Barack Hussein! Why hasn't you stuck your finger in the hole yet?

[devil-ad-vocate.livejournal.com]

Nearly two weeks after the oil rig exploded, Obama appears at the site of a disaster not yet under control. Heckuva job, Mr. President.
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=532122

Rush Limbaugh, conservative pundits call Gulf Coast oil spill, 'Obama's Katrina'
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/05/03/2010-05-03_rush_limbaugh_conservative_pundits_call_gulf_oil_spill_obamas_katrina.html

Is Oil Spill President Obama's Katrina?
In the past few days, some of the focus has shifted to the White House and whether it sprang to action soon enough to make a difference. Some critics are calling this "Obama's Hurricane Katrina."
http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/03/is-oil-spill-president-obamas-katrina/

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The three articles above are just a sampling of the current "Obama ain't sprung to action fast enuff" bullshit. This is a wonderful opportunity for the right-wing media, left-wing media, environmentalists, and a host of others to milk a story and bend it to their advantage.

Unfortunately, most of what I've heard in ALL the media - other than comments by people actually IN the oil business - is pure BS. BP is the only non-BS so far. They've accepted responsibility (but not blame) for this god-awful mess, and are doing everything they can to fix it.

This is the fault of a blow-out preventer not working. It was either faulty equipment, wasn't installed properly, or was trashed by tons of platform landing on it. Making the disaster political is asinine.

Comments

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Bullshit. These fucknuts are trying to buy off fisherman for $5,000 and have then sign contracts that would prevent them from suing in the future.

And this is bad because...?

I mean, it's an offer. No fisherman is forced to take it, and they might actually come out further ahead than they would in a class action.

BP can go fuck itself. They don't get credit for doing the right thing after the fact.

No, they get credit for doing the right thing before and after.

BP and BS

[frodomyhero.livejournal.com]

No, they get credit for doing the right thing before and after.-

Um. BP and Haleburtan ( you remember Dick Cheney's big interest in that ?) apparently have two real problems that weren't revealed , until it was stated in NPR out in the midwest on a talk show two nights ago. According to the show BP could have paid 1/5 million dollars and had a cap that could have been used to plug up the leak on the line. They didn't want to spend the money because they felt it was "virtually impossible" for a leak to occur. Then Haliburton was trying to put some kind of a new cap on it which trggered the explosion. I'm waiting to get more information on this story but it has been out there and it's food for thought. BP gets an F- for trying to do "the right thing"

Re: BP and BS

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

I'd be very skeptical of what you're hearing.

Re: BP and BS

[frodomyhero.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for more information from NPR.

Re: BP and BS

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Your first problem.

Re: BP and BS

[frodomyhero.livejournal.com]

NPR? Oh, you don't believe in public opinion on radio. What do you believe in? Is that what you meant?

Re: BP and BS

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

I don't believe in public opinion on radio? No, that's not it - I don't generally trust NPR as an authoritative source alone.

Re: BP and BS

[frodomyhero.livejournal.com]

Every media has a slant, one must take what they wish from each of the slants. One must go with what they believe is right. Whether it swings from the right to the left and everything in between.