Will they fix that oil spill thingie or do they just wait....

[Asher]

Heckuva job, Brownie.

[MrFun]

God, that was so easy. I remember Bush being blamed for Katrina.

For the record, I never blamed Bush for Katrina - in fact, I was not as nearly outspoken in criticizing the Bush administration as others did. Many of those people went a tad bit overboard with that.


Now, let's discuss how this oil spill was a deliberate Islamic terrorist act done by Barack Hussein Obama.

[BeBMan]

Well, everything was Bush's fault, so why not Katrina. Or the current mess.

[rah]

I guess that's my point. Every day the media and a lot of people here, kept pointing at the lack of response from the government and crucified the Bush administration. (i'll agree that some of it was justified) but a daily sampling of the media now shows minor criticism at most. (except for FOX of course)

[MrFun]

CNN has had news reporters and anchorpersons ask pointed questions to Obama administration office holders, or supporters and have pressed the point repeatedly at times, when the person did not answer the question. Maybe it's not happening as often as you'd like.

[rah]

My only issue with the current administration was their initial and somewhat continued reliance on BP to resolve the problem that they created in the first place. Granted hindsight makes those early decision seem quite naive. And yes I believe that the admin should be taking more shots.

[Asher]

What else can they do? It's not like there's resources/expertise they have and aren't using.

[MrFun]

My only issue with the current administration was their initial and somewhat continued reliance on BP to resolve the problem that they created in the first place. Granted hindsight makes those early decision seem quite naive. And yes I believe that the admin should be taking more shots.

And then you would be complaining about an intrusive, BIG government.

[Riesstiu IV]

My girlfriend's little brother (who is 24) just got hired by Aerotek to do shore clean up in the gulf. You have to have a 40 hour hazmat certificate and be willing to work up to 12 hours per day but they are paying $14 per hour plus $100 a day per diem which isn't bad for manual labor in the current recession. They also pay over time for anything over 40 hours per week and double time for anything over 60.

If someone is unemployed then it might be a good chance to get a job even if only a temporary job. They also pay for the plane ticket there and back.

http://www.aerotek.com/

Thanks, Oerdin.

[DinoDoc]

And yes I believe that the admin should be taking more shots.

I think the recently announced commission is evidence that the government has ****-all idea of what to do to resolve the situation. You're also never going to see Obama utter the words "I'm in charge" as he wants to avoid the blame for the lackadaisical government response thus far. Shifting the responsibility for the planning of the clean-up to BP makes more political sense for him despite an obligation for him to do so.

[rah]

To resolve it, I agree, but the cleaning up part is something else.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

For the record, I never blamed Bush for Katrina - in fact, I was not as nearly outspoken in criticizing the Bush administration as others did. Many of those people went a tad bit overboard with that.


Now, let's discuss how this oil spill was a deliberate Islamic terrorist act done by Barack Hussein Obama.

Teh rank hypocrisy!!! Ohhh noes lets blame Raygun for his inept response to AIDS.

[Asher]

I think the recently announced commission is evidence that the government has ****-all idea of what to do to resolve the situation. You're also never going to see Obama utter the words "I'm in charge" as he wants to avoid the blame for the lackadaisical government response thus far. Shifting the responsibility for the planning of the clean-up to BP makes more political sense for him despite an obligation for him to do so.

Oh, come off it.

Why should the President of the USA be in charge of CLEANING UP AN OIL SPILL caused by a CORPORATION? Seriously, the President of the USA "SHIFTING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLANNING OF THE CLEAN-UP" to the company ****ing responsible for the mess?

BP is to be held wholly accountable for this mess, including its cleanup.

Obama should be focusing on legislation to prevent future such ****ups, he shouldn't be mopping it ****ing up.

And I'm a huge big-oil supporter. Even I see this. Leave it to be a Republican to think the government should meddle in the affairs of a corporation when it ****s up the environment, but should stay out of things when it makes billions.

****ing airheads, I swear. Reconcile your beliefs with reality.

[Dinner]

The main issue is everyone knows there is no way to stop those leaks except by doing the same thing people were doing 50 years ago; namely, drilling a relief well. That will take another two months (they've already been drilling for a month now) so the oil spill will end up being three times its current size before they can stop it. Technologically there just isn't another reasonable way to stop this and the rest is just PR in order to appear to be doing something. The administration knows this (hell, anyone who works in the oil business knows this) thus the administration doesn't want to say "I'm in charge" because it knows this will keep going on for two more months. That's why they're letting BP be in charge so that way the anger can be directed at BP instead of at the administration.

[rah]

Normally Asher, I'd agree with you on this, but the clean up isn't working and it's already a catastrophe of the highest level. Sitting on the sidelines is not an option here.