Oil Spill

The past week or so the big news in the United States has been the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Everyday, this oil rig spill is pumping thousands and thousands of gallons of oil into the ocean. The attempts to fix the oil spill have not been working. Also, there has been a concern as to how they are going to stop this since all of the attempts have not been working.


I have no idea how they are going to fix this problem. Everything that they are trying isn't working. However, they need to do something quick. All of the ocean organisms, plants, etc. are dying because of this oil. The longer that the oil continues to spill, the more of a problem it is going to become. More animals are going to die, and it's going to be an even bigger mess than what it is now. I feel that more people should be involved in this clean up process so that they have more ideas of how to fix this problem so that it can be solved quickly and thoroughly.

United Airlines & Continental Airlines Combine

This past Monday it was announced that United Airlines and Continental will combine to create a mega-airline. This merger is combining in a 3 billion dollar deal. This action of conmbining the two airlines is said to save a lot of money over the years. This will also form the worlds largest airline. In the merge, United Airlines will carry on the name and Continental will keep their logo.

In my opinion, I think that Continental got the short end of the stick. United Airlines gets to keep the name and everyone will know the new airline as United Airlines. I think that it would be better to keep the name rather than the logo. More people know the airlines by their acutal name rather than their logo. Although this isn't really an important matter because they are combining and are now equal, I still feel as if Continental did not benefit as much as United Airlines did.