Okay…I’m sorry I haven’t written a new blog post for this whole week but I’ve been very busy taking care of my folks place while my sister took them to a family reunion and to visit some relatives.

I have checked my emails through, and I’ve had a couple of interviews about my book “Freedom’s Call.”

The interviews were fun and I’m thankful that there is interest in the book.

The emails were a little disturbing.

I have to admit, in all the confusion of this past week, I missed the fact that Monday was “Flag day.” A day to honor our national symbol.  My Flag was flying proudly however.  Which brings me to those disturbing emails.

One was showing our President with four military officers standing in front of a big American Flag , with all but our President, saluting or having their hand over there heart.  Our President was doing, what the email called, a Crotch salute.  I found it discouraging.

Another email showed him at a press conference about the Gulf situation without an American Flag behind him.  I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a press conference where our President didn’t have an American Flag close.  It was a barren yellow cloth with a couple of gold or brass stands with flowers on top, I believe.  This was also discouraging.

Is there a subliminal message here? 

I, for one, have always respected the office of the Presidency and given whoever the President at the moment was, the respect that he deserves as our leader.  I wasn’t happy with many over my lifetime.  However, he is our President, and whether I voted for him or not, agree with him or not, give him the respect he deserves as our leader.

I wasn’t happy with the attics of Clinton.  George Bush before him made some decisions with which I couldn’t agree. George W. Bush certainly had his short comings.  Through out history, many Presidents have had controversy following them and their decisions.  But, they were our Presidents.  They made it to the top. 

I think it all comes down to common sense and respect. 

We have the power to elect our leaders.  We have the right to feel the way we do about our leaders because we are Americans.  That is what this country is all about.  Freedom.

I never understood the vitriol feelings towards President George W. Bush.  If you were harboring those feelings towards him, you had the right.  He was at least, indisputably American.  He was cocky.  He was irritating at times. He was our President in a very tough time.  He could have handled things much better.  He was and is a proud American. Proud to be American.  Proud to stand in front of our country’s symbol, the American flag and stumble, be human, and our President.

By not standing in front of and saluting our flag, what is President Obama saying to us?

This is the first time I can remember that I’m having a hard time respecting my President.  His actions are speaking louder than his words.  His words seem hollow and his promises fleeting rhetoric. 

We need to send him a message.  Give us your birth certificate.  Give us your college records. Tell us how many Social Security numbers you have.  What is your real name?  Put to rest all the questions that have been asked about your citizenship.  Who supplied all the money to get you elected. Just do it!  Take the bull by the horns and prove that you are truly American and that you love this country.  Show us you are a patriot.

Stand before us and salute your national symbol.

Call everyone in the world that can help and get this oil spill stopped! Cut through the political red tape.  Get the job done quickly before we destroy the only reason we are on this rock. The water.  This is a global problem.  It needs strong leadership and a global response for a solution. BP money is not going to mean much if our oceans are ruined.

Where is your common sense?

Be our President!  Be a true leader!  Show us through your actions!

We’ve heard the rhetoric. Give us reason to respect you!

You are our President.  It’s time to act now!

November could be very interesting.

John

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

Hey, does it seem like things are going at breakneck speed to you?

Everyday with everything that is happening in the world, that really does effect all of us in one way or another, it seems like there is just not enough time to get everything done.  Today, my mother wants to plant a garden, I need to get more book signings booked, need to fix the weed eater before the grass becomes a hay field, need to make some important calls, wash my car and clean it which I haven’t done in months, get my camper ready for a trip, stack the wood at my folks place, get things ready for my sister’s arrival, get my father’s present for Father’s day ready, write this blog, contact my publicist, etc, etc, etc.  I think I need several clones. 

They haven’t stopped the Oil yet.  Damn!

Have you heard about the behind the scenes goings on with Hillary?  They are planning to take away our 2nd amendment rights.

Tornado’s and storms are causing havoc.

It all seems a bit much today.

That is why I’m going to insert a piece of prose that I wrote some time ago in this blog today.  Hope you enjoy it and can find a little time to relax in your life.  I’m going to hurry off now and get my “to do” list started.

This is from my writings called “Contem-Plato.”

                                                            Why Worry?

                                                                   By – John Walker

Worry.    Why?

Has worry brought you to a better space?  

To worry about anything, you have to assume there is something wrong.

If you are contributing a lot of thought to what may happen, you may be supporting the idea to the extent of bringing it on.

The fallacy in assuming anything, takes you out of the moment and leads to an unhealthy prevalence of stress.

If something is wrong, no amount of worry will make it right.  Focusing on the negative aspects of anything worrisome will only cause the negatives to loom larger.

