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Obama's Remarks To Nation On Oil Spill [Full Text]
NPR ^ | Tuesday, June 15, 2010 | President Obama

Posted on 06/15/2010 5:50:01 PM PDT by Star Traveler

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To: skeeter

I wish they would load him up on a spaceship and send him through that stargate in the Gulf of Aden back to his home planet.


41 posted on 06/15/2010 6:20:39 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: Ezekiel

What the heck was it made of - paper????


42 posted on 06/15/2010 6:21:33 PM PDT by jackibutterfly ( Palin is so under obama's skin, he hears 'Hail to the Chief' when he sees her.)
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To: Star Traveler

I’m going to need an airsickness bag, aren’t I?


43 posted on 06/15/2010 6:21:41 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Star Traveler
Yep.

He had me from the first line:

As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges.

Dang, that par 5 hole must have been a doozy, eh Obummer.

44 posted on 06/15/2010 6:22:09 PM PDT by chemicalman (Fed Gov only good for one thing. Building monuments.)
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To: Star Traveler

That Oval Office chair was WAY too big for him—in more ways than one.


45 posted on 06/15/2010 6:24:20 PM PDT by Happy Rain ("The first Caucasian President left a nation destined to be the greatest ever.")
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To: Star Traveler; LucyT; ExTexasRedhead; blackie
Snips with emphasis placed:

Some believe we should set standards to ensure that more of our electricity comes from wind and solar power.

Putting stipulations on oil usage - as long as "they" seriously tackle our addition to fossil fuels.

The mysterious "some" and "they" could be his czars, people he's attempting to appease over at whacko liberal websites or media outlets, foreigners to whom he bows, or democrats meeting behind closed doors at midnight to ratify what additional bills, amnesties, restraints, taxes and impositions they can ram through.

This damage is now officially on Obama's plate and those under him who should have been monitoring and shutting down the operation when they saw potential disaster looming. Anyone else besides me who's ever been to an OSHA hearing? ?WHERE are the most recent incident reports for the inspecting agency for this rig? Here's an example for OSHA:

OSHA Safety Citations Update - USPS charged with seven violations in Pittsburgh

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the USPS its sixth set of workplace safety citations on June 8, charging the Postal Service with seven “willful” and “serious” violations related to electrical hazards at the Pittsburgh, PA mail processing facility.

The proposed penalties at the Pittsburgh facility are nearly $299,500, which brings the Postal Service’s total OSHA fines to nearly $1.8 million. The latest citations [PDF] were issued less than a week after similar violations were found at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center and the Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center.

OSHA cited the Postal Service with four “willful” violations, one repeat

46 posted on 06/15/2010 6:24:45 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: Star Traveler

Needs sto stop talking about ‘Fighting this spill” and stopping and cleaning this spill. This isn’t a fight.


47 posted on 06/15/2010 6:27:24 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Red_Devil 232

She was an uninformed Obamazoombie as were about 3 of them. I believe they plant far leftist in his panel to argue with everything anyone else says. I thought all 3 of them were getting quite mean by the end they just couldn’t handle their idol having any critism at all.


48 posted on 06/15/2010 6:28:01 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Star Traveler

CYA, KMA, lies, and more B.S.

I could have saved this prick a lot of air time.


49 posted on 06/15/2010 6:28:48 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (J. D. Hayworth, the next Senator, the Great State of Arizona - Sen. Poopdeck, Panama is calling...)
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To: Red_Devil 232

I also saw a black man on that panel point out that he refused to waive the Jones Act to please his union co-enablers.Luntz said he’s never had a panel so rancorous-wait until November.


50 posted on 06/15/2010 6:29:19 PM PDT by pistolpetestoys (Outside of a dog a book is a mans best friend;inside a dog it's too dark to read.)
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To: MamaDearest
You were saying ...

OSHA Safety Citations Update - USPS charged with seven violations in Pittsburgh

What?! Were they delivering oil for BP? ... LOL ...

The USPS has got a long ways to go to catch up to BP, though... with BP at 760 violatoins.

AND..., the other "big deal" is that the USPS can have "violations" all day long, every day -- and it's going to do nothing to the rest of the population like BP did ... BP is definitely a criminal organization ...

51 posted on 06/15/2010 6:29:25 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler
One simple word ought to suffice: LIAR



52 posted on 06/15/2010 6:30:43 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: Star Traveler
>> Thank you, God Bless You, and may God Bless the United States of America

Did somebody sneeze?
53 posted on 06/15/2010 6:31:37 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: Star Traveler

Sorry this is way off topic, I think the very root of the problem is God, Israel and how we treat Israel.

First the most important is how we as a nation turned our backs on God.

