I could care less if all oil drilling ends, right now, the world over.

People cry and complain that the economy will tank. That we depend on crude oil for so many things and how could we possibly get by without it.

Maybe the key phrase to consider is "for so many things". See, it's not an addiction to oil that's the problem. It's an addiction to things. In other words: It's the materialism, stupid!

All the 'things' that depend on oil such as vehicles and plastic goods - I could care less if I had to go on without those precious things. My life would have to go on, and I might be forced to - Go outside and enjoy nature! Tend to my garden! Spend time with family! Oh, the horror (sarcasm). I might have to use paper bags at the store!

Actually the back-to-nature scenario isn't so scary at all for me.

Maybe cold-turkey is the best method. We obviously are not motivated enough to make necessary changes towards an oil-free society on our own time schedule.

So, why stop at the DW Horizon site - I say let's start plugging them all up, every last one of them. For the good of the planet (the planet includes us - we are not separate from it).

I'm checking the latest headlines where BP says they think they can stop the flow from the spill by sometime next week.

They think they can stop the flow by some time next week. Is anyone okay with that?

They openly shrug their shoulders ... admitting they don't know. No hard deadlines. Just the continued attitude of "we'll give this a shot and see how it goes". How long can we continue to accept this?

Or perhaps more importantly - how long will Obama's administration continue to accept this?

I also read that BP's CEO Tony Hayward flew home for his birthday after promising to stay in the U.S. until after the spill was stopped. I'm all for anyone taking a break from work but god-dammit this is HIS company destroying the gulf, and he promised to stay. It's like he's telling us, you know what, not only will I go home while your gulf suffocates due to my company's negligence - but I'm going to make a promise to stay, and then break it.

Seriously - it's like he's openly provoking all of us. Who knows why - maybe because he knows there is no accountability. To take this spill so callously and carelessly, and has anyone seen videos of him talking about the spill? Half the time he's smiling and nearly chuckling in discussion with his BP colleagues.

So, I get to wondering - is BP daring or somehow challenging Obama's administration to step in and take over the spill site and halt other or even all BP operations in the U.S.? Provoking Obama, even? Is this some kind of high-stakes political game of chicken going on?

It is now way past time to have SEIZED B.P.'s assets or at the very minimum to have taken over spill operations, cleanup and shore protection, and to have taken over all B.P.'s operations pending major assessments and review. Personally I wouldn't mind seeing them being shut down altogether.

But we see nothing even approaching that kind of action. I don't know about the rest of you, but all I'm hearing is "Government scolds B.P." or "Obama criticizes B.P. execs"

Oh, you scolded them and criticized them, did you? How very tough. I'm sure they're scared now. Now watch Tony Hayward fly home for a birthday party while his company destroys the Gulf of Mexico and beyond. Watch him grin and chuckle while addressing spill issues. Watch his company guess and scratch their asses as to how to fix the leak, while oil pours into the Gulf at an unprecedented rate.

It's time for Obama's administration to seize control and take action. Why isn't it happening? Is BP daring Obama to step in and do something about it? What are the real stakes here and why does the Gulf of Mexico need to be tortured in the process?

Just asking questions.