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In addition to this blog I am writing for two other blogs as well. One is for my plans for building an Earth sheltered home in the next few years. The other which is closely tied to our house plans is a community for green living. Check them out.

To all the BP haters

Well this is officially my first Blog, as I sat and pondered what it is I would write about I ran across a group on Facebook entitled No Bailout for BP. There seems to be a lot of hate directed towards BP lately, rightfully so I mean they did cause one of the largest environmental disasters in recorded history. One poster, like so many others, left a message saying they hoped BP went bankrupt and if they did they deserve it. While I am not about to defend BP over the spill I do feel that comments like these need some discussion.

So what happens if BP goes bankrupt and everyone, the government included, sits by and watches? According to several sources online BP employs somewhere around 100,000 people and that is not including the countless thousands outside of BP that rely on them for their livelihood. What many of us don't realize is that when you see the face of BP on the television you see people like Tony Hayward the CEO which we all know is not lacking in his bank account and people like that are easy to hate, but what about the droves of people that are just like you and I that work for BP? Aside from the thousands of families that would suddenly be without an income, what about the impact on state governments when these thousands show up in the unemployment line and expect the government to take care of them. This effect snowballs, once John Doe looses his income going from $60k down to $15k he no longer takes his family on vacation and he doesn't eat at his favorite restaurant any longer thus effecting everyone around him.

In our weakened economy the government can not afford to allow companies as large as BP to go under simply because people have to make money and people need to spend said money. That's what fuels our economy.

So maybe "No Bailout for BP" isn't the best slogan, something more along the lines of "No FREE Bailout for BP" would be better.

So why did I choose this for my first blog, well it seems that so many of us open our mouths with no thought as to what we are saying. I don't claim to have all the answers, nor any answers for that matter but what I do know is this. If your going to follow something, or jump on someone's bandwagon make sure you know what your getting yourself into. And oh yeah, if you say something stupid you can bet I'll be there to point it out.