So here we are, day 71, and Obama yesterday finally decides to accept aid from [only 12 of] the 30+ countries and organizations that offered help since the day it occurred. Great job Mr. President. I would offer you more sarcastic praise if I hadn’t already convinced myself that you’ve legitimately turned into a massive political black hole–no pun intended (is that even politically correct? Probably not). Meanwhile, BP is dragging their feet, spending how much on clean up thus far? $2.35 Billion. For a company that offered $20 Billion to the entire region in an escrow account without even flinching, that’s bullshit in my eyes. Maybe they should take some of their $239 billion (at 31 Dec 2009) total revenue and clean up the gulf.

Now to the really good part. Because of the total negligence from the parties mentioned above, we have other factors introducing themselves that will multiply the aforementioned negligence. We have entered hurricane season. A few issues here– the first outlined by the New York Times:

Strong winds from a tropical storm raised wave heights to seven feet or more, forcing the suspension of skimming operations and controlled burns on Tuesday. Rough seas make it impossible to contain oil so skimmers can pick it up or ignite it.

Get that? Cleaning up will be an on-again-off-again mess for the next few months. On top of that, Rep. Edward Markey says BP’s disaster response plan for an oil spill never made mention of hurricanes or tropical storms. Here you have one of the most profitable corporations in the world and they claim to have a minimal clean up plan. How can I say this politely? I don’t think ‘preparedness’ is a term in the BP bible.

Ready for the icing on the cake? If you had not already guessed this from general logic, think about what the general movement of the ocean and tides do. They move items in the water ashore. Now think about what storms and hurricanes do to things in water. They move them ashore at a faster rate. So, we have an erroneous amount of oil in the water, and we also have an oncoming barrage of hurricanes for the next few months. Have we had an ecological mega-disaster before? I just found one. If this news gets you down, just check out my previous post for a laugh.

In other news, Justin Beiber sucks.