I do not disagree with you. You are addressing the clean up phase of the spill. In that area Obama is failing horribly. I am referring to the actual leak and the many people who wonder why Obama hasn't stopped the leak yet. I am referring to the people who are screaming for Obama to kick BP out and take over the efforts to stop the leak.
I think what we have here is a large segment of the population that when disaster strikes, they are waiting for Uncle Sam to kiss the booboos and make everything better immediately. they did it with Bush and Katrina. They wondered why Bush didn't evacuate New Orleans. Now they are wondering why Obama didn't plug the leak. I am quite confident that the government would take 8 times as long to fix the leak than BP will take.
This is the point of my post. the cleanup efforts are a whole other discussion.
So there.
On a somewhat related note, the EPA brought together the best minds they could find to figure out how to stop the leak. One of the "experts" they called in was one James Cameron, the mega intellectual director extraordinaire. Given who this administration is running to for ideas, I think it is a good thing for humanity that they are letting BP fix the leak.
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since I've only gotten bits and pieces of this whole oil debacle, I had NO idea that James Cameron had been called on for ideas. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
That's like going to a plumber instead of an ob/gyn for prenatal care. Or, to quote Larry the Cable Guy: "that's like wipin' before you poop; it don't make no sense"
well said. And agreed.
Maybe they were just asking James Cameron if they could borrow a few dollars.
I do actually think that BP is a bit evil. Not because their rig blew up, and not because they're ruining the ocean, but because they sent down a squad of lawyers to pay the fisherman a few thousand dollars if they promise not to sue. "Sorry about your life, here's a couple bucks."
I am just glad they are not government lawyers. If they had been government lawyers, people would not have had a choice on whether to accept their offer or not. I hope the fishermen down their are smart enough to tell the BP lawyers "no."
Just wait until the EPA or Mineral Management sends their lawyers down there, because they will "make them an offer they can't refuse."
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