How many times have you worried about some particular problem or circumstance, only to find that you’ve wasted a lot of time and energy you could have used to improve some other facet of your life or the life of others?

If you can buy into the idea that everything begins with a thought, then, the thought process can either manifest the problem you are worrying about, or embrace the problem as an opportunity.

To worry is a waste.   To focus on a creative solution will keep you in the moment and help you find an answer.  If you deduce that no amount of worrying will change the problem, then embrace the thought for just a moment and let it go.

If you can’t change it, it is not worthy of focusing your time and energy to make it more of a problem.

There is so much more gratification in focusing on that which we can change than to spend any of our precious time here worrying about something we can’t change.

If you can’t fix it in five seconds, don’t worry about it.

Be careful what you focus your thoughts on, for everything you think about in a very serious manner and really desire to have in your life will be manifest.

You can use this to your advantage and manifest miracles in your life and the lives of those you hold dear.

Worry…… Why? Effect change in a positive way?  Why not?!         

                                                            Why Worry?

                                                                   By – John Walker

 

 

      

I hope you have time to stop and smell the roses today.

John

My friends,

I had a message on facebook yesterday regarding the government and the final line in the message was “I’m really Pissed off!”

I have to tell you my sentiments are starting to run in that direction myself.

Why, in this vast world of technological miracles, can’t we shut that oil down?

Are the leaders of our world so stupid that they don’t realise this is a global problem?   With the amount of oil that is being released on a daily basis with no immediate end in sight, I’m asking, along with a majority of other concerned citizens, why the human race is not rallying to get this thing stopped.  Why are we leaving this up to BP?  

It is not just their problem.  It is OUR problem!  We the human race need the energy.  We have caused this to happen.

It really isn’t the oil companies fault for trying to supply us with the energy and manufacturing needs.  It really isn’t the local gas stations fault for trying to keep us rolling.  It is a tradgedy.  It is an accident.  It was unforseen. OKAY!

All this pontificating about who’s fault it is and the boycotting is foolish in my opinion.   We need that oil now.  We need all the oil we can get.  We need alternatives to the oil.  We are not equipped now to  operate without it.   Maybe we will be in the near future.  Moratoriums on drilling and shouting at the top of our lungs about this catastrophe will not do us any good in the long run.   Do you want to pay 7 to 10 dollars a gallon for gasoline?  Do you want all the products that depend on the oil dirivitives to go sky high in price? Do you even realise how much we depend on the black tar oil and natural gas that is spewing out in the gulf in our everyday lives?

I’m extremely excited about what I saw on the science channel last night about synthetic life.  If you are not aware of the great leap, and yet baby step, molecular science has taken recently, you should make yourself aware.  It is amazing and it could be an answer to the very problems we are having in the gulf and many facets of our lives.  It will take awhile to develope this amazing technology, but, it will be of immense importance as we try to clean up the dirty deeds we have done to our planet.

What I don’t understand is why the governments of the world haven’t rallied, with all their technological know how, to stop this oil spill.   Get all the submarines available and all the top notch techs available and get this thing shut down before we reach the point of no return on this potential global pollution disaster.

If a simple American citizen like myself can have these thoughts, why are the pros not thinking the same things?  Why are they not taking action?  Why would the Federal Government stand in the way of any ideas that may help in the clean up of the already polluted shores of Louisiana?  

Did you see the email circulating about how we could use certain hays and grasses to soak this oil  from the ocean.  If a couple of Bubba’s can come up with a solution like this, why can’t we get action on it?

Throwing oil on a BP station will get us nowhere.  Being political about this will get us nowhere. 

WE NEED LEADERSHIP.  WE NEED ACTION.  WE NEED THOSE WHO ARE IN POWER IN THIS WORLD TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF A CATASTROPHE THIS COULD TURN OUT TO BE.  WE NEED COOPERATION.  WE NEED UNDERSTANDING AND WE NEED ALL THE TECHNOLOGICAL KNOW HOW OF ANYONE WITH A SOLUTION TO ANY PART OF THIS PROBLEM.  WE NEED IT NOW.  WE NEED IT BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.

Okay, I’m off my soap box. 

I would like to recommend that every citizen in the country flood the emails and in boxes of all the representatives and congressman from their districts to put pressure on whoever they need to, to get some real action in the gulf to stop this oil from gushing into the only reason we are on this rock.  Waiting till August for counterdrilling doesn’t seem like an option, given all the oil that is filling the gulf on a daily basis.

If we don’t get action soon, life the way we know it shall change in ways we will not be happy about.

