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From: bknight on 7 Jun 2010 20:34 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:10:32 -0400, William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:18:21 -0400, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >> > >> > How many broken oil drilling pipes has Cameron fixed in 5,000 feet of >> > water? >So let's get this straight - you scream at Obama for not sending in the >Feds to fix this leak, and then you deride Cameron as knowing nothing >about fixing oil leaks at 5,000 feet? You are simply a loon. How much >more expertise do you think resides in the Feds to do this very same >thing? Zero - it's BP's bailiwick. Then there's the question; how many oil leaks at 5,000 feet of water has BP stopped. Answer; the same as Cameron. BK
From: Jack Hollis on 7 Jun 2010 21:06 On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:24:04 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: >>The blame for this mess will be shared by BP and Obama. When you're >>in charge, there's no way to avoid blame. It's not fair, but that's >>the way it is. > >Not with any intelligent people. > >BK As I tell my kids, a lot of things in life will make sense if you remember that half of the people in the world are below average intelligence. What the oil spill will do is make it apparent how poorly the government is at getting anything done. It's not Obama's fault, but he's in charge so now he gets the blame. It comes with the job.
From: Jack Hollis on 7 Jun 2010 21:08 On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 17:01:14 -0700 (PDT), "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: >It may count for something, like getting your phone calls returned, >but it's ridiculous to think it would compel the president to expand >off-shore drilling. If you add up all the contributions from all the other oil and oil related companies to Obama and all the other politicians then it does become compelling.
From: bknight on 7 Jun 2010 21:09 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:06:25 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:24:04 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > >>>The blame for this mess will be shared by BP and Obama. When you're >>>in charge, there's no way to avoid blame. It's not fair, but that's >>>the way it is. >> >>Not with any intelligent people. >> >>BK > >As I tell my kids, a lot of things in life will make sense if you >remember that half of the people in the world are below average >intelligence. > >What the oil spill will do is make it apparent how poorly the >government is at getting anything done. It's not Obama's fault, but >he's in charge so now he gets the blame. It comes with the job. I just can't imagine anyone thinking that the gov't could have done anything about this that they didn't do. BK
From: Jack Hollis on 7 Jun 2010 21:28
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 17:03:02 -0700 (PDT), "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> The blame for this mess will be shared by BP and Obama. =A0When you're >> in charge, there's no way to avoid blame. =A0It's not fair, but that's >> the way it is. > >And those who blame Obama -- what will they say he did or didn't do >that was wrong? Failure of federal regulatory agencies to properly supervise BP's operations. This is especially true considering BP's previous safety violations. The federal regulators were asleep at the switch. Failure to comprehend the seriousness of the situation leading to slow and inadequate response with cleanup effort. Things like this from ABC News: "Jindal is still waiting for the federal government to provide millions of feet in boom and to approve an emergency permit for a state plan to dredge and build new barrier islands to keep the oil from reaching the marshes and wetlands. Jindal is so desperate for the islands, he's said he'll build them even if it sends him to jail. "We've been frustrated with the disjointed effort to date that has too often meant too little, too late for the oil hitting our coast," Jindal said." The bottom line is that people can see every night on TV that what the government is doing isn't working. This will go on and on for months. |