Posted on 05/01/2010 2:51:28 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
The Obama administration has publicly chastised BP America for its handling of the spreading oil gusher, yet a review of the response suggests it may be too simplistic to place all the blame for the unfolding environmental catastrophe on the oil company. The federal government also had opportunities to move more quickly, but did not do so ....
The Department of Homeland Security waited until Thursday to declare that the incident was “a spill of national significance,” and then set up a second command center in Mobile, Ala. The actions came only after the estimate of the size of the spill was increased fivefold to 5,000 barrels a day.
The delay meant that the Homeland Security Department waited until late this week to formally request a more robust response from the Department of Defense, with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano acknowledging even as late as Thursday afternoon that she did not know if the Defense Department even had equipment that might be helpful....
Officials initially seemed to underestimate the threat of a leak, just as BP did last year when it told the government such an event was highly unlikely. Rear Adm. Mary E. Landry, the chief Coast Guard official in charge of the response, said on April 22, after the rig sank, that the oil that was on the surface appeared to be merely residual oil from the fire, though she said it was unclear what was going on underwater. The day after, officials said that it appeared the well’s blowout preventer had kicked in and that there did not seem to be any oil leaking from the well, though they cautioned it was not a guarantee.
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Just watch...the MSM will back peddle and spin for The Messiah.
They will call anyone who blames this administration for anything a....racist.
If Bush was still President every TV News Anchor would be on the LA. coast on the gulf pulling out oil drenched animals while personally blaming Bush for the worst eco disaster in the history of mankind.
NOT TRUE---HOLDER SENT IN A WHOLE TEAM OF JUSTICE DEPT LAWYERS----noted experts in oil & gas well fires and blowouts.
Of course.
....there’s no one there to worship him.
This is a joke, right? There is no way the NYTimes wrote this. Everyone knows that the Obama Administration can do no wrong.
The liberals are using stuff like at least 0bama wasn’t “in a classroom reading to some kids, responding with a blank stare while our country was being attacked.”
They dare not even say Katrina in the same breath!
You know they won't. But they should.
ping
Wow... from the NY Slimes, no less.
They handled this exactly they way they wanted to handle this.
They needed this to be as bad as possible, for their agenda to advance. Never let a crisis go to waste.
Except for Obama or someone having an off-guard moment and reacting stupidly, for the most part they demand absolute control of every situation, and every move is planned. But being Liberals, their “plans” always, always have unintendeds involved.
No not Obama's Katrina, Obama's reason for a new gas tax to bring gasoline to $7/gal.
And yet...the top story anywhere is....Tiger Woods nissed the cut this weekend.
That in itself is very telling!
Where were the “controlled burns” that were supposed to happen earlier LAST week?
yeah, blame THIS ONE on george bush.
Late Night jokes we will not be hearing:
“Welcome to the Late Show. I am so glad you people are here, because last night what an awful audience, oh, my God. Remember those people? What a horrible audience, and I hate talking about people when they’re not here, but God, I thought it was the Obama Administration, because...they were so slow to respond.” —David Letterman
“Everyone is still talking about The Gulf Oil Spill. Experts say it could take 80 days to drain all of the oil out of New Orleans. When President Obama heard this he said, ‘80 days, that’s half a vacation.’” —Conan O’Brien
“Even President Obama, almost a week later, President Obama said his administration’s response to The Gulf Oil Spill was unacceptable. Then he said ‘Hey, don’t blame me, I was on vacation.’” —Jay Leno
“The president has vowed to personally lead the investigation into the government’s failed response to The Gulf Oil Spill? Isn’t that a job perhaps someone else should be doing?” –Jon Stewart
“No, not at all, Jon. To truly find out what went wrong, it’s important for an investigator to have a little distance from the situation. And it’s hard to get any more distant from it than the president was last week.” –-”Daily Show” correspondent Samantha Bee
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