The Oil Spill

For the past forty-two days, a BP oil well has been uncontrollably leaking oil in the Gulf Of Mexico. The spill is a result of a pipe that burst five thousand feet underwater, and an estimated 25 million gallons of crude oil has now been dumped in the ocean. Yes this is a great disaster and needs to be corrected as fast as possible, but my main question is why in the world has President Obama and his cabinet assumed control of the situation, telling BP what to do and how to clean up the mess. Yes I think that the government should be involved in the situation but not in complete control of it. If some one disagrees with this and thinks Obama is right for assuming complete command of the situation i would to politely ask you to provide some evidence that our government knows more about oil spills and pipelines than BP does. Carol Brown, President Obama's energy policy advisor said, "This is obviously a difficult situation, but its important for people to understand that from the beginning the government has been in charge." (New York Times) If this is the case if the government has truly been in charge from the beginning, should we not be blaming them for how long this is taking instead of BP? If i must I will remind the American people that BP is one of the select few oil and gas suppliers that gets its oil from gulf coast oil wells instead of the middle east.