I Pray We Don't Have Another Katrina With Obama If BP

[rsmith6621]

.....if the handling of the BP crisis is any indication of how he will handle a national emergency.... He failed top make an appearance in Nashville after floods a couple of weeks ago devastated many areas of the city....

So sad.... I thought we voted for someone who was for the people not corporations..... seems as though his government is allowing BP time to find their way out of responsibility... Guess that is Chicago style politics...

This was a good test for him....he got a D- in my book

IF YOUR GOING TO UNREC THIS AT LEAST TELL US WHY

[WeDidIt]

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[seabeyond]

3. what i liked hearing on npr this morning. whitehouse kicking themselves for not knowing bushco time

allowed such a lax attitude on all these regulations and they should have put together to have serious expection of it all when they first came into office. i liked that it was said out loud. what bushco did was criminal. we whitehouse should have immediately gone thru these agencies, but there has been a lot of shit going on last year and half

he is getting about a C but we are just in the middle of the smeester, he can still bring the grade up

[JBoy]

4. Because a corporate oil disaster is exactly the same thing as a hurricane.

FAIL.

[BeFree]

5. Obama is NOT...

..much in the environmental arena. On that front he has failed.

Politically, he is doing the wise thing by counting BP as an ally.
But it will come around and bite him in the ass if he's not careful.

[kwolf68]

10. And that is why

If he doesn't turn it around I am not voting for him in 2012. Part of my paradigm as a Liberal is we protect our environment. Sorry that it's on the back burner for some people, but for me it's a PRIMARY issue of mine. I refuse to support candidates that don't make it an important part of their paradigm.

This is why I wish John Kerry had been elected in 2004, because I believed in him. We would have had a BETTER President than we do now, we would have had 4 less years of Shrub and Obama could have actually built some sort of a resume in the Senate before asking people to pull the levers for him.

The right WILL NEVER like Obama, so when he starts losing people on the left he's finished.

I have never been as disapointed with Obama as I am right now. Again, plenty of time to turn it around and I sincerely hope he does, because he's a brilliant man and potentially could be a great leader, but he's been terrible more often than not.

[jdlh8894]

6. Has FEMA ever been sent to Nashville?

[TwilightGardener]

7. What exactly is "Chicago style politics"? I see that insult all the time on FR. Interesting.

[jaxx]

11. Chicago style politics

are the ones that the losers wish they knew about. More like not letting down your guard and sticking together. The senate should try it, they might be more effective. ;-)

[NYC_SKP]

8. Bush did squat with Katrina, he didn't even show up for class, he stayed home and drank Vodka.

That's why I'm unreccing this post.

Of course much more should have been done, and sooner. And, I'll bet this disaster would have happened no matter who had been elected.

One reason we should expect future events to NOT be anything like Bush's administration include this:

MMS is being split into three parts, one will be specifically in charge of safety and the environment.

The Secretarial Order I have signed today will establish the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and the Office of Natural Resources Revenue as follows:

· Bureau of Ocean Energy Management: A new bureau under the supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management that will be responsible for the sustainable development of the Outer Continental Shelf’s conventional and renewable energy resources, including resource evaluation, planning, and other activities related to leasing.

· Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement: A new bureau under the supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management that will be responsible for ensuring comprehensive oversight, safety, and environmental protection in all offshore energy activities.

· Office of Natural Resources Revenue: A new office under the supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, that will be responsible for the royalty and revenue management function including the collection and distribution of revenue, auditing and compliance, and asset management.

Under the Secretarial Order I have signed, I am directing a schedule for implementation to be delivered to me within 30 days. Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Wilma Lewis, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget Rhea Suh and Senior Advisor Chris Henderson will oversee the restructuring.

Comparisons between Bush and Obama, between this and Katrina, are ridiculous.

:patriot:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

15. I agree 100%

They're not only ridiculous they show a lack of critical thinking skills by the person making the comparison.

It's disgusting.

[dmallind]

9. Well clutch my pearls the horror!!! Whiny fake "concern" rides again. NT

[greencharlie]

12. brave post... nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

13. I unreced for the lack of thought process which compares the destruction of Katrina to this spill

It's akin to comparing apples and oranges.

A brief primer:

After Katrina 100's of thousands of people did not have access to clean drinking water, food or medical supplies. Men, women and children were left to drown, starve or die from exposure/disease in New Orleans. US citizens were herded like cattle and locked into a sports stadium with no electricity, no working restroom facilities, inadequate food and no security. Unless you count the armed guards outside keeping them from escaping.

Also:

Katrina killed 4081 people.

Katrina displaced more than 1 million people.

400,000 people lost their jobs as a result of Katrina.


This spill is horrible, but there's is no comparison to Katrina and anyone who attempts such is either blind or a fool for attempting such.

[rsmith6621]

20. And How Many Jobs Will be Lost over this????

......... not to mention the price of gas unless Obama works to put price caps in place and not to mention the US fishing/shrimping industry...


Face it the White House nor Congress will impose any substantial fines that will hurt BP bottom line....again we will be the ones to pay the price.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

23. Face it. They don't compare.

If you have an argument to make, make it. But do so on its own merit not by making cheap, pathetic comparisons. You weaken any point you're attempting to make by starting out at a disadvantage. Really.

[Wickerman]

14. Unrecc - that's my government, not his

I voted for that government. I may not always like all that is done but it is one fuck sight better than what we had. Were you happier then?

[WI_DEM]

16. I'm unrecommending because I'm tired of the same people pissing and moaning about everything

Obama does. The man has accomplished more than most prsidents in less than a year and half and the purists on DU will never give him a break.

[SidDithers]

17. FWIW, you're not the only one tired of it...nt

Sid

[azmouse]

24. +1

:thumbsup:

[jus_the_facts]

18. There's no tellin' how horrific this disaster will become in the long run ....

...just because the damage and casualties can't be seen IMMEDIATELY like Katrina...then I guess it's just fine and dandy to let him slide on this....NOT! There will be a lot of DU'ers eatin' crow once the impact of this is realized....it's just gonna take a lot longer to see this time....HOPE and CHANGE....there sure will be change...for the worse...and hope has been long dead...now everything in and around the Gulf will be as well....and quite possibly...far beyond.

[Common Sense Party]

19. I'm unreccing because you don't know the difference between "your" and "you're"

You asked.

[aikoaiko]

21. Seems more like a Chernobyl than a Katrina incident.

[phleshdef]

22. Tennessee gave the admin very high marks for the response to the floods down there.

I'm unreccing this because its a bunch of foamy mouthed bullshit that completely lacks context.

[WinkyDink]

25. I like the fact that Bush cannot now escape connection with Katrina.