After what happened yesterday with Barack Obama’s decision to completely reject the permit for the Keystone Pipeline, I decided to repost this. I think BHO is doing this for the simple reason to delay the decision until after the election. There are enough oil reserves for the price of gas to be way less, but he won’t release them, and this pipeline would create jobs and a ripple effect across the economy that would unmeasurably help this nation. Obama doesn’t care about that though, he just wants to keep showing off his “shining city on a hill”, the Oval Office. And how much gas does it take to run Golf Cart One ? I am still and will always be proud oilfield trash and have the firm belief that no matter how many Prius’ and hemp shoes roam this country, oil still makes the world go round. Until a better and more viable solution for EVERYONE is established, it always will. Show me the country that has plug-in car chargers every few feet for everyone, an electric car that can go more than 35 miles a pop, planes and trains that run on fairy dust and unicorn poop and an alternative and affordable fuel and I might change my mind. Bitch about that next time you haul your kids to soccer practice in your minivan or SUV or go on vacation in your RV. Unless you’re farting into a methane tank, your ass is hurting at that pump just like me and most of your neighbors. 

Oilfield Trash.

It’s a nickname for those that work in the oil business. It’s been around since I was a kid, and I’ve never heard it used in anger or to put down someone. For many in Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, being called that is an honor. Some of the finest people I have ever known wore that moniker proudly.

Including my Daddy. I am the daughter of an oilman. One who took his engineering degree and developed (at the time) the world’s largest offshore oil rig. One who spent most of my life in the oil business. A man who was begged out of retirement after Hurricane Katrina cause the only rigs that made it through the storm were the ones he built. So yea, call me oilfield trash. I’m proud of it.

Eleven people are still missing and presumed dead after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week.

Please take a minute and keep them, their families and friends in your thoughts, your prayers, and your way of communicating with your higher power.

Oilfield Trash keeps this country moving.

Oilfield Trash makes it possible for you to go on vacation, to the grocery store, to take your kids to the ball field.

No matter your opinion on offshore drilling, the environment, the politics of oil or politics in general, it all boils down to the working man (and woman).

If you know someone who can wear the title of Oilfield Trash, hug their neck and thank them. They deserve it.