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Oil slick poses political peril for Obama

April 27: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), chair of the Energy and Commerce committee, writes a letter (.pdf) to the chairman of BP notifying him of an investigation into "what the companies knew about the risks of drilling at the site and the adequacy of the companies' response plans."

henry waxman!

a political investigation!

LOL!

there ya go

THIS is what passes for ACTION from "leadership" these days

pathetic
 
Less than a week from when Obama announces offshore drilling we have the biggest explosion and oil release in the history of the Gulf, and possibly the worst in the history of the country.

I don't usually buy into conspiracy crap, but the timing seems a bit odd. Does anyone else think that environmentalists could be behind this, somehow?

I don't know, I'm just not sure.
 
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either way, obama's declaration to drill ROBS him of this issue

he's as diligent an advocate for drilling, on record, as drill-baby herself

LOL!
 
No. What's pathetic is those who cry "gov't stay out of my business and that of the free enterprise system" one minute then crying "you didn't respond fast enough to a man-made disaster" the next.
 
There is a difference between this, 9/11 and Katrina

9/11 required an inspirational moment to provide moral support for the nation, Bush did that when he went to the ruins, a good thing

Katrina, being a massive incident with peoples lives at stake should have had more then just a fly by

The BP spill is on going incident a chronic illness rather then an acute one.

When the first few days the reports were that it would be fixed in day or so, and that the oil will be contained, there would have been no need to panic.

The best and only thing Obama can do is state that the people negatively effected by this oil spill will be compenstated and that BP will be doing the compensation

Naturally assuming BP is to blame, at the moment there is some doubt whether BP are solely to blame.
Haliburton has been mentioned.
So the great Messiah blames the first name that comes to mind, whereas a more reasoned person might decide that after the mess has been cleaned up (as much as is possible) an inquiry would decide just who is to blame.
 
Naturally assuming BP is to blame, at the moment there is some doubt whether BP are solely to blame.
Haliburton has been mentioned.
So the great Messiah blames the first name that comes to mind, whereas a more reasoned person might decide that after the mess has been cleaned up (as much as is possible) an inquiry would decide just who is to blame.
It's no longer possible for me to take your posts seriously.
 
who could possibly care?
 
Does Obama have specialized "oil slick assessment" skills? Jesus Christ. This country is becoming ridiculous.

Hell! Where was the "support: for President Bush whe Katrina hit?? Oh but I forgot, he wasn't "your" guy so you spewed the vitriol to your heart's content!
 
Hell! Where was the "support: for President Bush whe Katrina hit?? Oh but I forgot, he wasn't "your" guy so you spewed the vitriol to your heart's content!

I voted for him twice and consistently defended him at the time. In fact, I still don't blame him for Katrina. I blame the local, corrupt politicians and the governor of Louisiana.

Do you want to try again?

See what happens when you ASSume?
 
While I agree that it would make me feel all warm and fuzzy to see Obama doing this, I have to say, I think there are definitely better ways for any President to spend his time. I certainly never criticized Bush for not, say, pitching in to help dig people out of the Twin Towers. I would have never dreamed of it.

There are only so many hours in a day. A person has got to prioritize. Presidents are persons. soooo....

Well said!

There is nothing Obama can do right enough for some folks. If he was out in the gulf, skimming oil, they'd say he was grand standing and leveraging a crisis for his own gain.
 
I am someone from the south, and live near the gulf of Mexico. I don't need Obama here to distract people from doing their jobs in getting this mess cleaned up. The thing is no body is going to be happy with Obama when he does something right, so in turn is lessen the real criticisms of him.
 
and a month from now when the entire gulf is goo he'll go to NEW HAMPSHIRE to tell another group of kids that what this country needs to focus on TODAY is right wing extremists bent on violence
 
I voted for him twice and consistently defended him at the time. In fact, I still don't blame him for Katrina. I blame the local, corrupt politicians and the governor of Louisiana.

Do you want to try again?

See what happens when you ASSume?

I too didn't blame him for Katrina after I got more information about it instead of going to the Mass Media. I blame the mayor of New Orleans, and the politicians for not telling their people to leave when they need too. It funny people assume that we all blamed bush for Katrina when in fact we blame Louisiana politicians for being idiots...
 
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