So why did his administration take 12 days to take the gulf oil spill seriously and do something?
I thought Obama was suppose to be an environmentally friendly president. Can you imagine if this happened during the Bush presidency?
Obama is a great campaigner and activist, but not too good at "governing". He will, loving a good crisis, try to make good poilitical mileage out of the spill.
Also, today on Rush's radio show he went over the schedule of EPA Secretary Jaaaackson over the week or so AFTER the spill. She didn't do "Jack Diddley" squat! Lots of PR type stuff, ironically, surrounding "Earth Day".
I believe Limbaugh was the one who said a clean-up was unnecessary as this was completely natural and the ocean will take care of itself.
It sounds like he's speaking out of both sides of his mouth.
Guess he better lay off the drugs...
Originally posted by Tim W:
It takes a while to come up with something when only one month earlier you're on record promoting the expansion of off shore drilling.
Just curious your stance on off-shore drilling, Tim?
Eddie Ziv, I'm just curious. Is there anything Bush could have done right in your opinion other than hang himself?
... I didn't think so
Actually yes. He did a wonderful job in the fight against aids,and malaria in Africa.
and to your other claims, here is the answer: Politifact is a non-partisan organization:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/
I admit that I miss him...I don't laugh nearly as much these days as I did when he was President...
But, I take solace in the fact that all I have to do is jump on YouTube, and I can get all the laughs I'll ever need...in fact, I need a laugh right now...
Watched Glenn Beck today and he mentioned that fact, first scooped by Tim W in an earlier post, that it was Ocean Drilling (symbol: RIG) that owned and leased to BP the oil platform that sank.
Is this a serious post?
First, it's Transocean that owns the rig, not "Ocean Drilling"...
Second, do you really think that Tim W broke the news before anyone else that Transocean owned the rig and that BP didn't?
You're kidding right?
Here's one of thousands of news stories from the day it happened that clearly indicates that Transocean owns the rig:
I admit that I miss him...I don't laugh nearly as much these days as I did when he was President...
But, I take solace in the fact that all I have to do is jump on YouTube, and I can get all the laughs I'll ever need...in fact, I need a laugh right now...
You must, then get all sorts of laughs from Biden and all of Barry's communist and marxist friends. That's funny stuff right there. I think they're going on a 58 state tour, ending in Guam.
Yes, and had you read my next sentence, I go on to say that BP is responsible for the oil, the well and the clean-up. Even BP admits this, regardless of who is at fault.
BP has committed to the cleanup without reservations, but they have not admitted liability. I made the mistake of assigning liability to BP too early in another conversation on Facebook before looking deeper. Of course BP will commit today to the cleanup. Every oil company of any sort has cleanup reserves set aside for something like this. That's the priority. On the other hand, tomorrow will begin a bit of research into liability and subrogation. Then you'll find out who's really responsible despite all the rhetoric of today.
Did you watch "60 Minutes" on Sunday night? A worker on the Deep Horizon stated that the managers on the rig for Transocean were clearly overruled by managers from BP on several issues that impacted the safety of the drilling operation and sealing the well. I'm not saying that Transocean bears no liability. But if BP contracted Transocean for their rig and BP managers did in fact overrule Transocean managers in ways that impacted safety for the sake of expediency then BP definitely bears some liability for what happened.
I'm eager to here more about the events that actually led up to the explosion from other sources. But this looks like a classic case where safety took a back seat to profits.