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BIO: Kevin G. Hall, is the national economics correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers. Previously he served as Latin America correspondent. During his career he has reported from Mexico City, Saudi Arabia, Miami, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., for the Journal of Commerce and United Press International. He speaks Spanish and Portuguese.

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Donald Trump, The "F-Bomb", & The Idiots Who Cheered

Let's be clear: Donald Trump is a major douche. Yes, we know he's full of shit, and yes we know the only people buying his crap are the mindless idiot fans of the Republican party; yep, because the real Republicans don't like his ass. But be that as it may, you gotta give him credit for staying in the limelight. He's a master showman and salesman, and to be honest, he's yet to meet a television camera he didn't like. That said, his latest Vegas stunt is more of the same, hot-air garbage we've come to know him for: very short on substance.

You see, Trump is now playing the tough guy role. He knows America loves the tough guiy president. Guys who bow down on foreign soil to foreign dignitaries and heads of states? nah, America ain't into that so much. Of course lacking any real substance as far as policy, what does he do? He appeals to pretty much any and everybody feeling it at the gaspump with this tough talk. Listen to how they cheered for him; they bought it. Sadly, even Trump knows this is not how the oil industry works. The people on the other hand? Well, let's just say he's playing them like puppets on a string with his tough talk.

You see, if Trump was as tough as the image he's trying to convey right now. Trump would not have dodged the Vietnam war by using deferments like he did. Instead, he would have been there serving the country which all of a sudden he's in love with. But nope, like many a privileged coward, unlike the many draftees who went to war, Trump played sick and sat his ass at home and pretended to be in college. But now all of a sudden he's the guy to run up on OPEC like he's thugged out like that, when he wouldn't burst a grape.

You wanna know the truth? Trump is a media whore; this is how he makes his money; yep, real estate ain't hittin' on shit right now. He also knows that Friday is traditionally a slow news day. Yep, most stories are dumped on a Friday so as to avoid any traction. But Trump knew this, and he also knew the biggest story of the day was the Royal Wedding. So, being the attention whore that he is, he threw this tough guy talk all in attempt to steal the Royal Wedding's shine.

Yep, this is what the media will be talking about all weekend. But somehow, like Trump, they won't tell you no president has any power to influence the price of oil directly as far as OPEC is concerned. This is pure politics, and nothing more, folks. But hey, maybe he's right. Maybe if a Black man were to get gansgta (like they expect him to because he's Black) on Opec, maybe gas prices will go down. After all, as gully as George Bush was, not even he could get it done when he was the man. But Trump knows this; and, he's counting on you being an idiot to buy the horseshit he's selling like the idiots who cheered.

Okay, Let Folk get this straight. You got some people with shovels and rakes...

...and nobody thinks this shyt is funny? It's funny because it's fvcking ridiculous. Preposterous. Absurd. Ridunculous. Just plain silly.

Come on people. Really? People with shovels, rakes, and Home Depot wet vacs? Is it just Folk? Don't anyone else think that the attempt to clean up the gulf in this fashion is a waste of time?


Seriously. Let's break this down. Currently there is an estimated 39 millions barrels of crude oil that has spilled into the gulf. This not included the bullshyt amount of oil they've burned off or collected to date. But Folk digress.

One man (person, woman, child, who the fvck ever) can scoop up roughly 1/4 barrel of oil an hour in the blistering heat (this is a guestimate fvckers, shyt! You go stand in the humidity with a fvcking shovel in a full haz-mat suit shoveling and tell me how much yo' azz can shovel). Fvck it, let's say that fvcker bad azz and can do 1/2 a barrel an hour (plus Folk ain't no fvcking math genius).

Now if we worked that fvcker hard and with overtime, we work that fvcker 12-14 hours a day because that fvcker hungry and want that paper. That's 5 - 6 barrels a day! Doing good. But that fvcker got to eat and shyt (literally). And maybe piss. So let's deduct 1.5 hours for that. Then a motherfvcker got to wipe sweat and drank water every now and then. So let's take another 30 minutes off that. So that's 4 - 5 barrels.

And believe Folk, this is optimistic!

