I am posting a quote from, I hate to admit, the Texas Governor Rick Perry in response to the the BP disaster and in support of his favorite ideology:

“We don’t know what the event that has allowed for this massive oil to be released…[could have been] just an act of God that [caused this]..and  politically driven decisions could put the U.S. in further economic peril. From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.”

I’m not making this up. This is a governor for one of the largest states in the nation. Seriously, this is not a clip from The Onion.

I’m not sure what’s worse: Saying that unrestricted free enterprise provides a much better life, or blaming God when others question whether unrestricted free enterprise actually has some disadvantages, particularly GROSS NEGLIGENCE.

I wonder if the invisible hand would clean up all of that oil. I guess we will never know because the government ruined the experiment. Please…