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From: Howard Brazee on 14 Jun 2010 21:05 On 14 Jun 2010 13:44:59 GMT, Moderate <nospam(a)nomail.comu> wrote: >Almost nothing is what Obama has done. No waiver of the Jones Act, no >sand berms, no meetings with BP. He turned the whole operation over to >the Coast Guard. And he turned the war over to the military. That was something that most of the Right had no complaint about. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on 14 Jun 2010 21:06 On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:25:15 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: >So you set up an agency of your government, give them an area of >responsibility, have them train people, research and prepare for >emergencies... > >...but then when the emergency hits, you override them? I remember Jimmy Carter doing that. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on 14 Jun 2010 21:10 On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:42:19 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: >>>> Obama is careful not to appear angry - he knows what the reaction >>>> would be if he were an angry black man. >>>> >>>Riiiight. More leftwing conspiracy theories >> >> Conspiracy? What conspiracy theories do you see in my statement >> above? >> >All of it. Huh? The conspiracy theories are "All of it"? I've never heard of those conspiracy theories. Who was theorized to be conspiring? What was the supposed goal of the conspiracy? -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: John B. on 14 Jun 2010 21:29 On Jun 14, 5:53 pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:26:54 -0500, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote: > >Oh bullshit. Your cite should be read by all. It actually states > >that there was one offer that was refused by a Dutch company because > >they were to take oil off the top and then put it back into the ocean. > > "UPDATE: The U.S. Government has reconsidered a Dutch offer to supply > 4 oil skimmers. These are large arms that are attached to oil tankers > that pump oil and water from the surface of the ocean into the tanker. > Water pumped into the tanker will settle to the bottom of the tanker > and is then pumped back into the ocean to make room for more oil. Each > system will collect 5,000 tons of oil each day. > > One ton of oil is about 7.3 barrels. 5,000 tons per day is 36,500 > barrels per day. 4 skimmers have a capacity of 146,000 barrels per > day. Had the US bureaucracy accepted the Dutch offer on Day 3 when it > came, it is clear that a lot more oil would have been surface > skimmed." > > Sounds like an Obama screw up to me. If the earth were hit by a meteor, you'd call it an Obama screw-up, such is the depth of your hatred.
From: John B. on 14 Jun 2010 21:51
On Jun 14, 8:29 pm, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:04:38 -0500, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote: > >>They don't give the questions to the resident. They give the > >>questions to the media and obama's staff. Obama's handlers prepare > >>the answers. > > >Wrong. They have to be smarter than that, knowing that they'd be > >whipped to pieces. > > >Who would give the other side a chance to know questions in advance? > > Sometimes people don't have any choice - when the other guys make the > rules. > > -- > "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, > than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace > to the legislature, and not to the executive department." > > - James Madison Yet another incisive comment from Howard! You're fuckin' brilliant! If the White House had demanded questions in advance, the Republicans would have said "screw you" and gone to the press to embarrass the White House. |