Obama Blocking Oil Skimmers!

scottfactor.com ^ | 06/12/2010 | Scott Factor

[scottfactor]

So the truth comes out! President Obama is once again putting the interests of the unions that support him above the interests of our nation! He has not signed granted a waiver of the Jones Act to allow more oil skimming boats into our waters to clean up this mess.

The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 is a United States Federal statute that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters and between U.S. ports. Section 27, also known as the Jones Act, deals with coastal shipping and requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships, constructed in the United States, owned by U.S. citizens, and crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents.

During times of national emergency, the President can grant a waiver of the Jones Act. As this video shows, we have been offered help from foreign countries with ships capable of skimming more oil off the water, but have so far refused this help because Obama would rather protect his union buddies.

[9YearLurker]

This story needs to get out!!!

[JohnD9207]

I would write Bammy and demand the truth, but President Personel Responsibility would say it was Gorge Bush’s fault!
Asshat?????????????????

[Frenchtown Dan]

Some tar balls should be gathered, some feathers of dead birds, and zero. You get the picture.

[Lockbar]

[SumProVita]

This has not been done YET?????????

[RockinRight]

And stick them in every GOP ad for this fall...(and save them for 2012...)

[Diogenesis]

“….. thirteen entities had offered the U.S. oil spill
assistance within about two weeks of the Horizon rig explosion. They were the
governments of Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands,
Norway, Romania, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the
United Nations.
The U.S. response - Thank you, but no thank you, we've got it.
‘..While there is no need right now that the U.S. cannot meet, the U.S. Coast Guard is
assessing these offers of assistance to see if there will be something which we will need
in the near future.’”

Actually - it was at least 17 countries ignored by Pres_ _ent Obama.

[Upstate NY Guy]

Obama dithered
Oiled pelicans slithered

Obama stalled
Dying birds crawled

Obama stumbled
Marine life was humbled

Obama demurred
Death cries were heard

Obama hit the links
While the Gulf shoreline stinks

Obama prevaricated
Marine life was fated

Obama waffled
Dolphins were all killed

Obama stalled
Beaches were tar balled

Obama tarried
Dead turtles were buried

Obama talked of kicking ass
Oil killed the sea grass

Obama fumed
And the slick was not boomed

[eak3]

Doesnt want to piss off his pal Andy Sterns

[Vaquero]

it was all over Fox news yesterday morning.

but it was not direct accusations...but there were questions to various zer0’s secretaries/czars/admirals etc....

ie people/nations/comapnies have offered help but the president must sign X release.....

..no one gave the president X release to sign was the answer...

it was a circle jerk...

[6SJ7]

The oil spill serves Obama’s interests... twice... He keeps the cleanup a ‘union job’, even if it takes months and the delay turns the Gulf into a sewer. He gets to blame ‘big oil’, which gives him a juicy target for nationalization.

[Man50D]

Three reasons why BO/BS doesn't want the oil leak to end:

Bombshell expose'. The real reason the oil still flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

Top PR firm for BP tied to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel

BP, feds could make millions from runaway well's oil

Add to those reason BO's/BS's marxist ideology of making people dependent on the government by transferring wealth from the private sector to the federal government via job losses due the spill, suspending off shore oil exploration and calling for BP's dividends to be suspended. He has all the incentive to ensure the leak continues for a long time.

[R0CK3T]

He protects the unions thugs while the environment is destroyed.

Marxist POS.

[9YearLurker]

Surely Mr. ‘Will Not Rest’ knew about the offers and that they were being declined.

[WellyP]

Transfer the collected loads to US ships and that should get around the Jones Act. Also, the skimmers would have to “fuel” on site and from a foreign site.

[Sacajaweau]

Add this to “kicking Jindal in the a**”

[Victor]

Surely he did, yet he refused. This is pure negligence to the national interest. Impeachable offense.

[DooDahhhh]

They want to let it go to create a bigger catastrophe....that is the Alinskey way. Never let a crisis go.

[gulfcoast6]

We here of the Gulf Coast are well aware of this......