Oil Disaster in the Gulf

**Easy Drifter** · 1st May 2010, 01:48

A real mess threatening miles and miles of shoreline and wildlife.
If Bush had been in charge the press would have been all over him for slow and inadequate reaction.
Obama not a peep and he really still has done nothing.

**gloomyDAY** · 1st May 2010, 02:06

Please! There is no comparison.

This isn't a natural disaster that leveled a whole city, just an irresponsible oil company that got pinched. There isn't much you can do when there's an oil slick headed towards the shore. Last time I checked the President didn't control the ocean currents and tides.

**Easy Drifter** · 1st May 2010, 02:37

My main point is the press would have been all over Bush.

**gloomyDAY** · 1st May 2010, 02:45

Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

My main point is the press would have been all over Bush.

Sure it was.

If you want to point fingers, then blame BP.

**Bob Riebe** · 1st May 2010, 03:14

Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

Please! There is no comparison.

This isn't a natural disaster that leveled a whole city, just an irresponsible oil company that got pinched. There isn't much you can do when there's an oil slick headed towards the shore. Last time I checked the President didn't control the ocean currents and tides.

Pres. Bush did not control weather patterns for Katrina so what is your point?

Local and State agancies ALWAYS have number one responsibilties concerning "natural" disasters, which are not a human disaster unless the responsible agencies screw up.

The Obama could have had Fed. people out there making sure the oil was controlled within a day after it happened, so it IS his fault for letting it get as bad as it is.
There are NO other government agencies with any responsibility for this; all Obama is doing is pointing fingers and blaming others, of course that is all he ever does.
Talk is cheap and Obama is a garbage sale bargain.

**Jag_Warrior** · 1st May 2010, 04:43

**Tomi** · 1st May 2010, 04:56

Interesting to see how badly prepaired you are for thiskind of things, one would think that after Exon Valdez something would have been done.

**gloomyDAY** · 1st May 2010, 05:44

Originally Posted by Bob Riebe

Pres. Bush did not control weather patterns for Katrina so what is your point?

My goodness this is rich! I never mentioned that any President had control over weather phenomena.

My point: I am stating that BP is to blame for this disaster, which in case you haven't heard is an oil spill, because it's their mess and American taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill. Since BP didn't have any contigency plans for an environmental disaster the Federal government has to step in and take care of BP's job. Also, the U.S.A.F. is over the air right now treating the spill with oil-dispersing chemicals. Commander-in-Chief is doing some corrective action.

Bush after Katrina just stayed mute and rolled over onto some nobody running FEMA. Bush was the biggest coward when it came to the role of Presidency. Truman once said, "The buck stops here." That doesn't apply to yellow-belly punks. Now put your dunce cap back on and stay in the corner.

**anthonyvop** · 1st May 2010, 07:03

First of the Blame for the Katrina disaster sits squarely on the Shoulder of New Orleans Mayor Nagin and the rest of the Local government. Their total lack of Hurricane preparation and planning was criminal.

Now. Nobody Knows what happened on the Oil Rig so any blame now is just pushing an agenda.

What is sick is how the left is continuing their practice of not letting a good disaster go un-exploited. Why did he send the attorney general to start a criminal investigation when their is no reason to even believe their was a crime.

As for Off-shore drilling........Drill, baby drill. This is the first accident in US waters since the 1960's. Any damage will be short term...if their is any seeing as Crude Oil is a 100% natural substance and in many places it oozes out by the ton daily.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0513130944.htm

**anthonyvop** · 1st May 2010, 07:16

Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

My point: I am stating that BP is to blame for this disaster,

Really? How do you know that? Where you on the rig?
Do you even know that BP didn't even own the rig? Did you know it was owned and run by another company under contract?

Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

because it's their mess and American taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill. Since BP didn't have any contigency plans for an environmental disaster the Federal government has to step in and take care of BP's job. Also, the U.S.A.F. is over the air right now treating the spill with oil-dispersing chemicals. Commander-in-Chief is doing some corrective action.

Ignorance is bliss.
BP has already spent millions of $$$ on the clean-up as started almost immediatly after the accident.
Also under Federal law any oil company that causes a spill is obligated to reimburse the Government agencies the cost of the clean-up.
And all that equipment being used by the Coast Guard and the EPA was developed, provided and purchased by the oil companies.

Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

Bush after Katrina just stayed mute and rolled over onto some nobody running FEMA. Bush was the biggest coward when it came to the role of Presidency. Truman once said, "The buck stops here." That doesn't apply to yellow-belly punks. Now put your dunce cap back on and stay in the corner.

As I stated before Katrina was only a major disaster due to the criminal incompetence of the Mayor Nagin. Other areas that were actually directly hit by Katrina did not suffered the same damage as N.O.
As for your Bush is a coward comment.....that comes from a faceless person on an internet message board from a country famous for being a failed state. You have no right to question his leadership until your country joins the 1st world.