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I followed that on NPR’s stream on line – which spared me the sights and sounds.
Two things I noticed: although the purpose of this was to show him on top of this – he was unaware about the Feds approval of the barriers in LA as well as the firing of Birnbaum.
Here’s the talk of the barriers
So let’s take the example of Governor Jindal’s barrier islands idea. When I met with him when I was down there two weeks ago, I said, I will make sure that our team immediately reviews this idea, that the Army Corps of Engineers is looking at the feasibility of it, and if they think — if they tell me that this is the best approach to dealing with this problem, then we’re going to move quickly to execute it; if they have a disagreement with Governor Jindal’s experts as to whether this would be effective or not, whether it was going to be cost-effective, given the other things that need to be done, then we’ll sit down and try to figure that out.
All the political effect of this disaster is a verbal moratorium of 6 months on drilling?
He still made the case for continued drilling
David Gura (NPR News):
“I continue to believe what I said at that time,” he said. “That domestic production is an important part of our overall energy mix.”
“We’re not going to be able to transition to these strategies right away.”
“During that time, we’re going to be using oil.”
Thursday May 27, 2010 1:35 David Gura (NPR News)
It is important, he ads, that we not rely on imports.
Also, just like W after 9.11 urgd us to shop and fly to the fabulous destinations
He encourages Americans to visit the beaches affected by the oil spill.
His entire speech was centered on stopping the gusher, not much about the clean-up, which prompted me to comment
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Thursday May 27, 2010 1:56 Citizen
Does Obama know there’s clean-up to be done? Irreversible damage? It didn’t appear so
Thursday May 27, 2010 1:56 Notyoursweetie
I immediately got 2 answers
To Notyoursweetie at 1:56
I think Obama knows there’s clean-up needed and irreversible damage. He said as much during the news conference.
Thursday May 27, 2010 1:57 Frank James
@Notyoursweetie – I believe he said, there will be areas that are damaged in heart-breaking ways, and it will be years before some areas recover. So, yeah, I think he’s aware.
.However, what I got is that he feels his job is damage control – and I mean political damage
“My job is to make sure that everybody in the Gulf understands that this is what I wake up to in the morning, and this is what I go to bed thinking about every night. The spill.”
.There was a point when he reminded me of W when he called the war “a dot in history” or something similar.
Obama’s version of derision was
“We’ve gone through a difficult year and a half,” the president said. “This is just one more piece of difficulty,” referring to the oil spill.
The illustration to this is what Google images gave me for “piece of difficulty”.
And who can forget the Helen Thomas highlight
Thursday May 27, 2010 1:31 David Gura (NPR News)
A question from Helen Thomas: When are you going to get out of Afghanistan?
Thursday May 27, 2010 1:31 David Gura (NPR News)
“Don’t give us this Bushism,” she said: “If we don’t go there, they’ll all come here.”
I am hoping this is true
Top Kill Stopped Flow of Oil Into Gulf, BP Says
s. “They’ve been able to stabilize the wellhead, they’re pumping mud down it. They’ve stopped the hydrocarbons from coming up,” said Admiral Thad Allen. The operation can only be deemed a success once the well is sealed up with cement–which can only be done once the pressure from the well is at zero.
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Update
Unfortunately, the earlier optimistic statement is being walked back
“Top kill” bid on Gulf well still ongoing -admiral
Screencap from yesterday interview demonstrating how hard presidentin’ really is.
This interview was given yesterday, oil-kill day 36
yeah, we know about fundraisers and trips to Chicago and skipping Memorial Day
but this is a new level of entitlement. Notice in the caption text – he doesn’t say “I don’t get to play lately” – just not quite that often.
You dirty, dirty spill! messing with Oprecious’s game!
The video is here
You will enjoy the opening sequence with the ball with the presidential seal on it and Oprecious name on it.
But it was that particular line
these days I play once about two or three weeks
that made an impression on me – why with the 38 days since an ecological disaster is unfolding.
Reminds me of W cutting on sweets as his war effort. But in light of his renewed – today – pledge of not resting till the oil-kill is stopped, this interview taken yesterday a way even more arrogant and clueless.
