Posturing, Demands, Deadlines ... Are There Any Realists In Government?

SEE HERE Anyone would think that Harry Potter's alive and well and ready to come to the rescue with some sort of magic spell that cleans up oil. If the best the government can do is to yell and scream and set unrealistic deadlines (48 hours or else ... give me a break!) then we're doomed to a long painful lesson in reality. You can't wish your way out of this. Whatever ends up working will take significant time to implement. Engineers can't perform magic and this leak is 5000 feet below the surface of the ocean, almost a mile down. Even getting these pictures we've seen is an amazing technical achievement.

The government forced these guys out there. Signed off on ridiculous safety plans (What are the consequences to the regulators for lousy regulation and allowing plans that were inadequate to go forward?). There is no end of blame to go around, but all we're going to hear is BP this and BP that when the NIC spends 54 days getting around to even talking with BP and now wants to impose 48 hour deadlines. That's desperation and nonsense to boot. Superman isn't employed by either BP or the U.S. Government. Meanwhile instead of deploying a wide range of techniques to try to manage the situation now, right now, the government is casting around for a silver bullet that may not exist at all. If you ever wondered why government should not be allowed to run things, this is an object lesson. Save me from government that imagines it knows what it is doing! November Is Coming! We need a lot less government and a lot more freedom.