Sunday is a favorite day of mine.

It’s a beautiful morning this morning.  Blue sky as huge as Montana can provide.  The birds are calling and the little animals are scurrying around doing their business.  From where I sit this morning, I can imagine the Deer, Elk and other wildlife making the most of this morning.

Tomorrow I’ll get back to work on all sorts of projects but Sunday is a day of rest and reflection.  A chance to just goof off and not feel bad about it.  You know, stop and smell the roses.

I’m sure it’s not as relaxing and beautiful in the Gulf right now.  My thoughts and prayers go out to those who are caught up in the mess physically.  I’m also really getting worried that our leaders are not taking this oil spill more seriously.  This is not just a U.S. problem.  This is a global problem.  I would like them to consider what will happen when the hurricanes start taking the oil into our atmosphere.  Has anyone considered the possibility of acid rain? The currents in the oceans are going to take this stuff all around the planet if we don’t get it stopped soon.

It seems unconscionable that the world leaders can’t pull this thing together and get this problem behind us. 

Our planet is hemorrhaging and it is not just some little local problem for the poor folks in Louisiana.  This is a major problem and should be first on every one’s plate. 

Why is our government not accepting and asking for help from other countries who have experience with this kind of problem?  Why are the people who have proposed simple, but effect, clean up answers not being given an opportunity to try their theories and expertise?  Why are those who make their living in the wetlands of Louisiana, Alabama and Florida not being allowed to put down their sand bags and stop the oil from ruining their resource? 

Put the politics and ego’s aside and get this done before it’s too late!

Sitting here on this beautiful sunny calm day in the clean environs of Montana almost makes me feel guilty this Sunday morning when I think about what is happening in the Gulf.  It may make you feel helpless.  However, I think , if we make enough noise about this and hold those in charge accountable, just maybe we can save our planet.

The HOLE is dumping 2 million gallons a day into the reason we are survive on the rock.

Without the oceans we would not be inhabiting this planet.  This is a global problem. 

I would like to pose this question:  If there was an asteroid bearing down on us with no doubt that it was going to hit the planet, don’t you think all the government leaders on the planet would be pulling out all the technical experts and working together to alleviate the problem?  

This oil spill could be devastating to our way of life on this planet.  The global community needs to realise that this is not a little problem.  This problem needs to be alleviated.

Now my Sunday, although it is environmentally beautiful, seems a little less relaxing.

Writing our congressmen and emailing our views to someone who may have some pull and care enough to pass our concerns along may help put pressure on the right people to help with this problem.  Do your part as you see fit.

OK…I guess I’ll mow the lawn.  It’s Sunday, a day of rest, but now I’ve got to do something.

Have a nice day.

John