In Pursuit of Energy Independence

Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP, and Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman's decision to overturn Obama's six month moratorium on deep water drilling, hasn't fazed me one bit. Yes both of these men are tied to the oil industry in some way or another. But hey, as far as elected officials and policy makers go, who isn't? This is yet another example of why the stated goal of Energy Independence is pretty much like a hunt for the ever elusive Unicorns:

oil on the finger that's pointing

By guest blogger Folk



::steps up to the podium. taps mike::

What's pop'n people? Folk been quiet on this topic but it's time for Folk to come out swinging! There's a lot of finger pointing going on with the oil spill crisis that's ongoing in the gulf.

The President's at fault. BP is at fault. The government is at fault. The oil industry is at fault. The overseeing bodies that inspect the functioning oil rigs are at fault. Halliburton that supplies that cap is at fault. The buracracy and red tap is at fault. The EPA is at fault. The Environmentalist are at fault. Huckle Berry Fin's nipple ring also bears some fault! Hell the question Folk has is who isn't at fault?!?

That includes you and Folk too...

Our thirst of oil has forced America and the world's oil companies to this point. We want all the oil to supply our lifestyles but we don't want to produce it in a manner where the results of raping the earth can be seen. Instead we choose to invade other countries we deem vile and dishonorable in order to fulfill our industrialized thirst in the name of civility an democracy.

We (and Folk uses we loosely) laughed at the rest of the world as they curbed their oil appetites and produced larger SUVs at an alarming rate, built obscenely large inefficient homes, and turned a humped back to the fact that oil is a non-renewable resource.

So now we have a call to renewable resources for energy. Now what? Should incandescent bulbs be removed from store shelves for florescent? Should federal mandates for higher efficient home appliances be put into place immediately? Should every passenger vehicle that gets less than 20 mpg be taxed per mile or banned all together?

Folk ain't got all the answers. Folk can only start with Folk. And Folk has been considering the amount of energy Folk uses for years. For years Folk has used dimmers, florescent light bulbs, cars that get good / great mpg, and recycle when Folk can. Just because we don't see the troubles we cause with the lifestyle we choose to live doesn't mean it goes away.

George Bush: Just like herpes, he keeps coming back

So while Republicans are posturing and trying to force president Obama's hand on lifting the moratorium on drilling in the Gulf. Let's take a trip down memory lane in our way back machine and see how this all came about. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the ghost of presidents, and regrettable unprotected sex past:

Queen of England has a message for Americans in response to BP oil spill

I'm not sure if the recent terrorist attack on America by BP could actually be the start to World War III, or maybe a rematch of that whole American Revolution/We-Kicked-Your-Ass-England, thing. I mean, something has to come out of this whole conflict besides a stupid draw in the World Cup soccer match between USA & Great Britain. And quite frankly, another timely gift of a preloaded iPod from President Barack Obama just won't be enough to ease the tensions between both great nations.

So, in light of the obvious hate America has for the Tea & Crumpet Taliban, the Queen has decided to share some thoughts. I mean somebody has to say something as tensions build between both countries, right? I mean, she can't be any worse than BP CEO, Tony Hayward. Besides, like New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said in defense of Hayward, “The guy that runs BP didn’t exactly go down there and blow up the well.”

Um, don't shoot the messenger:

Obama's Katrina? Where's Dick Cheney in all of this? He sure has been quiet, hasn't he?

Forget the "ass kicking" talk, and let's get down to business:


One can argue that Obama is shifting blame to the Bush administration as he always does. Yes, I know, even for me it gets old. But the one thing you cannot deny, is just how much the previous administration totally fucked us the American people over in the pursuit of corporate greed. You know, typical Republican stuff. But, we'll see just how committed the Obama administration is dedicated to changing much of this in the wake of the worst environmental disaster in American history.

BP courted and funded Republicans heavily; but, let's not pretend that Obama did not receive from BP the most by way of campaign funds in the last 20yrs in 2008. So while we do our finger pointing, and express our outrage, be sure to point them in the right directions. Our politicians are just as culpable as is BP in this mess.

The Center for American Progress lays this all out front and center, in a piece titled Prelude to Cheney's Katrina. It is well worth the read, and contains factual evidence of just how Cheney's secret National Energy Policy Task Force which concluded in May 2001 a plan that “advanced, more energy efficient drilling and production methods: reduce emissions; practically eliminate spills from offshore platforms; and enhance worker safety, lower risk of blowouts, and provide better protection of groundwater resources.”

Plain and simple, oil companies like BP were free to do as they please: