Allen Boyd & other Republicans
The Gulf Coast Oil Disaster (GCOD) was a mathematical certainty. It had to happen eventually. It is the result of 40 years of Laissez-faire (that's "free-market" for you Republican dummies) capitalism and Ayn Rand greed-is-good stupidity. The South used to be a Democratic stronghold until the civil rights movement. Their hatred of blacks, which still runs strong down here, led them to voting against their own economic interests.
Ever since President Carter, we have wasted 30+ years chasing the oil dragon with the vengeance and focus of an opium addict. Had we listened back then we would be light years ahead in our technology and we would have no need for oil wars (Iraq/Afghanistan) and we wouldn't be supplying terrorists with oil money to use against us.
But you see that's not how Republicans and Allen Boyd's Blue Dog Democrats roll. They want to be free of regulations. They want to be free of anything that might interfere with the pursuit of their god- the Almighty Dollar .....and that includes those pesky inspections of oil rigs that only slow the so called 'free market' (which is far from free as it drives out competition through monopolies and mergers).
Adios, Republicans. Adios, Allen. You have killed Florida. I don't know where you're going to find a job but it's not going to be in Florida. Between the 'free-market' Ponzi scheme we called the housing boom that is crashing at our feet as we speak and the GCOD, Republicans have killed Florida. The only thing left now is the long, slow painful lingering until the heartbeat of Florida is flat lining.
Never mind that we have a candidate that could pull us out of this nosedive. 40 years of intentionally dumbing down the public has made us too stupid to vote for real solutions. We'll end up with someone like Rubio, whose 'solution' will consist of cutting services to the bone while bailing out his buddies at taxpayer expense. In other words, the same thing we've seen coming out of Washington.