Second, it is how the whole administration has thrown Israel under the bus and how zero has treated Netanyahu such as making him use the back door of the White House, the “peace my @$$” flotilla, etc.

This has to do with God’s promise to Jacob. Those who bless Jacob (Israel) will be blessed and those who curse Jacob will be cursed. This oil catastrophe is major and a nasty mess but it is the result of what road this country has chosen to take ! We chosen wicked and evil leadership and we are paying the price. If we continue on the same path, what other prices are we as a nation going to pay. This affect everyone and not just the evil doers.

Personally, compared to 10 years ago where I sympathized with the palestinians when dealing with Israel and so much sympathized that I even referred to Israel as occupied territory ! I have come out to be very much in favor of supporting Israel at this juncture of the road. This started with the Sep 11, 2001 bombings. Now especially if I was POTUS, I would back Israel 110 % and tell anyone who is against her to p!$$ off in nicer terms. More ruder term is a word similar to firetruck !

One thing is I am old enough to remember the disaster we had with Jimmy Carter. The high inflation and interest rates, the gas lines, forgot stagflation as well. Also at the time, Jimmy Carter was very anti-Israel in his policies ! Tongue in cheek, Jimmy is smiling is because he knows that he is no longer the worst POTUS. The current POTUS is !


54 posted on 06/15/2010 6:32:24 PM PDT by CORedneck
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To: CORedneck
You were saying ...

Sorry this is way off topic, I think the very root of the problem is God, Israel and how we treat Israel.

There is a current White House Press Correspondent who has written a book exactly about that. He shows how these things are the judgment of God against this nation for our last several Presidents taking actions against Israel...

That's Clinton, Bush and Obama ...

55 posted on 06/15/2010 6:34:31 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler
...Tomorrow, I will meet with the chairman of BP and inform him that he is to set aside whatever resources are required to compensate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of his company's recklessness. And this fund will not be controlled by BP. In order to ensure that all legitimate claims are paid out in a fair and timely manner, the account must and will be administered by an independent, third party.

And his legal authority for this is?

56 posted on 06/15/2010 6:38:11 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

(...”Tomorrow, I will meet with the chairman of BP and inform him that he is to set aside whatever resources...”)

It’s been two months, this should have been discussed and done a long time ago.


57 posted on 06/15/2010 6:40:50 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Star Traveler

Blah...blah...blah...Bush’s Fault.

Blah...blah...blah...poor me.

Blah...blah...blah...more regulation.

Blah...blah...blah...more bureaucracy.


58 posted on 06/15/2010 6:42:06 PM PDT by TankerKC (This is the internet, not a court of law.)
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To: Star Traveler; SouthTexas; tubebender; Travis McGee; B4Ranch; NormsRevenge; Jim Robinson; ...
As a result of these efforts, we have directed BP to mobilize additional equipment and technology. In the coming weeks and days, these efforts should capture up to 90% of the oil leaking out of the well.

Weeks and days... nope. Ain't gonna happen, Nobel Prize Community Organizer.

One place we have already begun to take action is at the agency in charge of regulating drilling and issuing permits, known as the Minerals Management Service. Over the last decade, this agency has become emblematic of a failed philosophy that views all regulation with hostility — a philosophy that says corporations should be allowed to play by their own rules and police themselves. At this agency, industry insiders were put in charge of industry oversight. Oil companies showered regulators with gifts and favors, and were essentially allowed to conduct their own safety inspections and write their own regulations.

This happened on YOUR WATCH, Bambi. Your watch. No excuse for your incompetence, well, other than you have less managerial experience than the youngest MacDonalds manager.

We consume more than 20 percent of the world's oil, but have less than 2 percent of the world's oil reserves

Utah has more oil in reserve in shale than the top ten oil producing countries do, you lying sack.

Last year, the House of Representatives acted on these principles by passing a strong and comprehensive energy and climate bill — a bill that finally makes clean energy the profitable kind of energy for America's businesses.

Nope, only a subsidized blue sky socialist scheme. No way is corn and wind going to reduce our enemies' energy death grip on us.

Now, there are costs associated with this transition. And some believe we can't afford those costs right now.

You're going throw more taxes at this? TANSTAAFL, you communist patsy.

We pray for the people of the Gulf. And we pray that a hand may guide us through the storm towards a brighter day.

It sure as hell isn't going to be your hand, Bambi. You have proved your ineptitude beyond reason. Funny, it took Carter gas lines before he became the biggest clown in the office. Only a professional Community Organizer could boost Carter's legacy as you have. Now go kick some ass, asshat.

59 posted on 06/15/2010 6:44:35 PM PDT by glock rocks (Wait, what?)
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To: Star Traveler

(It's a real thread on FR, here.)

Cheers!

60 posted on 06/15/2010 6:45:23 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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