"Oil Change With that Disaster Mister"?

It's the size of Jamaica and growing. I am speaking of the oil slick moving towards Louisiana. That's what we are being told about the latest British Petroleum oil derrick explosion last week. The people of Louisiana must think they are sitting in the third ring of Hell because a lot of the natural disasters end up on their doorsteps. Hurricanes, oil sludges, poverty, an idiot for a Mayor, are just some of the more recent New Orleans nightmares. Also, ever notice that every TV show set in New Orleans is canceled before the characters can even order a second mint julep? How much must this State endure and why? Did Louisiana not allow the Gods a float in the Mardi Gras? Those poor bastards down there now will have lots of dead birds floating off shore not to mention all the oil. They will have so much oil on their shores that can change their name to the Abu Bayou, Emirates.

All kidding aside what is with the Bayou state? I guess Forrest Gump's observation "shit happens" does happen but he should have said, "shit happens...in Louisiana".  This disaster is on par with Tiger Woods shooting a 9 OVER PAR and NOT MAKING the cut this weekend. My god, don't think there wasn't a lot of crying in Boca Raton about that this weekend. His not making the cut would be like Jack Kevorkian saying...."never give up, never surrender" or Charlie Sheen saying he's becoming a buddhist monk.

I'm probably using inappropriate humor here because the truth is the whole oil slick thing is a colossal disaster for the environment, but I don't know how else to process the surrealness of it. It's a nonstop parade of: exploding oil derricks, coal mine cave ins, earthquakes, mudslides, tornadoes picking on mobile home parks, volcanoes melting Iceland, on and on. Well when times are tough like this we have the wisdom of Sara Palin to fall back on. She says during adversity" put on a happy face"! Will I? You betcha!