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President Obama allowed gulf oil to hit coastal shores
President Obama allowed gulf oil to hit coastal shores and wildlife reserves
President Obama, in his own words, is on record stating that letting the gulf oil come ashore was a good thing. He told gulf coast citizens the beaches could be cleaned up easier. President Obama went on to state, if he could, he would swim down and close the oil well off. Obama also stated if he could suck the oil up from the well with a straw he would. Those kind of statements from our President truly added insult to injury to gulf coast citizens because they know Obama did not do his job in stopping or putting up a fight to stop the oil from coming onto their coast line in the first place.
President Obama is now declaring war on the gulf coast oil disaster after two months has passed. The damage has already been done; it's too late to call for a war Mr. President. You were missing in action from day one. President Obama is fighting this so-called oil war like the federal government did the Vietnam War.
Americans get it, the oil flow will not stop until another well is completed. Americans get it that President Obama did not do his job in stopping the oil from coming ashore. Americans get it that Obama was wrong in putting BP in charge of the oil cleanup. Americans also get it that the national media is giving Obama a free pass for his failed leadership in this oil crisis by keeping the focus 100% on BP. BP's only job right now should be getting the oil well capped!
From the beginning of this oil disaster, gulf coast citizens and their elected state representatives have looked to President Obama for leadership and for him to send them federal supplies and put boots on the ground to stop the oil from reaching their beaches, inland waterways and natural wildlife reserves all along the gulf coast. This has not happened to date. In fact, oil booms and skimming ships were taken from the state of Alabama and sent to Louisianan after the fact. Most all Louisiana beaches and wildlife reserves were already oil soaked. Alabama was then hit with the oil slime, and citizens did not have any equipment on hand to save their coastline. President Obama allowed this action to repeat itself all the way to Florida beaches.
In every news report coming out of the gulf coast for the past two months citizens were crying for Obama to send them oil booms and oil skimming ships to stop the oil from hitting the shore and destroying their lives. All they heard or got from Obama was; it's all BP's fault, BP is in charge of the oil clean up and BP will pay for the oil cleanup. Obama's handling of the oil crisis in this manner kept the national news media reporting his words, it's all BP's fault. That insured the blame game would stay focused on BP and give him a free pass by keeping his finger pointed at BP, not himself.
President Obama made it a point to turn down international help from countries that could have brought in much needed oil booms, larger oil skimming ships and experts to deal with keeping oil from reaching gulf coast beaches and shoreline. Obama made it a point not to sign a waiver of the Jones Act that would have allowed ships from other countries to enter U.S. waters with supplies to help out in the oil disaster.
This action from President Obama leaves no doubt he allowed the gulf coast shore oil disaster to happen. Obama knew his actions would destroy the gulf coast fishing industry, small businesses, tourism, and by his placing a six month ban on offshore oil drilling, tens of thousands of jobs would be lost. With the oil disaster about to enter its third month, Obama still has not had one oil well inspected and cleared to restart oil production.
It's inconceivable our President would do something like this on purpose for no reason, but his words and actions are now on record. President Obama made it a point just weeks into the oil disaster to send his Attorney General Eric Holder, in person, to the gulf coast to make a national statement that he was going to investigate BP for criminal charges. This action from Obama caused BP's stock to drop almost one hundred billion dollars and it's still going down and oil is still washing ashore in four gulf states under Obama's leadership.
Reports are claiming Obama is not letting ships from other countries help in the oil cleanup because he is protecting union jobs in the cleanup. If this is true, their should be an impeachment hearing of President Obama. That would be a direct violation of Obama's Presidential oath to all American people.
President Obama, with the support of national media groups, demonizing BP to the point gas stations with BP's name on them are being attacked; has forced BP to setup an account with twenty billion dollars for starters for oil cleanup and recovery cost; on it's face that sounds good. But now, Obama democrats have a free pass to the BP account to drain it, at will for whatever they say needs recovered. Obama democrats in TV press reports are repeatedly stating BP is their cash cow to bleed or destroy at will.
