Wednesday, June 16, 2010

BP and other commentaries...

When is too much too much and when is it enough?
BP in all its wisdom has decided today NOT to pay their investors their quarterly dividends, I say that’s a no brainer, what do you all think? Personally, I think that they should wait on that for the next few years, don’t you?

Shortly, prior to that realization they had set aside twenty billion to be utilized, as a beginning amount for all claims and cleanups, and will be adding into that pot three billion per years afterward, until all is made right.

Kenneth Feinberg will be the man in charge of the distribution from the escrow account; he was the person who oversaw payments to the victim’s families after 9/11, and apparently did a good job, no bad news there.

Mind boggling to most of us commoners that kind of monies, huh?
But in reality what I find more difficult to believe is what’s in all our futures with this historically worst manmade environmental disaster’s aftermath; imaging is beyond most of our realms of our mind’s capacity. At least I know it is mine.

If only we knew how to deal with what’s to come, and only if we knew when we would be allowed to really take charge and clean it all up!
That too, is a wait and see game though unfortunately. WILL SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE UP OUR MINDS!

That’s the darn troubling part of all this, not knowing when, where or what will be coming exactly where or when, got that?
It’s crazy! And definitely NOT in a good way!
Frustration and lack of control comes to all of our minds, we as human beings like to think we have a bit of control over our lives, even if it’s just a little.
If this doesn’t teach us something about what we need to do when it comes to finding non toxic methods of movement, fuel, and energy what-have-you?

The only good part of all this is…we are not in this alone, we have each other since we all will somehow and someway be affected by this!
And so let me recommend that we try hard to come up with ways to handle this upheaval of many of our lives.
Using good judgment in all decisions and not work against our common goals of trying to make this part of the world whole and well again.
I see it as a cancer with a possible cure in the hands of the scientific medical people and pharmaceuticals all seeking a cure, perhaps that analogy is slightly off but work with me here…some cells will be destroyed along the way, and there may even have to be some amputations but in the end what will be left will be healthy tissue that will grow into a new beginning?
Nah, that’s just crazy!
We have a nasty disgusting mess that is killing wildlife, jobs and the economy, tourism you name it and its possible cure or resolve has yet to be determined!

Moving on, on my home-front…
Today was an errand day and after we stopped at the home store for orchid potting mix and then I am happy to say we accomplished our short romp to the warehouse store for gas, water, coffee, air-fresheners body wash etc.
Then we went on to BIG LOTS and picked up some garden supplies, actually two trellis’s for our climbing white Mandevillas, which are quickly becoming a beautiful screen for privacy at the end of the swimming pool facing the canal. You can still see the canal through it which I do like.
We lunched today at Beef O’Brady’s. I had a half and half, which consisted of half a sandwich and choice of soup or salad, I had half of a Cuban style sandwich and Caesar salad not eating all of the bread, Hubby had a roast beef sandwich and fries, him coffee and me my iced tea, and the bill was comparable to a fast food restaurant one, reasonable.
So dinner again we made homemade clam chowder, yum!

Let me wish you all a very good night too, and count your blessings and we will count ours!

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