Spill, Baby, Spill

The normally talkative Sarah Palin has fallen strangely silent on the topic, but the good old boys down South are facing an oil spill crisis. An oil rig explosion in the gulf has resulted in about 42,000 gallons of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico daily. The oil is now moving towards the Louisiana coast.

The Wall Street Journal reports: "The crude spill, emanating from broken drilling infrastructure 5,000 feet below the surface at a rate of 1,000 barrels a day, was caused by the explosion and sinking last week of the Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon, which was drilling an exploration well for BP."

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official says the oil is expected to hit shore within days. If that occurs, it could create an economic and environmental disaster.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says he is receiving constant updates on the oil spill. He insists the spill can be contained and that the government is prepared to handle the crisis. 

. . . Government? . . . Who needs government?

Party Down

The anti-government Tea Parties planned for the state of Mississippi have all been canceled . . . due to natural disaster. The anti-tax parties, protests and parades will be re-scheduled after federal and state government officials have assessed the damage and rushed aid to the tornado ravaged area.

"We don't like the government intrusions in our lives," barked Mississippi Tea Party President Roy Nicholson just a few weeks ago at an April 15 protest.

I agree with Roy!

No federal money should be forced on these proud patriots. Let them pull themselves up by their confederate boot straps. Our filthy government money is no good down there in Mississippi.