3,858 Oil Rig Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico

3,858 time bombs waiting to go off?

Amidst all the Gulf Coast hullabaloo, we stumbled upon this sobering Wikipedia page whilst googling this morning:

• 3,858 Oil Rig Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico

3,858 time bombs waiting to go off?

3,858 "asses" waiting to be "kicked?"

We're wondering how many other gulf coast oil rigs received prestigious Obama Administration "Safety Awards".

Yeah, we realize the Gulf of Mexico is a mite far afield from our Weber County, Utah turf; but our psychic sense is that the story that's currently playing out in the Gulf of Mexico region may turn out to be the national news story of the decade.

And even though this unprecedented environmental disaster is "centered" almost 1,500 miles from the "safe" haven of Utah's Land of Zion, we see no reason our local readers shouldn't be invited to kibbitz on the subject.

Have at it, O Gentle Ones.