Even though President Obama nor Congress has the legal power to force BP to set up an open ended cash account, it's now a forced done deal. Corporations doing business with America and others companies around the world see the writing on the wall. The Obama government can and will take them over at the drop of a hat. This unprecedented action by President Obama and the federal government will have longer economic repercussions for all Americans than the gulf coast oil disaster. If you think good paying jobs have been leaving America because of this federal governments one-sided free trade policy, you haven't seen nothing yet.
Mike Graham, Founder United Native America
Citizen Oklahoma Cherokee Nation
www.UnitedNativeAmerica.com
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leveyat 02:06 on June 17th, 2010
Stop this.
No one knows how to contain the leakage. BP Has successfully drilled a hole so deep below the surface of the ocean and no one can offer a means to repair or retard the damage being done. In 1979 when this happened to another BP platform in much shallower water took more than 90 days before a relief well was finally dug. BP has in thirty year improved the depths at which they can drill but has done nothing to better their safety measures.
Put the blame on this corporation and stop watching fox news.
at 03:21 on June 17th, 2010
The oil was permitted to escape too far and too long. The call for ships and oil booms to surround the leak was extremely slow. Investigators will likely report that later.
There are no excuses or alibis for this calamity. The buck stops at the top.
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leveyat 03:56 on June 17th, 2010
It is BP's equipment
It is BP's negligence
It's BP"s responsibility
The buck stops with BP.
Put the blame correctly on this corporation and stop trying to use this disaster to further your republican agenda.
at 04:28 on June 17th, 2010
Obama is the president, it's his JOB to protect our coast and shores!! He has failed!! Obama and democrats are the ones playing politics with the oil disaster trying to make a fast buck off BP!!! Obama should have had the national guard boots on the ground from day one ready to stop the oil from coming onto the shore!!! Obama makes Bush look smart!! BP's job is to cap the oil well, Obamas job "was" to stop the oil from hitting our coast!! Obama could not find his way out of a paper bag!!
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Dwightwannabe (not verified)at 05:54 on June 17th, 2010
Wow. Levey, it's comforting to see a Liberal finally figure out that blame is attributed to the one who commits the fault and is not a six part dotted line of causality between the "faulter" and George Bush. We'll call that Progressive progress. I completely agree with you. Unfortunately for President Obama, he campaigned on Bush's slow and ineffectual response to Katrina. He also campaigned/still espouses that bigger government is more effective at tackling bigger problems (even though all evidence would be to the contrary on this particular matter.) So... you're right. Blaming Obama IS unfair. But PBO demagogued disaster response as a candidate. So PBO can shut up and take his own karma boomerang to the teeth now that he got the job.
at 17:41 on June 18th, 2010
Levey, you are absolutely right. President Obama is not at fault for this oil spill and is doing everything he can to stop it. But BP is not in control of their own equipment so why blame President Obama? Some people want you to believe that everything is President Obama's fault. This is another attempt to "take our government back". Isn't this OUR government?
at 20:33 on June 18th, 2010
There is still a shortage of oil booms all up and down the gulf coast!! and oil skimming ships. Obama is blocking other countries skimming ships from helping out. There are large skimming ships setting in the gulf right now but because there under another country flag Obama will not let them help!!! Reports today say Obama is having Unions build three or four new skimming ships. That will take weeks for them to come on line, this is pure political BS coming from Obama 100%!!!
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EJ (not verified)at 06:24 on July 18th, 2010
How anyone can defend the federal government in this fiasco is beyond me. I used to clean up local oil spills in New York harbor and the easiest thing to do is to prevent spilled oil from reaching shore. The oil floats on the surface and the booms only need to extend into the water a few feet. The booms are then pulled in to concentrate the oil and it can be removed from the surface by spreading an absorbent and using large vacuums to take it out of the water. Granted it is more difficult in the open gulf, but as the article correctly states, many foreign nations were prepared to assist the effort to prevent the oil from reaching the shores. But the brilliant Obama refused to waive the Jones Act - must protect the unions. His abject lack of executive experience is illuminated every day, unfortunately much to the demise of our country.