I have a guilty sadness over the oil spill.

And I don't really know why. I am sad for what this means for the region, particularly Louisiana which has suffered enough. I think what I feel most guilty about is our bought off governments through the years could have prevented this by putting a few minor but costly regulations in place. Was it worth the fucking money saved? And was it worth it to limit damages to $75 million? I'm sure it was to those that took the campaign money.

So now we're in an impossible situation. The well is too big to fix. It's just like the banks that are too big to fail. Will the government stand up and say that all wells must be shut down until they can be properly controlled? If you want a guess at the answer, just look at the banks. Did the government break up the banks that are so big they are poisinous to our finacial system? Not in any fucking real way! With the new financial reform bill we have to wait till the next time they bankrupt themselves and then we have to let them crash and burn (though I'd bet anything they'll be bailed out again).

There is another view that this is what many people vote for (and don't say you didn't.) Voting for the Reagans, Bush's, Vitters, and Cornyn's of the world has consequences. But that doesn't make this any less sad.