Gulf of Mexico and Oil Spill

I live only 2 hours away from the Gulf of Mexico but also have family that lives only minutes away from the Gulf. It was devastating when we heard about the pipe that erupted that began spuing millions of gallons of oil into the gulf. At first I wanted to blame the company BP for this oil spill. But then I realized that it wasn't there fault. The government wanted to chart into more of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico to search for more oil. So it was a risk that everyone involved should of been aware of. I understand that there are other states complaining of oil reaching their banks and destroying their habitat as well. Even some of the district attorneys in Florida wants to start lawsuits against BP for this happening. But they fail to realize that this company has already spent over 2 Billion dollars in trying to either slow the oil being spued or trying to stop it completely. Our great leader and president Obama shows other interest. Instead of being here in Louisiana helping us figure out what we can do to help the oil leak, he is out playing golf, taking vacations and attending bar-b-ques. Now I know McCain wouldn't of been a better choice, but for me neither of them are. All we can do is hope and pray that they stop the oil leak before it completely destroys everything that we once knew.

Through my recent studies through a class I took which was a Human Service class, I never really realized how many kids were either being neglected or abused and yet still being put back into the hands of their abusers. Despite all of their attempts to get the help that they need to get better, I feel that the mother, father or whoever for that matter abuses the child should not be able to be around that child again. This is a disease that just does not go away over night. And the system wonders why we still continue to have a large number of kids still being abused. Neglect is a type of maltreatment that refers to the failure by the caregiver to provide needed, age appropriate care although finacially able to do so or is offered finacial or other means to do so. With child neglect there is four types of neglect know which are physical neglect, educational neglect, emotional neglect and medical neglect. And this is why child neglect is one of the most prevalent forms of child maltreatment in the United States.