Dear BP....

Dear Scum-sucking, Environment-destroying bastards BP,


The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig happened on April 20, 2010.  It is now July 14th.  The flow of oil hasn't been stopped.  It hasn't even been slowed down!  If anything, we keep hearing how it's getting worse!


You keep trying different methods to halt this leak (aka "gushing flow of oil," but leak sounds ever so much better, don't you think?  Doublespeak is alive and well) - methods that have been used in the past for other spills and didn't work.


How can BP - a multi-billion dollar company - operate a rig and have no way of stopping a gushing flow of oil  leak from that rig?  


It's like having a vicious dog and no leash, no muzzle - then acting surprised when the damn thing gets loose and attacks someone and having no way to control it.  If that happened with a private citizen, there would be criminal charges, jail time.  "You should have known something might happen and you should have taken precautions!"  the judge would tell the private citizen as he's sent off to jail.


But no, that won't happen with you, will it?  You're rich, powerful, and have a horde of lawyers that you pay to keep you out of jail and raking in profits.  How can you be bothered with trying to make sure your operations are safe, right?  


Tell that to the 11 workers that were killed on your oil rig.  I hope their families sue you blind and that they pursue criminal charges against you.


The Gulf Coast may never recover from this.  I don't live on the Gulf Coast, but I do live in a coastal city, and there is a real threat that this will eventually reach my beaches.  The photos I see from the Gulf Coast are heart-wrenching,  but the thought of seeing the same thing happen to my home....is devastating.


What happens when half of the United States is unable to use her coastal waters for fishing?  What happens when residents of the Gulf and East Coasts are unable to stay in their homes because of this toxic disaster you've unleashed?  


You won't care.  You'll be in your huge house in another country, collecting your dividends and paychecks.


But I care.  Yes, me.  A nobody.  Not rich.  Not famous.  Not powerful.  


And I'm going to do something about it.  


I will be fighting for efforts to be focused on helping the Gulf recover, and financially supporting them.


I will be supporting and promoting those who are against you, like BPGlobalPR.  


I will be rallying for the cause of ending our dependence on oil.  Not just foreign oil, but ALL oil.  (See OilFreeby2020  )


I will be lobbying for efforts to help make sure this oil gush spill doesn't reach my home - by contacting my representatives NOW and urging them to start taking action.


So congratulations.  You now have started a movement.


Unfortunately, it's one that is working for your demise.  Enjoy.


~ Shara O' Ryan