at least in Louisiana people take the oil spill seriously

[bedlamsbard]

The reason I study ancient and medieval history is so I don't have to hear about modern politics, as it agitates me. This is why I keep busting out historical trivia at the dinner table. *twitches* No, really, I don't want to hear about how Obama is ruining the country; let me talk about how the Robin Hood myth was only perpetuated in Henry III's time, and his taxes were much worse than his father's! (I do not want to hear about politics, period. Liberal or conservative. My father is strongly conservative; I lean liberal on some things and conservative on others and I seriously never, ever, ever want to hear about politics.)

Also, seriously? Do not try and tell me, the one member of this family who is actually living in Louisiana, that the oil spill in the Gulf is not that bad, and it's not really harming anything or anyone, and it's been blown out of proportion by the media, and hey, lots of natural oil spills have happened before and the world didn't end! I. Live. In. Louisiana. Do not fucking talk to me about the oil spill. Do not try and tell me it is a natural event. It is not the same thing as the volcano in Iceland.

*headdesk* I am seriously pissed about the last one, because that one is close to home. The first one is sadly true.