It's the Stupidity Stupid. Dispatches from new orleans

the BP oil disaster: dispatches from new orleans - June 3, 2010

How does one conceive of the backup plan employed by BP?  How do we wrap our minds around the work of these geniuses?  Let's try an exercise of compare and contrast. 

BP & the protection of The Gulf of Mexico versus a young couple taking their baby out for a couple hours on the town.

One - BP's backup plan - "the Titanic Plan" or this will never fail....it's "unsinkable". And that's it - cannot fail. We may as well give them one item on their checklist though whether crossing your fingers behind the collective back of your worldwide conglomerate and wishing it so arguably does not count.

Two - Young couple out with a baby for two hours.  Let's deal only with the likely need of the baby to poop. We've been dealing with so much bull---- from BP over the last 40+ days we may as well stay on topic. Here we go with that backup plan. Mind you that one of North America's great flyways is not at stake. Some of the world's best nurseries for fishing are not threatened. Whole industries, towns and generations of people in an entire region of the United States are not put at grave risk, but you get the picture. We are dealing with responsible parents here.

A. Diaper

B. Wipes

C. A change of Clothes.

D. Paper Towels - safety first!

E. A cream or ointment.

F. Additional Diaper - Just in case!!

G. Food if needed to settle a babies stomach.

H. Additional food if the baby is fussy.

I. Still more diapers - you never know!

J. Extra wipes - Sometimes it's hard to stop the leak.

K. A change of clothes.

L. A towel - for really problematic poops. { Sometimes it seems that an absorbent bomb would be helpful.}

M. Soap.

N. Water - always useful and necessary.

O. More Diapers still - ok, no more diapers, but it's better to be prepared.

P. A second set of clothes. Sometimes it is helpful to have two primary backup plans.

Q. A charged cell phone - in case a doctor, grandma or professional clean up crew needs to be called into service.

R. Boudreaux's BUTT Paste - this is real stuff! - for when a typical cream won't do!!

So you get the picture, but it raises this question. Why does the typical Canadian or US couple exercise more foresight and redundancy on a daily basis that "the world's fourth largest company"?  What is wrong with this picture?  It is in fact the stupidity stupid.

Your Ignoble Working Boy