WTF? Another oil rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico

This picture says it all … poor Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, could very well be captioned here, saying “What the fuck?”

At least they know what to do with this latest addition to the misery that has become Louisiana’s coastal waters.

Yup, another one blew up, 13 crew members were rescued (unharmed) from the water, the fire has apparently been put out at this point.The company that owns the rig, Houston-based Mariner Energy, did not know what caused the blast, which was reported by a helicopter flying over the area.

It’s not clear whether there is any oil spill resulting from this latest incident.

Stay tuned.

The hills are alive - with the sound of kvetching and retching

Forgive my ‘Yiddish-isms’. That’s what happens when you grow up in or near Miami Beach. Kvetching means complaining. I think you know what retching refers to. But the media echo chamber is so alive with pain and angst over what Obama should do, hasn’t done, the way he done did it that I can’t hear myself think.

Notable examples: all the screaming heads on CNBC, and most notably Rick Santelli. The print media and blogosphere - liberal, centrist and right wingnut - has joined in as well, and then they’ve given far more attention than should be warranted to that bloated, self righteous, self important default leader of the GOP, Rush Limbaugh, that I feel like heading for the nearest emergency exit post haste.

Can we all back up and breathe, before we completely loose track of the real issues?

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