oil.

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since i don't watch TV in a normal fashion, and there are just SO MANY stories to read and not all that much time, i haven't really any idea what's going on with the oil spill off the gulf of mexico.  other than, of course, the fact that it's still leaking.  a month later.  what's the deal?  i don't understand how there's not a shut-off valve.  i don't understand how the failsafes that should have been in place, weren't, or how they failed.  i don't understand how, if Dawn can clean off the animals that have been tragically bogged down in this spill, that there's not a way to use it in the water.  (okay, i understand the ocean would be a big bubblebath, but still gotta be better than oil, right?!)

and so far, i haven't heard how this is going to impact gas prices.  has that been mentioned?  gas prices around here had been in the $2.59/$2.63 range on the iowa side, almost $3 on the illinois side.  suddenly the other day it dropped to $2.53, so i filled chloe up!  : )  then, today, it was $2.51!!!  now, next weekend is a holiday weekend & prices usually go up a bit during those in a normal situation.  but we're not in a normal situation.  

how many ecosystems are being destroyed?  how many ramifications are there that we haven't even thought of yet?  

all we can do right now is pray, pray, pray.  and try to figure out where we go from here.  

ttfn.