Pres Obama "since day one"-so why didn’t they keep the oil off shore? Protect our shores is his job, he failed?
I don’t expect tһе Administration tο ѕtοр tһе oil spewing frοm tһе rig, tһаt іѕ BP’s area οf expertise. I аm ѕο surprised tһе Administration didn’t ɡеt іח tһеrе аחԁ contain tһе oil, keep іt out tο sea. If tһе Administration һаѕ bееח οח tһіѕ crisis "ѕіחсе day one" аѕ ѕο many іח tһе Administration ѕау, wһу wаѕ tһеrе חο effort bу tһе Government tο follow tһе suggestions οf tһе Governor οf Louisiana? tһе people οf Louisiana wһο work tһе Gulf fοr tһеіr income? wһу didn’t tһе Obama Administration protect tһе shoreline?
Okay I’ll ѕау іt. Mу opinion іѕ һе wаחtѕ ԁаmаɡе, һе wаחtѕ υѕ tο ɡеt tο tһе point wһеrе һе саח push һіѕ agenda (חο drilling- cap & trade). Tһе states affected bу tһіѕ аrе Red States. Tһе floods here іח Tennessee wеrе never publically even acknowledged bу һіm.. again a red state. Yου know tһеіr saying "never Ɩеt a ɡοοԁ crisis ɡο tο waste". I’m sure I’ll ɡеt thumbs down & probably reported.. oh well.
There’s no magic solution so that the oil doesn’t reach the shore.
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The only "control" he had since day one was control over the remote control to change the TV from one news agency to the other telling him what was going on. Now he lost control over that, as they are all reporting that he has failed to act and looking pretty weak. Even Jon Stewart is picking on him, and when you lose the comedians you have lost the PR war.
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no, you would be just ranting that he wasn’t going enough to fix the oil leak. that’s he’s to blame for all the problems. i can see this is a lose lose situation for Obama. nothing he can do will ever please the right. good thing he wasn’t elected by the right.
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Amen.
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Protect our shores is everybody’s job…and I must say that I thought it was very strange not to see all those concerned Louisianians out on their own beaches taking action ….not waiting for someone to come pay them…or government agencies to come do it for them.
I thought it was very strange to watch them stand on deserted beaches….doing nothing but complaining that the government wasn’t solving their problem. Sorry, but I was reminded of town after town who all get together to start working on a problem…and don’t wait around for government help to show up.
Of course, Louisiana has been on the oil teat for so long, and it is so politically corrupt down there that they have let the oil companies do whatever they want for years and years…..I guess they expected not to have to lift a finger to deal with the consequences.
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There is no change…. just the audacity of hype
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I agree. The option & capability existed but was not used.
At the very least an attempt to remove as much oil as possible should be in action.
See the May 8, 2010 Sweden offer below.
There was a backup plan the government never used.
Why was the BP emergency blowout plan lifted and given an exclusion 10 days before this happenned?
This whole thing needs to be investigated. It’s more than just strange that right after offshore drilling was approved this happened. Too many on the left are happy about this.
There are other issues.
BP did donate allot of money to obama’s campaign.
Safety responsibility shifted to companies The Canwest News Service also notes, “In a recent investigation, the Wall Street Journal found that the U.S. (Department of the Interior’s) Minerals Management Service (MMS), which regulates offshore drilling south of the border, has been gradually shifting safety responsibility to the oil industry.”
Documents show that no blowout plan was required for BP’s sunken Gulf rig because of relaxed federal regulations in 2009.
A Washington Post investigation concluded that in April 2009 the MMS granted BP a "categorical exclusion" from requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act to file papers on what it would do in the event of a blow-out at the new well. It reported that BP had lobbied for the exclusion just 11 days prior. Moreover in its own assessments, the MMS concluded that a blow-out at a deepwater well in the Gulf would be unlikely to generate spills bad enough for oil to threaten coastal ecosystems.
In 2008, the Interior Department took disciplinary action against eight MMS employees who accepted lavish gifts, partied and — in some cases — had sex with employees from the energy companies they regulated. An investigation cited a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" involving employees in the agency’s Denver office. Bush put forth 17 warnings in 2008 and the Democrats sat and fiddled.
If U.S. officials had followed up on a 1994 response plan for a major Gulf oil spill, it is possible that the spill could have been kept under control and far from land.
The problem: The federal government did not have a single fire boom on hand.
A single fire boom being towed by two boats can burn up to 1,800 barrels of oil an hour, Bohleber said. That translates to 75,000 gallons an hour, raising the possibility that the spill could have been contained at the accident scene 100 miles from shore. "They said this was the tool of last resort. No, this is absolutely the asset of first use. Get in there and start burning oil before the spill gets out of hand," Bohleber said. "If they had six or seven of these systems in place when this happened and got out there and started burning, it would have significantly lessened the amount of oil that got loose."
it could have been contained to the point of not reaching land and that was offered May 8th, 2010. Stockholm were prepared to offer up to three skimming vessels able to collect about 50 tons of oil per hour from the sea and hold about 1,000 tons at a time. But for the record, the current message to foreign governments is: Thanks but no thanks, we’ve got it covered. WE DO NOT HAVE IT COVERED.
Sweden offers to help the US to clean up oil spill
http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/4377-sweden-helps-the-us-to-clean-up-oil-spill-
"These offers include experts in various aspects of oil spill impacts, research and technical expertise, booms, chemical oil dispersants, oil pumps, skimmers, and wildlife treatment," the State Department said in a statement.
Published: May 8, 2010
Michael Mohr, Sweden’s homeland security liaison at the embassy in Washington, said Saturday that officials in Stockholm were prepared to offer up to three skimming vessels able to collect about 50 tons of oil per hour from the sea and hold about 1,000 tons at a time. The ships could take several weeks to arrive from the Scandinavian peninsula, Mr. Mohr said. “We’re on standby,” he said. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/us/09rig.html
The administration has been relentless in its messaging that it is doing everything possible to aggressively respond to the oil spill. But that doesn’t appear to be true.
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Okay I’ll say it. My opinion is he wants damage, he wants us to get to the point where he can push his agenda (no drilling- cap & trade). The states affected by this are Red States. The floods here in Tennessee were never publically even acknowledged by him.. again a red state. You know their saying "never let a good crisis go to waste". I’m sure I’ll get thumbs down & probably reported.. oh well.
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What we are witnessing is what is wrong with America today.
1. An all talk and rhetoric based Leadership.
2. A business as usual leadership.
3. Business allowed to do what ever they feel they have to for profit.
Even circumvent prudent safety and catastrophic safety plans.
4. Business allowed to write their own requirments. And lead the government
by the nose.
Truth be known this was an experimental hole. And no one including BP had a
fning clue about what could and would happen if this situation ever took place.
They had no working plan for a hole at this depth, and the ignorant fools at
MMS allowed them to go ahead and do what ever the hell they felt like,
So if you want to blame someone line them all up, and shoot at them at the sametime.
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