even that I am wondering about - how do we know that our votes really count? there have been so many problems with polling places - makes ya wonder..........................

there's always some crooked politician that will try most anything.

considering the huge messes our current crop of politicos have gotten us into I would urge everyone to go vote for somebody who is not in office - and it doesn't matter what party they are affiliated with.

these career politicians have become a defacto "ruling class" - they've been around for so long they all "owe" so many favors to so many other career politicians that voting is no longer a question of representing their constituents or what is right or what is good for the country - their votes are based on who they owe what favor.

This is not a political forum. The problems at the gulf are serious. There is nothing the White House can do to fix it. BP, Exxon or Shell are the ones with the knowledge on how to solve this. Certainly BP is consulting with all of those folks, plus the best minds they can find with knowledge in this area and are doing their best to resolve the problem. It's not in their interest to waste all of that oil, or all of the expense to clean it up.

This isn't a political problem but a scientific one. The leak is 5000 feet deep and at extreme pressures because of the weight of the water overhead. The sorry fact is that is where the remaining oil reserves in the US are located. Those of us that drive cars need the oil those companies produce for us for our daily commute to work or to go to the grocery store.

Matt