Issa Report Highlights Government Incompetence and Double Talk in Gulf Oil Spill

Flopping Aces ^ | 07-02-10 | Mike's America

[Starman417]

Day 74

I also want to stress that we are working closely with the Gulf states and local communities to help every American affected by this crisis. Let me be clear: BP is responsible for this leak; BP will be paying the bill. But as President of the United States, I'm going to spare no effort to respond to this crisis for as long as it continues. And we will spare no resource to clean up whatever damage is caused. And while there will be time to fully investigate what happened on that rig and hold responsible parties accountable, our focus now is on a fully coordinated, relentless response effort to stop the leak and prevent more damage to the Gulf. – President Barack Obama, May 2, 2010.

For two weeks now the Obama Administration has distracted Americans from the growing disaster in the Gulf. First, the firing of General McChrystal and then the hearings for Supreme Court nominee Kagan. But as the oil continues to gush from the Deep Horizon well questions continue to mount about the government response. Slicks miles offshore headed to land and not a skimming boat in sight. Readers have seen the photos of oil stained beaches and dead or dying wildlife and asked "why isn't more being done."

Darrell Issa (R-CA) the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has been looking into the matter and recently published this 16 page report. It reads like a catalog of incompetence and political c.y.a. when what is really needed is leadership and command from the top on down.

Key Findings in the Issa Report:

- Officials on the ground dispute key White House assertions about the number and timeliness of assets deployed in the Gulf. Local officials describe White House outreach efforts as more focused on stopping bad press than on addressing the disaster at hand;

Read more at floppingaces.net...

[FrankR]

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The current occupant of the oval office deliberately did nothing for weeks, hoping that the spill would continue and dominate the news. Then he seized the opportunity to confiscate some of BP’s assets. All the time the media gave him a free pass.
If it had been a conservative in the White House, the media would have condemned him day and night, 24/7.

[married21]

Mr. Issa seems like a very diligent and upright kind of guy.

[musicman]

[musicman]

"The current occupant of the oval office deliberately did nothing for weeks, hoping that the spill would continue and dominate the news."

"All the time the media gave him a free pass."

[truth_seeker]

“Mr. Issa seems like a very diligent and upright kind of guy.”

He’s the richest member of the House.

He’s at least partly Arab. A couple of issues, but he seems very solidly “conservative.”

And not too timid, like so many of them.