As the nation holds its collective breath for the stopping of the oil-kill, USA Today gets cover of the day for correctly assessing its political implications under the headline “IS OIL SPILL BECOMING OBAMA’S KATRINA?” Funny how that word “spill is still used
Stills of the live cameras that keep the nation mesmerized on the internet have made their appearance on page ones, most prominently on WSJ to illustrate their article on the causes of the explosion
.The oil kill coverage is gone from page ones of LA Times and Boston Globe but it’s featured – for the first time in Moonie Times – in the context of Barbara Boxer’s expensive fundraiser
.In LA, where they are suffering, they are losing patience
.as they assesss the damage, holding their breath for “top kill”
.Miami hera;d writes about BP’s judge shopping
.while unaffected Florida areas feel the domino effect
.In DC, the Examiner warns about stealth taxes
.while in NYC there’s Coney Island fun
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One of the most popular discussions in B0botland
“You didn’t get mad when”… The mirror version.
.Its author has the original version, addressed to the Tea Party-ers about their failing to get mad about W’s abuses. It went viral. The author doesn’t expect this one to be as successful – but I think it should be.
I will do my part by reproducing its body with a commentary at the end
We didn’t get mad when DADT wasn’t repealed.
We didn’t get mad when full equal rights for our GLBT brothers and sisters were again put on the back burner.
We didn’t get mad when Guantanamo wasn’t closed.
We didn’t get mad when the war in Afghanistan was stepped up.
We didn’t get mad when the Patriot act was renewed.
We didn’t get mad when a crappy HCR bill was shoved down our throats.
We didn’t get mad when, in one of the brashest violations of Freedom and the Constitution, the Obama administration legalized the assassination of a US citizen without a trial or the right to face his accusers. American Death Squads. Woo Hoo!
We didn’t get mad when the Obama Administration announced increases in funding for more Nuclear Power.
We didn’t get mad when the Obama administration announced increases in offshore drilling. (yeah that one worked out well didn’t it)
We didn’t get mad when the Obama administration announced the deadline for troop pullouts in Iraq was going to be missed.
Today the Obama administration announced that because things are going so well, because we have so much spare time and money, we are going to start putting troops at the border to stem the illegal flow of housekeepers and gardeners into America.
So ya pissed off yet?
The author writes about hesitating to post this for some time because
I have spoken out on each of the issues I listed here. And many more that I didn’t bother to address in this thread. And for my trouble I have been labeled a “racist”, a “hater”, a “whiner”, a person who “didn’t get their pony”, a Sarah Palin enabler, and many other wonderful things
Yeah, I am painfully familiar with those wonderful things. They were addressed to me and others when I spoke about the very same principles. Very likely the author of this was throwing some of those stones then, or at the very least sitting quietly.
So here’s a few more “we didn’t get mad” from where I sit:
You didn’t get mad when the primary election was rigged by a healthcare CEO who later was instrumental in pushing the crappy HCR referred above
You didn’t get mad when the will of hundreds of thousands of voters from Michigan was subverted by transferring delegates from one candidate to another
You didn’t get mad when Democratic voters from entire states were called racist by the media (or ourselves) for choosing another candidate
You didn’t get mad when misogyny was used by our candidate and his media to rile up support
I’ll stop here, because I don’t have all night. Just need to remind this awakened B0bot that his compromising started way earlier that he thinks.
I also have some qualms with the final statement
I have been told that it will be MY FAULT when the Republicans take back control of the government.
If the government falls back into the hands of the Republicans, it will not be my fault, or the fault of liberals who didn’t support the Obama administration. It will be the fault of the Obama administration for not supporting the Liberals who made this all possible for them.
It’s only partially true. It’s also the fault of the B0bots who bought the propaganda wholesale and supported the Wall Street/oil/pharma candidate over a democrat thereby damaging the party for generations. Obama was never going to support the Liberals, or else all the money, media adulation would not have been there for him.
That being said, the body of the “We didn’t get mad” (in blue) is a keeper.
Of course, I reserve the right to use “They didn’t get mad”.
Because I did.
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