The Swift Urgency of Now
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Juanita voted for President Obama and she’s gonna do it again.
But she ain’t none too please with him right about now.
Juanita is a third generation Gulf Coaster. She has survived hurricanes, tropical storms, smoke fumes from the refineries, a major explosion in Texas City, and David Duke.
But, to think that the future of the Gulf Coast for generations is in the hands of a foreign owned petroleum company is more than she can stand.
“British Petroleum is acting so slow that you’d think we were saving them to fetch the doctor when the devil gets sick,” she stomps.
Juanita agrees with James Carville —
His voice rising, Carville cried out, “Man, you got to get down here and take control of this! Put somebody in charge of this thing and get this moving! We’re about to die down here!”
“Last I heard, BP was going to toss a crocheted hankerchief over the leak and ask it nicely to suck it up,” Juanita says.
“I have an idea,” Juanita says. “My idea is that BP has to shut down all their other off-shore drilling until the leak that is destroying the Gulf Coast is stopped. That just might be the motivation they need. Let’s face it – money is all that matters to them.”
“I’m perfectly serious. And until they do stop this practically premeditated disaster, my friend Dirt Janochek is busily loading cans of crude into his fishing boat which he plans to take to Great Britain and dump into the River Thames,” Juanita reports with a tad of glee.
“Look, Mr. President, if you don’t want to come down here and kick some hiney, I am a card carrying member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It’s in my genes to kick British butt and I don’t mind that job one little bit,” Juanita offers. “Hell, Hon, I can can go down there and whine them into fixing this thing!”
“But, for heaven’s sake, Mr. President, do something. We truly are about to die down here.”
“I’d rather skin skunks with a dull knife while giving birth to triplets than wait one more day while BP has another case chronic and reoccurring case of Damned If I Know. I think it’s contagious,” she frets.