Forget The Beef, Where's The Oil?

Now, far be it from me to find fault with a government agency, but just this once. Oh, all right, a few more then just once. Oh, all right, a lot of times. Satisfied? But the Materials Management office, especially the Alaska office, seems to have decided that the way to get along and get ahead, is to go along. These are the folks who decide who can drill for oil and gas, and where and when. I guess they believed that the "drill baby drill" crowd was on the inside. And until the last presidential election they were. In fact, they were still doing pretty fair until a month ago. But when the Deep Water Horizon blew up and oil and gas started spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, there was suddenly no more talk of "DBD". All was hush hush. In fact I'm not sure I'm supposed to mention it at all. So from now on, I'll just say DBD. But we'll still know what I'm talking about. But don't tell anyone. Anyway, back to the Materials Management folks. It appears that if any of their scientists dared to do or say anything that might slow the process toward drilling permits, well, they were sort of ostracized. You know. Like don't plan on ever getting out of the basement where it's wet and damp dark and dirty, until you start treating the oil companies like, well, you know, like royalty. Well, now that DBD isn't quite so popular, their strategy isn't working so well. See, most of the qualified people who wouldn't cave in to the pressure to get along, got out. Now, they've been caving in so long, they haven't figured out how to oversee and manage. So we still have no idea how much oil is spilling into the Gulf. I mean, even within hundred thousand gallons, or maybe that many barrels. We just don't know and BP isn't telling us, and EPA doesn't know and NOAA doesn't know. Even my cousin Ron doesn't know, and he lives in Louisiana, near New Orleans. So if none of these people know and Ron doesn't know, Obama sure doesn't know. Which means that there could be a whole lot bigger problem then BP is telling us about. Which is almost certainly the case. Don't ya just love DBD? Pretty soon the people in New Jersey could be unhappy with the idea. I nice shiny coat of oil on the Jersey shore could give them a case of heartburn. Ever hear of the Gulf Current? They have.