Reply #144: Dennis is on to something.

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And Dennis is far from the only one.

Our open water drilling operations should be regulated with a worst case scenario in mind. The gulf disaster is reason enough to regulate in this manner.

Had there been strict adherence to comprehensive regulation all along the drilling process the blow-out need not have happened at all. Still, if someone proposed a more strict regulation regime oil friend legislators would have squealed like the little stuck piggies they are.

But I agree with Dennis completely. We must have massive mobilization toward development of every feasible energy alternative while focusing strongly on efficiency. Let's give these 'oil men' something to really squeal about.

Of course there is no will to do this as long as our legislature is subject to outright bribery. There is no question that we find ourselves in this precarious situation as a direct result of oil money influence on the legislative process.