Posted on 06/12/2010 12:05:40 PM PDT by quinhon6869
Labor Unions and Jones Act Continue to Block Oil Spill Cleanup
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2533220/posts
Waivers to the Jones Act were granted by the administration of George W. Bush in the days following hurricane Katrina. And today, the Obama White House said waivers might again be considered.
“If there is the need for any type of waiver, that would obviously be granted,” said White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs. “But, we’ve not had that problem thus far.”
When asked about this by Fox News, Admiral Allen said, “If it gets to the point where a Jones Act waiver is required, we’re willing to do that too Nobody has come to me with a request for a Jones Act waiver.”
After 50 plus days of oil flowing freely into the gulf, the question could be asked: Why do effective and proven foreign clean up ships remain on the sidelines? Carafano believes it may have something to do with the Obama administration’s close relationship with labor unions.
“Cause this is a big thing for unions,” Carafano said. “The unions see it as … protecting jobs. They hate when the Jones Act gets waived, and they pound on politicians when they do that. So … are we giving in to unions and not doing everything we can, or is there some kind of impediment that we don’t know about?
If the Obama Administration needs an example of what can happen when global assets are allowed to tackle a massive oil spill, they need look no further than Saudi Aramco’s clean up of a massive wartime spill off the Kuwaiti coast in 1991. Aramco summoned every available ship to assist in the cleanup. The company claims it recovered 900,000 barrels of oil in roughly three months. The industry views that effort as the gold standard in oil spill cleanups.
UN-FREAKING BELIEVABLE.
It should have been waived by day 3, at the latest...
How DO these people get these insulting, in your face lies, out of their mouths? How do they live with themselves.
The only good that can possibly come out of this disaster is that their continued belief that the American people are the 'ignorant masses' is going to backfire and result in them being ousted.
Please, GOD.
Then where are the dang ships, Gibbels? The Dutch made their first offer 12 hours after the well blew. 12 hours!
He may think that he will advance his agenda by teaching the rubes a lesson about “small government.” But he had better not underestimate the response at the personal level of people whose lives are being taken away from them.
Once he realized the opportunity, he determined to destroy the oil industry by sheer indifference.
This is his plan to ensure ‘green energy’. He’ll have to point no further than the dead Gulf of Mexico
There can be no other explanation.
He’s destroyed everything he’s touched— GM, Saturn, Chrysler, the Banks, AIG and we’ve not even seen the depth of destruction he’s wreaked on healthcare.
No one can be this incompetent.
This is intentional.
Can you think of any decisions
Barrack has made that show good judgement?
“This is intentional”
We know that here on FR. FOX News needs to be saying it. Maybe Hannity can postulate it. It’s out of BO’s league.
That was my point. If his decisions were merely the result of incompetence one would think that some would have to be good for America just on the basis of odds.
And I know the Walmartarians will come along and say China is not communist anymore, but ......
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