Humanity as a whole can rise to this occasion and get this done.  We can do this.  We shouldn’t wait to let our voices be heard.  This is not a time for politics.  This is a time for action.  Action on a world wide scale.  This is bigger than one little oil company.  This is our children’s future at stake.

Do your best.

John

Democrats are not bad people necessarily.  Republicans are not bad people necessarily. 

I’m sure you can find anyone to be difficult if you look hard enough.  However, because you are Democrat or Republican does not make you white or black or blue and red on the issues.

If you are being led around by a political party and take whatever they say as gospel then you have your head in the sand.  Politicians for the most part seem, in my opinion, (and that , along with 5 bucks, may get you a fancy cup of coffee at your local caffeine dispensary)to be pretty much for or against whatever it takes for them to get your vote. So judging someone by their political party affiliation seems like an excercise in futility. 

It all makes for good heated debate around the table or on the tube, but it does not mean much to good friends.

I believe alot of the members of both parties are members because their families are members.  Dad was a Republican so I’m a Republican.  The family has always been Democrats so I’m a Democrat.

What about Independents?  I’ve always leaned toward being Independent.  I was a very independent child, or so my mother says.  I’ve had to register as a Democrat or Republican in order to be able to vote in a primary.  How silly that seems to me.

Our country was formed from independence.  We have a Declaration of Independence.  We fight for freedom and independence.  We have independent rights.  Wasn’t this country formed and shaped by those independent entrepreneurs who developed businesses that supported people and made our system work?

So Independents are not necessarily bad people.

Another stalwart party in the country would probably be a healthy thing.

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican or an Independent, you should first be Americans and be proud to be American.  Your fellow Americans have the right to chose what they want to support.

The problem as I see it,  is that these days everyone wants everything in a tidy little box with a label on it. If you are this, then you stand for that.  That can’t be right because it does not fit in my little box. 

That is one of the reasons that this country got off the ground.  Our forefathers did not want to have to do the bidding of those that said they had to worship this way, or they couldn’t stand up in the town square and give their opinions without fear of retribution.  Is that what we want? To bring our country full circle to those circumstances again.

We should all celebrate our differences and rejoice in the fact that we can be different and still be Americans living in the greatest country on the planet.  We can agree to disagree.  We can stop being apathetic and take our responsibility as citizens seriously.  We can stand and give our opinions.  We can literally do that in the town square if we want.  We have those freedoms.  If you will sit back and be afraid of retribution then you will get what those who make their feelings known and pursue avenues of action to see their wishes realized, achieve.  We can make change through our votes and our voices.  Do not give up. Do not give in.  If you can stand in the middle of a crowd and voice the right reasoning even if it is unpopular then you are a true American.  As a true patriot, whether Democrat or Republican or Independent, you will make this country stronger.

I have many Military friends and something that I’ve noticed is that they do not put down the fact that someone is saying something with which they do not necessarily agree.  In fact, they seem to take pride in the fact that they fought for this person’s rights to be able to say what they please even if they do not agree.

What I would like to say to Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike, is do not be apathetic.  Be accountable for your actions and beliefs when casting your vote.  Send a message.  Tell it like it is by putting people in office who will do the right thing and have the right stuff to lead and listen to their constituency.  If you do not like what is going on in our government then vote out the incumbents.  Just do your research on who you vote for to replace them.  You could even decide that you will not vote for any incumbent.  If everyone did that the face of our government would look entirely different.  New and fresh.  Probably more exciting to boot.  Whether they are Democrat, Republican or Independent, if they are qualified and wanting to make the right changes, then they very well could be a better choice than any of the incumbents.  A few good representatives and congressmen may lose their jobs but what a message could be sent to even those when they try for re-election again.

Whatever you decide, remember, this is our government.  We should decide how it is run.  Special interests could be voted out.  No PAC’s.  Term limits.  Taxes.  It’s all ours.  We allow it.  We are Americans.  This is America.  Excercise your rights and do it in an accountable manner. 

I welcome my Democratic, Republican and Independent friends to make their comments on Patriotism and cooperation on this site.

Through recorded history and our own personal history there have been some grave mistakes.  I, for one, would be the last to cast the first stone at anyone for their political affiliation.  I don’t have to agree.  But it is your right to be what you wish.  I celebrate that.  I hope you do also.

Proud to be an American!

John

It’s good to be back in the great state of Montana.  New York is a fun place to visit but Montana is the last best place to come home.  Today it reminds me of a poem that was recently sent my way by a friend and I’m going to let it speak for all of us who have chosen to make our home’s here in Big Sky Country.

Montana

Written by Charles C. Cohan”Montana

Written by Charles C. Cohan

Composed by Joseph E. Howard

Tell me of that Treasure State

Story always new,

Tell of its beauties grand

And its hearts so true.

