This was supposed to be Louisiana's coming out party to the world. It was supposed to showcase all that's good about where we live, how we work and the fun we have. It appears to have only demonstrated the amount of greed, graft and corruption Louisiana was famous for back in the day.
This is not about the surface of the Gulf, this is about the bottom, the deepest part of the Gulf of Mexico and you are invited to descend to the ocean floor live and have a look around.
While the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 may have tempered enthusiasm for offshore drilling, the current rise in gas prices has turned the public back in that direction.