BP-ed Off (Part I)

I suppose this has already been either alluded to or said plainly, but I would offer for one's consideration: the outrage that is BP’s (or Halliburton’s, or whichever demonic corporation one wishes to blame) astronomical oil spill is nothing short of a huge, tragic symbol of what this country has become; one that no longer has any control over its corporate masters. Totally and entirely beholden to the companies that should be regulated by the government, certainly not fully enabled. The Reagan Revolution has perhaps reached its zenith, for in the year 2010, almost thirty years after ‘the great communicator' was sworn into office, just as he said in his inaugural address: “…government [truly] is the problem.” We have reached the tragically comical point where this country has become Casablanca [“I’m shocked! Shocked that there was absolutely no oversight of these companies that drill offshore!” (BP lobbyist proceeds to conspicuously hand outraged politician bag of money with dollar sign on the side)]. We are no longer a truly functioning democracy, we are a third-world country where corruption is the name of the game and only approximately 1% of its people can play. Just as the Reaganites wanted, if you do not have an Inc. or a LLC or a LP after your name, your best interests are not going to be looked out for by your elected officials. The disproportion between politicians totally on the take and those somewhat on the take (if anyone can name one not beholden to someone or thing that is anti-social, I’d very much like to know) has grown to such a likely insurmountable disparity that the system simply no longer works.