tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31746167841391829272011-07-28T16:34:46.118-07:00Seeing The ForestIt is a very common expression: "I couldn't see the forest for the trees." Nearly everyone uses it. Yet not missing the obvious seems to be a rarer and rarer skill.
A lot of time, effort, money and trouble is expended to get people to spend their money and time - all that they will ever have - for the benefit of someone else.
Perhaps if these trees weren't blocking our vision...Helixtwicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006173237989544654noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3174616784139182927.post-58829992055931709452010-05-19T16:29:00.000-07:002010-05-19T16:29:42.425-07:00Time to Act on Deepwater Horizon<span style="font-size: small;"> It is time to take decisive action on <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">Deepwater</span> Horizon - past time, actually.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"> I cannot believe that this debacle has been allowed to drag on this long!</span><br /> President Obama needs to invoke national security, and direct the Navy, which has demolition experts, to draw up a plan to close the well by explosion. A large conventional bomb could likely seal the well head. The flow must be stopped, and stopped soon, so that the problem stabilizes, and the cleanup can begin. This really is a matter of national security, environmental and economic, and securing the nation's food supply.<br /> The second would require the cooperation of the British Government, as <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">BP</span> is a British Corporation. It is unprecedented but so is the situation. If the cooperation is not secured, as much of <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">BP's</span> assets as possible should be seized and liquidated to indemnify environmental and personal losses from this disaster. If cooperation is secured, a stock freeze while new management and board are installed, new bylaws enacted, and a set percentage of <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">BP</span> profits goes to indemnify the spill loses forever, administered through a not for profit.<br /> <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">BP</span> have proven that they are totally unequal to managing this disaster, or just managing a major company period.<br /> Prosecution and jail terms (no Club Feds allowed!) of five years minimum (serve all five) should follow rapidly for extreme malfeasance.<br /> While we dither, an ecosystem which is one of the richest on Earth is bleeding to death in plain sight.<br /> The status <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">quo</span> will kill us as well. Action is called for.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3174616784139182927-5882999205593170945?l=seeingtheforest.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Helixtwicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006173237989544654noreply@blogger.com0