Posted on 06/04/2010 7:46:11 PM PDT by Steelfish
June 5, 2010 Angry President Obama Flies In As Oil Hits Florida Giles Whittell, Washington
President Obama, at the mercy of events and unproven technologies, flew to Louisiana yesterday for the third time since the Deepwater Horizon blowout to console those living along the state’s polluted coast and to find out whether BP may finally be winning the race to cap the well.
The President’s feet had barely touched the ground before he hit out at BP, accusing the British company of “nickel and diming” residents along the Gulf of Mexico coast over damage claims while spending billions in shareholder dividends. Mr Obama’s latest flying visit followed a drastic decision by the White House to postpone for a second time a long-planned presidential visit to Indonesia and Australia. It came as tar balls and oil sheen washed ashore for the first time on the beaches of northwest Florida and a computer simulation showed oil being carried by currents thousands of miles into the Atlantic at 100 miles a day.
High hopes of a breakthrough at the well head were already being tempered last night as BP and Mr Obama — who has described himself as “furious” over the delays of the past six weeks — waited to see how much oil the latest cap lowered over the well would funnel to the surface.
The “top cap” was installed on Thursday night after giant shears were used to make a rough cut through the well’s broken riser pipe where a diamond-tipped saw blade had become stuck the day before.
BP said that the cap should eventually capture up to 90 per cent of the oil, and Admiral Thad Allen, of the US Coast Guard, said that the device was already sending it towards a giant surface storage ship...
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OOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Big Tuff Guy
Can we put the word angry in quotation marks, because the ONLY reason he is ANGRY is because his credibility with independents and the few remaining conservative/moderate Democrats is now in the toilet.
He cannot as quickly pursue his goal of destroying America with that problem.
With The Messiah, it’s always about the money and how he can take it away.
Angry?
Just shut up Obama.
I would love to see the number of golfing hours vs the hours spend at the oil leak site.
He has such a commanding presence especially when he’s bowing to foreign dictators.
Wow! So, now he’s ANGRY! Woooooooooooo...
I thought Obama said he was responsible for the oil spill, i.e.: the buck stopped with him.
And, as if on cue, the oh-so-obedient media is lapping it up...
(but despite the polls and the efforts of the consultants, the People aren't fooled)
And, as if on cue, the oh-so-obedient media is lapping it up...
From CNN:
Gloria Borger: We got the President we elected, a "cool, calm, analytical" guy--so don't expect him to turn into something he isn't.
Gee, he must have been taking lessons from Clinton on how to feel people’s pain.
The media is describing him as “angry” in response to Spike Lee coming out and saying he needed to show some emotion. Because, you know, Spike Lee is the barometer of the zeitgeist. I mean, he had a big move, what, 30 years ago?
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