MSNBC - ya wanna know why your ratings suck?

[Ineeda]

47. I do live there,

on the Gulf of Mexico (a block from the beach) and my area is thriving. Thankfully, our beaches saw little if any impact; most of our shrimp came from East Asia, and still does, but other local seafood like grouper and snapper has been just fine. Tourism is way up, home sales off the charts. There's a ton of building going on, from single family homes to high-rise office and condo buildings to big retail establishments and eateries. I hate all the growth, intensely, but it is happening. What's gone on and continues to go on under the water might be another story environmentally, but the hugely negative impact of rampant growth has its own destructive aspect. (Think water.) It's just not as dramatic. So can you find a way to pin that on President Obama? I entirely agree with your points about BP, but your hyperbole is superfluous.