Posted on 06/13/2010 6:03:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
No, it's because he's a pussy. PERIOD.
Most Townhall columnists are conservative
Our president? Are you sure he is our president? He sure does not act that way
The President. I stand corrected.
The federal government does have a responsibility to help mitigate the harm done by the leaking petroleum.... If the president cannot formulate a policy and direct those under him to carry it out, he has no business being president --
I agree with you, this author is blind if he thinks that this is being done in any way, shape or form.
Somebody has become seriously detached from reality. I suggest drugs, and lots of them.
In short, a typical Steven Chapman column.
What state or states have the resources to clean up the entire Gulf Coast & waters extending out hundreds of miles?
This is a national disaster, happening in Federal waters. It is an ecological disaster that makes Love Canal look like a spilled can of gas. Press reports say it is already 8 times bigger than the Exxon Valdez, & the oil is still flowing into the Gulf. The collapse of the tourist & fishing industries along the coast will reverberate throughout the nation, affecting manufacturers, suppliers, truckers, etc.
Beyond that, I am temped to say that the Gulf Disaster will be the final nail in Obama’s political coffin; but I fear we have many more painful nails to bear before he is history. Some may actually be fatal for our nation.
Imagine how different it could have been! Obama could have rushed to the coast, with an army & navy of ships & equipment close behind, declaring it a national crisis and asking for help from anyone willing. Instead of vilifying BP, Obama could have pushed for teamwork between the gov’t & BP, & urged America to help. Instead of shutting down offshore drilling & ending the jobs of thousands, he could have instituted an immediate, thorough inspection & re-certification of every offshore drilling operation, which would reassure EVERYBODY - the drillers, the crews, the markets, & the people. Empty condo rooms could have been filled with cleanup volunteers who get free rooms & a food stipend from the gov’t. This could save many a condo or restaurant, & keep the coastal economy on life support.
Do you remember when the left called President Bush all kinds of names, because he did not go immediately to New Orleans when Katrina was still in the area and chose instead to fly over Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, when the rescue was going on after the levees broke and people were stranded on top of their homes and thousands of people were stranded in the Superdome, because the stupid mayor locked the school buses up so they could not be used to get the people out? The reason why he waited a few days was that he did not want to take the priority of the rescue away for his security.
The p o s does not care about the people. He didn't even go to Nashville after the terrible flood in early May to comfort the people
I hate the people in DC
Is uhbama letting all of this happen? Letting all of these people in the gulf suffer and all of the critters both seen and unseen suffer, is THIS the plan as it appears now?
DOes that POS in DC want these critters die horribly SIMPLY BECAUSE he wants to use this to pass CAP n TRADE and its environmental decrees.
We have SICK PEOPLE running the farm. The pigs really did get control.
That was my first reaction too. Jindal is a Drama Queen.
My how times have changed. In the aftermath of Katrina, he complained of the lack of federal response.
He may be your president, but The Rookie is a cold, heartless, incompetent bastard.
Oh my, now even conservatives are picking up the abyssmally stupid liberal idea that if one objects to government doing jobs it has no business doing (firing CEOs, taking over banks, dictating light bulb purchases, etc.) one has no right to expect government to do the jobs it’s supposed to do, like say, fighting fires, building roads and keeping oil slicks out of marshes.
Chapman is apparently the kind of guy who figures that if you won’t let the mayor choose the daily special at your restaurant, you shouldn’t expect the fire department to show up when you have a grease fire in your kitchen. Like I said, abyssmally stupid and completely divorced from conservatism.
And what in the bloody world is he doing about any of those? Respectively, that would be nothing, nothing and slapping a valued ally in the face because they dared allow their soldiers to defend themselves against attack by terrorists who want to take Israel back to Auschwitz.
We all have our off days, but this column is a complete embarassment.
He was right both times.
Why do you think I added the barf alert?
Chapman is being disingenuous, ignoring the fact that a president can be overly active in areas where the government has no legitimate constitutional function while being a slug in areas where he should be doing something.
When a Republican is in office they suddenly understand such distinctions perfectly.
Just dissecting. No criticism was meant for you.
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