Deepwater Horizon Blowout

I hope this is one of Dylan's and not Springsteen's.

It's a kick in the balls, that's for sure: we'll see the impact of this for generations. This will obliterate species whose chances of survival were already fragile, and what's left will be poisoned. Countless businesses have been crippled, if not destroyed. And then of course there's those workers on that rig that lost their lives. But the Gulf Coast will survive. Might not be the same (and it'll be too late for many), but as time goes on it will get better.

The problem here is greater than the prospect of higher gas prices, the long term future of America's oil industry and other factors cited. The common thread that ties the financial crisis and the associated sovereign debt problems with this environmental disaster is the notion that power structures are crumbling under their own weight. We have lived beyond our means for too many years, with the wrong priorities in mind, and Deepwater Horizon is just one example of this. The intermediate effects of this process include break downs like this--accidents and gross negligence for profit's sake. The underlying dynamic evident here is a lack of conscientiousness, irresponsibility, and inattentiveness to potential consequences that pervade the culture. At its root, this was caused by a mentality that encourages instant gratification at the expense of all else. This is the nasty side of human nature, as represented through oligarchic economic and political systems. BP's actions through... Read more

This will not single handedly destroy America, but to say this was a disaster is putting it mildly. We have not yet seen the worst of this catastrophe.

Yet another symptom of unbridled greed. UPDATE: Not to defend Mr. Obama, but if we continue to go the corporate way, this will turn out to be a relatively minor disaster compared to what awaits us in the not too distant future. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZCvMQhbH-8 UPDATE: The Supreme Court has OK'd additional destruction for fun and profit. We're screwed.

It may have killed some crawfish and the economy of Louisana and a few other states. The majority of the country is still safe. Although their is still the issue of gas prices spiking.

I think America is handling the problem with typical aplomb and in a reasonable amount of time they will know the full extent of the irreparable damage and who is to blame. Good work I say.

I don't think this alone will "destroy" the US,but it will set some very heavy duty dominos in motion that will do an awful lot of damage here.It has already put countless fish industry workers and tourist based business out of work,for starters.The moral of the story is : STOP CATERING TO THE OIL LOBBIES !!!!!

An oil spill is devastating to the wildlife and ecosystem but it would not destroy America.

As his lordship, Hussein Obama, babbles tonight about crap like "punishing those responsible" and seeks to tie his devestating Cap and Trade BS to this accident, keep the following in mind: "The moratorium on drilling is having the direst effect on jobs in Louisiana," said Professor Eric Smith, director of Tulane University's Institute of Energy. There were 33 rigs in operation in the Gulf when the Deepwater Horizon blew, and the other 32 have been shut down by the government order. According to Smith, another 9 rigs were due to soon go into operation. "Each rig employs 240 workers," Smith said. "We calculate that four jobs are affected for each job on a rig. Right now, conservatively, 10,000 people are out of work because of the moratorium, and that number is only going to grow as the moratorium continues." If the moratorium continues much longer, the rigs will be able to break their contracts and will leave for work elsewhere, in South America, for example, Smith said. "Once... Read more

The BP spill is further proof that drilling for oil in 5000 feet of water is still unsafe. Although it will take decades to clean up the environmental nightmare they created, I doubt that it will Destroy America. Besides, if the smell of oil sludge gets much worse, they can always rename the gulf coast Newark.

Make no mistake; this is serious. The impact on Florida alone--the fourth most populous state in the nation--will be serious. Florida is already close to bankruptcy, and its 1000+ miles of coastline are in peril. Florida's tourism industry will take a massive hit, and property values--some of the most expensive real estate in the nation--will collapse. If the oil gets into the Gulf Stream, the entire Eastern Seaboard will be at risk as well. http://www.rense.com/general91/oilor.htm