Mountains of sunset fire

The land I love the best

Let me grasp the hand of one

From out the golden West.

Montana, Montana,

Glory of the West

Of all the states from coast to coast,

You’re easily the best.

Montana, Montana,

Where skies are always blue

M-O-N-T-A-N-A,

Montana, I love you.

Each country has its flow’r;

Each one plays a part,

Each bloom brings a longing hope

To some lonely heart.

Bitter Root to me is dear

Growing in my land

Sing then that glorious air

The one I understand.

Montana, Montana,

Glory of the West

Of all the states from coast to coast,

You’re easily the best.

Montana, Montana,

Where skies are always blue

M-O-N-T-A-N-A,

Montana, I love you.”

Composed by Joseph E. Howard

Tell me of that Treasure State

Story always new,

Tell of its beauties grand

And its hearts so true.

Mountains of sunset fire

The land I love the best

Let me grasp the hand of one

From out the golden West.

Montana, Montana,

Glory of the West

Of all the states from coast to coast,

You’re easily the best.

Montana, Montana,

Where skies are always blue

M-O-N-T-A-N-A,

Montana, I love you.

Each country has its flow’r;

Each one plays a part,

Each bloom brings a longing hope

To some lonely heart.

Bitter Root to me is dear

Growing in my land

Sing then that glorious air

The one I understand.

Montana, Montana,

Glory of the West

Of all the states from coast to coast,

You’re easily the best.

Montana, Montana,

Where skies are always blue

M-O-N-T-A-N-A,

Montana, I love you.” 

Just thought you might enjoy that.

I’m gazing at some snow capped mountains called the “Tobacco Roots” this morning.  Quiet, majestic and formidable. Quite a frame for the Big Sky of Montana.

John

I had this thought while being in New York this week. 

It came to me while riding in a cab with a driver from Morocco.  A very pleasant, Jazz loving man who has made a life in America over the past 25 years and considers this his country.  He has become an American.  I am an American citizen by birth.  As we talked, we started to share our similar ideas about what we thought about various current events, our government, illegal immigration, dual citizenship, learning the language, etc.  He spoke to me in English.  He is schooled in French and studies in French. However, in my opinion, he is an example of an immigrant that truly wants to be here and has gone through the process of becoming a citizen legally.  He is as concerned as I am about the illegal immigrants crossing the borders from Mexico.  He is as concerned as I about being over taxed.  He is as concerned as I about the government messing with our health care.  He is as concerned as I about the oil spewing into the gulf off the Louisiana coast. He is as concerned as I am about extremism.

As an immigrant to this country this man has assumed an American name to make it easier for us to address him just like many of the Ellis Island immigrants who assumed American type names to blend into their new country so many years ago.  He isn’t interested in showing off his differences and being a poster boy for diversity in this country.  He wants to blend in and share the similarities that we all have as Americans.  That’s why he is here and has been for the past 25 years.  He loves his new country.  He can complain about it but he, along with all of us, would not live anywhere else in the world because this is his land.  He has earned the right to call it his land.  He may speak up as a true American citizen freely because he has earned that right.  He can vote because he has earned that right.  He is American first.  Not French-American.  Not Moroccan-American.  Not Muslim-American.  He is an American.   He is proud to be American and he is proud to share the SIMILARITIES that we all have as American citizens.

I believe this man has a handle on what it means to be an American.  He did not seek dual citizenship.  He did not sneak into this country to take money back home.  He came and became one of us. 

We must not lose faith in the American Dream.  This is the last place on earth with true freedom.  We are the last hope for the oppressed of the world.  We are different from the third world because we celebrate our similarities.

Diversity is okay.  However, in my opinion, we should take a moment each day and remember how fortunate we are to be American and how unique that makes us.  Be proud that there are those in the world who want to come here and share our similarities with us.  Like our language and our freedom and rights given to us by the designers of our constitution.  

Celebrate our similarities.  Be AMERICAN.  Speak up.  You are allowed.

John

I was sitting on a fireplug in New York City Yesterday, outside of ‘The Irish Pub’ on the corner of 7th ave and 36 st waiting for the cab to take me back to my Newark hotel, when I observed the sea of yellow cabs on the street in front of me.  At one point there was a cab then a Lexus, a cab then a Mercedes, a cab and then a Cadillac, a cab and then a BMW all moving at about 2 mph.  It was very slow getting back through the Lincoln Tunnel from Midtown. 

It all made me wonder why anyone in their right mind would even own a car in New York City especially a very expensive automobile.  Those cars are made to be driven and are not mechanically happy to putt along at horse and buggy speed.

