In today's news is the item about President Trump signing an executive order opening the East Coast of the United States to offshore drilling. This is not deja vu. It really did happen before. Only the last time President Obama was reluctant to sign the order, and one week later he got a convenient excuse to rescind it in the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon well. I would be interested in knowing how the protesters plan to stop the drilling this time.
The unique set of coincidences that led to the biggest disaster in oil spill history are telling. The unnamed crewman who left the platform on the Greenpeace boat that Greenpeace knows nothing about, the safety equipment being turned off when it would be needed, the timing coincident with the drilling order, these all add up to an unbelievable number of events that investigators were quick to discount as unimportant. Yet they still raise questions in my mind.
What is likely to be done to stop Trump, who is not reluctant to open the offshore oilfields to exploration, is a topic of concern. It’s not very likely an explosion on an offshore platform would get the same treatment as under the previous administration. The current administration would likely investigate with rigor not seen under the previous one. It is likely an explosion would result in a conviction this time.
Let’s keep our eyes open and our minds clear of preconceived conclusions so we can see the forest in spite of the trees.
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