The way things ought to be.

[rrneck]

If you screw up the Gulf of Mexico you're out of business. Fired. Terminated. Gotten the sack. All assets should be liquidated and all capital goods should be sold to others who can guarantee more responsible operation.

I guess I'm still a little pissed about this thing.

[panader0]

1. "And dream/ it'll set you free/ of the way things are/

and the way things ought to be." A lyric from one of my old songs.

[murray hill farm]

2. and....

You cannot move on from a starting point of "how things ought to be". That point does not exist! You can only move on from the point of how things are.

[rrneck]

3. Yes...

to the way they ought to be.

[Atticus]

4. I'm a lot pissed. Hayward should be skimming the Gulf from a rowboat with a sippy straw. nt

[treestar]

5. If the government had that power, they'd have it overall

And could seize anyone's business, when the government said it was "screwed up."

[mdmc]

6. ..