So I’d like to invite you New Yorker’s, driving those fancy name cars, to come out and visit us in Montana this summer. If not for the wonderful scenery of the big sky country, do it for your car.  Sometimes between Butte and Dillon,Mt. , 65 miles from one another, you may see just six cars.  If we need to get to a Lowe’s, it’s 120 miles to Bozeman.  Speed limit is 75 mph. 

So you can see my point.  Just come on out and Blow out the gunk.  You will not see a sea of yellow cabs.  You will see some beautiful natural environment, and you will be able to get that car up to a speed that will make it a happy machine.

If not for you….do it for your fancy car!  Blow out the gunk!

You will enjoy yourself…and you need that…after sitting in that 2mph traffic …in the sea of yellow….

Blue skies and open highway’s are awaiting you.

John

Isn’t technology amazing today.  I boarded a plane after being subject to a flight delay.  The delay would have made me and my assistant  miss a connection in Denver.  However, with her quick thinking, she had us transferred to another airline and in 45 minutes we were on our way to Newark, NJ.   The flight was a little less than comfortable.  As I looked at the wing on my side of the plane flapping like a Duck trying to get away from a shotgun blast, I marveled at the idea that over 80 people were screaming through the clouds at 600 mph through thunderstorms to make it to Minneapolis/St Paul in 2 hrs and 1 minute from Bozeman, Mt.  The ride made me recall a time I mistakenly got on one of those mechanical bulls in a western night club in Denver over 30 years ago.  We pitched and bounced and turned but we made it a little less for the wear.  Also while I was gazing out the window at the puffy clouds, when I could see anything at all, I happened to see another jet screaming by in the opposite direction.  It was very close.  I had to think the Captains of both these air ships and the flight controllers must have had a tense moment or two over how close they came at the amazing speed they were going.  In Minneapolis we climbed aboard a larger jet.  You could have put the fuselage of the previous plane we were on in the opening of the jet engine I could see down the mouth of out of my window.  This flight was amazingly smooth and easy and was a 2 hr and 18 minute flight to Newark.  I and my assistant made it on our journey 55 minutes sooner than we would have had, had we taken the earlier flights we had booked on the original airline.  I even think we may have acquired some free air miles on this airline company.  So all in all we have had a successful day.

In the air for 4 hours and 19 minutes..at airports for probably 6 hrs.  We did arrive early, but it is later here now, so I’m a little tired. We did lose 2 hours, but, I’m sure we’ll make that up on the way back.

Tomorrow we’ll be attending the BEA show at the Jacob Javits center in New York.  Wednesday I’ll do a book signing and podcast.  Thursday and Friday we’ll check out the fun in the big apple.

Saturday we will back at the ranch and probably tired.  But, hey, technology is working it’s wonders even as I write this and communicate with you.

Grandpa would have never believed that we are doing what we are doing. 

Across the country in 4 hrs and 19 minutes.

How do they get those planes off the ground?  Yea, I know, it’s all about lift and airflow, wings and power and pilots who probably suck up the seats once in awhile.  I may be waxing on about nothing here, but, the technology still amazes me.  Orville and Wilbur Wright should have got a chance to do what we did today.

Till the next flight

John

It’s been a very peaceful 17 days.  I’ve been in God’s country throwing out a line.  The fishing was just okay but sharing time with my friends and family was, as always, a wonderful experience.  Doing the camp chores and talking around the circle of stones about the affairs of the day and sharing personal feelings with one’s you care about can’t be beat.

I hope that you had a good first half of May as well.  Being away from the news and the affairs of the world and coming back to the catastrophe in the gulf was a lot to digest on my return. 

It seems with all the technology and know how that we have these days that someone could get that oil shut down.

Put a larger pipe over the one coming out of the ocean floor and channel it into barges or something. I’m no engineer but it sure seems like the world could muster up a team of scientists and engineers who could take care of it quickly.

Where’s John Wayne when we need him?

Now all we need is another Katrina to whip that stuff onto the land.  It surely is a sorry mess and deserves all our efforts to stop the destruction of a fishery that supports many people and supplies those fish and seafood lovers among us. 

This is unacceptable.  Fail safes need to be Fail Safe.  Perhaps there is a lesson in all of this.  Hopefully someone will get the ball rolling quickly to stop what may well be one of the biggest man made disasters we’ve seen in our lifetime.

Call your Congressman, email whoever you know with influence and let them know, if you agree, that this should be on their front burner.

BP doesn’t seem to have the answers so let’s find them wherever we can and get this thing shut down or Fishing will never be the same for our children.  The Gulf deserves more of our attention than it seems to be getting.

Do what you can.

john