When something obvious isn't happening all you have to do is go look for the people that have a vested interest in preventing said thing from happening. In the

When something obvious isn't happening all you have to do is go look for the people that have a vested interest in preventing said thing from happening. In the current oil spill fiasco there are way too many powerful groups with opposing interests and politicians don't want to step on their toes because all politicians need large sums of money from these opposing interests to finance their campaigns. So it's no wonder the bureaucracy is moving at a snail's pace.