Obama and Hayward: whose response is it anyway?

Big Bureaucracy ^ | June 8th, 2010 | Ellie Velinska

[Big Bureaucracy]

BP CEO Tony Hayward and President Obama don’t talk to each other which is strange on many levels. However it looks like their speech writers collaborate because both leaders in the Gulf spill disaster sound like they spend hours together making their story straight. Let’s compare the messages coming from BP and the White house:

We’ve helped organize the largest environmental response in this country’s history. More than 2 million feet of boom, 30 planes, and over 1,300 boats are working to protect the shoreline. Where oil reaches the shore, thousands of people are ready to clean it up. - BP CEO Tony Hayward

More than 20,000 people are currently working around the clock to protect waters and coastlines... More than 1,900 vessels are in the Gulf assisting in the clean up. More than 4.3 million feet of boom have been deployed with another 2.9 million feet of boom available... - President Obama

Mr. President, if you and BP count your booms and vessels together it is likely you are in this mess together. In fact we all are in it.

The people on the ground and at sea whether they are the Coast Guard, the National Guard, the BP crews and contractors, local officials and volunteers are trying their best to coordinate their efforts for the better outcome.

How hard is it for President Obama to act like a leader who unites people and inspires them to join together?

How about a joint press-conference with the CEO pinhead of BP?

The BP folks are not college students that need scolding from a professor. The whole world is watching the impressive technology the oil industry created so they can go where no government bureaucrats are able to go.

[FrankR]

I think obama said yesterday that if it were up to him, some people at BP would be fired; he also was planning a trip down to the gulf to "kick some ass".

Obviously the kenyan's training and experience in problem resolution was honed in the ghetto. That is just strong-arming everyone until nothing else is mentioned about the problem - the problem is still there, just don't dare mention it.

[lonestar]

Obama and Hayward:

six and half-dozen

[LiteKeeper]

I heard last night that there is a specific Federal Law covering oil spills, and that it is the EPA's responsibility to manage the cleanup...sign into law by - wait for it - Bill Clinton. So all the finger pointing is going in the wrong direction. It is the Fed's who have dropped the ball.

BTW - the law specifically points to oil spills!

[lonestar]

I heard last night that there is a specific Federal Law covering oil spills, and that it is the EPA's responsibility to manage the cleanup

That's one of the most "common sense" laws.

The Feds should have been focused on containment and protecting the beaches from day one...but

The Obama Administration has been asleep at the wheel! If it isn't on the agenda list, they are clueless!

[Big Bureaucracy]

May be this is why they want to change the wording to “oil leak” :)- to avoid the oil spill law

[Big Bureaucracy]

Obama sees himself as a Dear Leader who is in charge of everybody’s business. He got used to firing GM and bank executives and just can’t stop himself.

If Obama nationalizes BP - we are doomed to turn into Venezuela.

[Big Bureaucracy]

Feds want all your land and water - unless there is problem on it - then it is all your problem.

[SuziQ]

How hard is it for President Obama to act like a leader who unites people and inspires them to join together?

He doesn't know how to do that. It always has to be all about HIM.