Rahm Emanuel's famous quote rings in the ears.
An oil well blows up and pollutes the Gulf of Mexico.
The White House has a decision to make: All hands on deck and get this mess cleaned up, or (behind door number 2!) drag our feet, let things really really go to hell on the Gulf Coast (again), blame 'the corporations', 'big oil', Republicans (and any form of conservative), blame-blame-blame, and let the problem fester, rip Alabama's oil boom off for the Louisiana photo-op, and then....
Push for a massive tax increase!
And make damn sure it all gets done by November, cuz' we gonna a lose a lot of House members that first Tuesday. (If you're gonna make war on a culture, you gotta expect a few casualties, you know.) Ain't got no time to read no legislation--it's time to pass this thang!
In the meantime, OS talked with a friend from New Orleans, who said the 143-year old business that supplies oysters to the city has had to close down, due to pollution of the oyster beds.
Didn't have to happen. A timely response would have saved them, but that wasn't the plan.
That business is just another casualty of the Fundamental Transformation of America, and now can be conveniently used as a guilt-club to beat Congress into submission.
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