaged greatly in this disaster and they have not protested shit and we have not heard a peep from them. If they care so much, why aren’t they protesting? Well, I should correct that, some of them have spoken, like Congressional candidate from Kentucky Rand Paul, who when speaking about the oil spill said “accidents happen.” This is coming from a guy who is an eye doctor. So if his treatment accidentally blinds somebody does he tell his patient “well accidents happen” and does he expect them to accept that answer? Hell fucking no. So when 11 people die and 17 people are injured and billions of dollars lost and thousands of jobs affected and countless animals killed or injured, the proper response is not “accidents happen.” The proper response is reforming change.

  Obama has an unique opportunity here. He has the chance to use this as a spring board to really make the environment not a top priority, but THE top priority as it should be. For decades, Democrats have always talked a big game about the environment being important but it has never been the top priority. And Republicans……………….well they just ignore the problem altogether and claim it is not even an issue. But its high time that it is no longer pushed on the back burner, the time is now to rally around the Earth and do something. And while the President can start the revolution, its the people who need to get fully behind it and support it for change to happen.

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