Cart vs Horse

If you are living anywhere along the coast in our Gulf States, you might be wondering whether oil-soaked birds will soon be dropping dead on your lawn.

- OR -

If you are a Gulf-Coaster and fish for a living (or just live for fishing), you might well be asking when you can get back at it.

In other words, in either case your main concern would be when are they going to stop the leak?

- BUT -

If you are a member of your country's government, or the 4th Estate, your attention will have moved on past the mundane concept of fixing the problem. After all, when 'Top Hat' didn't fit, and 'Top Kill' fizzled, and British Petroleum moved on to that leaky semi-cap, semi-suck procedure which didn't have a catchy name, what was the point of caring about a fix?

No, your attention has moved on to an easier topic to grasp: make the bastards pay ...

- NOW -

I know it is important to ensure BP takes care of anyone and everyone with a legitimate claim to damages, including the oil-soaked Pelican lobby (if there isn't one, I have dibbs), but let's not take things too far out of sequence.

When President Obama begins making his trips to the Gulf all about 'kicking ass' to get BP to cough up reparations, he is perhaps missing the bigger picture. The freakin' oil is still gushing!

Imagine your house is on fire. Would the first call you make be to the insurance company? Or the Fire Department?

Mr. President, please put the horse back in front of the cart. Stop the leak, then soak the bastards!