Day 40


The fact that no one in BP or the government has a clue on how to stop this oil leak is starting to become real scary, real fast.

I have been looking into this. When you go to BP's "Gulf of Mexico Response" website, on the right it asks you to e-mail your ideas on how to stop the oil flow. They are soliciting ideas on the web! Are you kidding me?

I was shocked to find the following map, put out by the US Department of the Interior, updated Feb. 2010.

This is a visual of all the active leases and infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico - OMG it was an accident waiting to happen.

All the yellow blobs are active leases, what you can't see is the criss crossing of oil and gas pipelines all over this map! OMG again.

We all know what BP was thinking - money. But what was FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission doing giving them a permit? I would love to see the EIS, Environmental Impact Statement of this one they okayed. Did they really allow them to build such a thing with no thought to what to do in the event it broke?

Americans, we have been asleep, stoned in the happiness of driving and flying around whenever we wanted, but we must awake soon. We need to look around. We need to get off cheap oil, like a bad drug that is literally killing us. Like kids that can't have all the candy they want. We need Gasaholics Anonymous.

In the mean time I have taken a course and gotten certified by BP, (I am not sure why the authority rests with them), to be on the beaches once the oil hits here. How can it not....

Dear Arizona,

I would rather live in a country of immigrants than a county of racists.

I thought President Calderon made some very good points in his speech to Congress last Thursday: why are 80% of the illegal guns in Mexico from the u.s.? And I wonder why is the united states the number one arms dealer in the world? I don't feel good about that. It sure does not make me feel proud.

And what about the fact that we use so many drugs in this country that we have to import them from Mexico and create huge problems in their culture. The drug gangs in Mexico are not just their problem, they are our problem. To say they are not is being irresponsible, in denial and just plan selfish.

Why does this country have to always hate someone? When I was growing up it was russia, oh the russians were the devil, then the vietnamese, north koreans, bin laden is the devil and now the mexicans oh and always hate the blacks for some reason.

The real natives of this country being murdered for their land long before even my ancestors arrived.....

My theory is that that when a void exists the universe struggles to fill it.

Take the united states, there is a spiritual void here. It is all about money and stuff.

Places like Mexico where they don't have much money or stuff, it is all about family.

They are flowing over the border to fill the spiritual void that has been created here. If this country could get it together on a higher level maybe the cultures would balance out.

What are we so afraid of?

Why is the deadliest threat to man - man??

WOW!

Happy Day to all you MOTHERS out there.

Especially my Mom.

Her Mom, my Grandmother, Erna.

(I called her Kentucky Grandma, well she lived in Kentucky)

And my Grandmother's Mom, my Great Grandmother, Lucy.

and my Dad's Mom, Martha.

(I called her Trailer Grandma, well she lived in a trailer)

These woman have loved me like no other.
I owe everything I am to them.

They have shaped my life.

I think about my grandmothers all the time.

How lucky I was to have them.

How lucky I am to still have my Mom.

Then wow, I'm a mom.

The great joy of my life has been my baby girl.

All grown up now.

She made me a Mother and a Grandmother.

I can think of no greater joy than grandchildren.

Six generations of mother love.

I am so grateful for these woman in my family.

and for my friends who are Mothers,

especially those of you who raised your kids in the trenches next to me,

(you know who you are),

I hope you have a great day, I am honored to know you.

MOM upside down is WOW!

Let's celebrate Cinco de Mayo with out Mexican neighbors!

They got rid of the pesky French at Puebla, Mexico, May 5th, 1862.

Not to be confused with their Independence Day, September 16, 1810 when they got rid of the even peskier Spanish!

Viva Mexico!