However, couldn’t one make the argument that a UI and IA guru would think about the user scenarios. And that if it is an important scenario, it is account for in the design phase as a feature flow requirement. (This is putting aside any discussions about say “the purpose of tagging and sharing, who is going to do that and such…)

As always you make for interesting reading. I have my theories on this whole subject some are plausible some are what some may say “not main stream”.

According to the news when this incident first occurred there is a “fail safe” design for these rigs. However, they are not required or were not at the time this thing was built. So really it all came down to the almighty dollar.

Some conspiracy people have said this was sabotage by the environmentalist to stop offshore drilling. While others have said it was a conspiracy to raise oil prices. I take issue with these two conspiracies.

The environmentalists as whacky as they can be I do not think would go to such great lengths as to cause a catastrophe of this magnitude. In other words this does not benefit the greater good in my opinion.

As far as oil price conspiracy, while they may have gone up (and down) they certainly have not gone up to the high point they did over the past few years when virtually nothing happened to cause that price spike. Heck gasoline actually went down before Memorial Day weekend!

No my conspiracy is much more sinister. I believe (somewhat firmly I might add) that this was purposely done. I believe that this was for one reason and while there may be more reasons we have yet to see this one is the most clear to me.

I believe that this was done to increase our reliance on foreign oil. The oil rig blowing up and leaking plays to most everyone’s fears and with the Obama Administration allowing more off shore drilling it’s timing was perfect! The current administration did its job and said look we are doing something to help with our reliance on foreign oil by allowing more offshore drilling aren’t we great? Now with all this oil spewing into the ocean (from an offshore rig) the current administration has put a moratorium on more offshore drilling so now we have to rely on other countries again and the administration saves face because they have to be “responsible”. Please do not take this as an “Anti-Obama” thing. I am equally as sick with Republicans as I am Democrats they all suck.

I could go on but will spare my rant. Either way I am with you on this one. It is hard to believe that someone did not stop and say what are we going to do if this thing leaks? I mean really I even have a failsafe valve on my gas dryer so that if decide to disconnect my gas line from my dryer because I don’t know I want blow up my house the valve would stop the flow of gas. Seems pretty simple to me. Same principal should work with oil don’t you think?

If you are with me on the conspiracy train lets see what happens in the months to come as a result of this. See what they do and how it affects the consumer.

Remember mad man Joe says, “The crazier a conspiracy sounds, the less likely people are to believe it, the more likely it is to be true.”