I suspect foul play in the explosion of the off shore drilling platform in the gulf. Something like this is a very rare event and its timing is far too interesting to be merely coincidental. This allows the powers-that-be to have their cake and eat it too. They can be for drilling and be against it at the same time while further fouling our economy, as is their goal, while harming the most conservative region of the country with an ecological disaster. If you don’t think there are people who would do such things, you have not studied history.
I worked in the oil field (oil patch) on a drilling rig for a number of years and one of the first things we did when we started a new hole was to affix a BOP (blow-out preventer) just above ground level to the first piece of pipe inserted solidly into the earth. This is designed to prevent what has just happened in the gulf by hydraulically cutting the drill pipe, and/or casing, and shutting off the flow of oil or gas from below. Granted, they do not always function as designed but it is quite rare when they do not. There is a great deal of pressure in the earth and before BOP’s there were many “gushers”. The BOP brought the vast majority of these under control.
Why not this time and why at this time? Are you a believer in coincidence?