Obama likens Gulf environmental disaster to 9/11

Breitbart ^ | 6/14/2010 | Breitbart

[ezfindit]

President Barack Obama likened the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to the September 11 attacks in an interview published on the eve of his fourth visit Monday to the stricken region.

"In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come," he told Politico.com.

[Shannon]

Nice try O, trying to position yourself with 9/11. Won’t work.

[jersey117]

He doesn’t care about the gulf. All he cares about is rehabilitating his image and taking over the oil industry. I wish nothing but evil on this evil person.

[bugs_dallas]

One of Kudlow’s guests today summed it up. This can still
be fixed with money. 9/11 can never be fixed with money.

[freebird5850]

He won’t admit it but we all know he is failing like no one has failed before!

[Grunthor]

Because no one important to him died on either occasion.

[rlmorel]

Well, sure, just like 9/11 except for one small thing:

On 9/11 we had a President who acted like a President and did us all proud by it.

[Recovering_Democrat]

So did George W. Bush do fundraisers while the smoke was still rising from the ashes? Did Bush laugh it up and go to plays and parties and golfing during that time? Did Bush hit the vacation resorts while the ashes were still hot? Nope. HUSSEIN has done that, though.

Thank God for the new media, because the ass-kiss networks and print media aren't reporting the truth.

For 20 years there has been a LAW ON THE BOOKS about Oil Spills.

Hussein, start kicking your own miserable ass!

THE OIL POLLUTION ACT OF 1990 CHARGES THE WHITE HOUSE WITH CLEANING UP THE MESS. SO YOU HAVE FAILED BIG TIME, HUSSEIN!

OPA, among other things, amended Section 311 of the federal Clean Water Act. Section 311 now provides in part that: (A) If a discharge, or a substantial threat of a discharge, of oil or a hazardous substance from a vessel, offshore facility, or onshore facility is of such a size or character as to be a substantial threat to the public health or welfare of the United States (including but not limited to fish, shellfish, wildlife, other natural resources, and the public and private beaches and shorelines of the United States),
the President shall

(notice the word SHALL; not "MAY" not "CAN" not "PERHAPS", but SHALL!)

direct all Federal, State, and private actions to remove the discharge or to mitigate or prevent the threat of the discharge.

(B) In carrying out this paragraph, the President may, without regard to any other provision of law governing contracting procedures or employment of personnel by the Federal Government–

(i) remove or arrange for the removal of the discharge, or mitigate or prevent the substantial threat of the discharge; and

(ii) remove and, if necessary, destroy a vessel discharging, or threatening to discharge, by whatever means are available.

P.S.: CNN reports that on the day of the memorial for the victims (a month after the explosion), HUSSEIN ATTENDED A FUNDRAISER. Nice move there, jerkoff. Real caring.

[downtownconservative]

click here re Obama's cozy connection to BP

[CitizenM]

I'd like to see Obama go out to the ocean and walk on the oil covered water.

Then, maybe get coated with it and sink.

This man just never stops creating more havoc on top of problems because he does not know how to solve them. Since he has no clue about how to be a leader and be CONSTRUCTIVE in an approach to taking on a task...he becomes destructive and negative. He points fingers, blames, whines, makes unrelated comparisons such as this, and simply cannot "ger 'er done." In the end, according to him, everyone will be at fault except Barack.

[TomasUSMC]

The Joint Chiefs should resign and form a new Political Party.

Retarded piece of crap in the Whitehouse.

[penelopesire]

The American people better bend over, because Obama is fixing to ‘kick all our asses’ tomorrow with a big push for cap n tax. He might even try to take over the oil companies while he is at it. Get ready for another ‘Chavez’ like moment from the American dictator.

[meyer]

The only thing that comes to mind that reminds me of 9/11 is him and his administration.

[July4]

Maybe POTUS knows something we don’t when he says the oil spill is like 9/11. 9/11 was an intentional act.

[rlmorel]

No good crisis...

[w1andsodidwe]

Bingo, they took a chance on using it for propaganda. That is why they refused all offered help early on. They let it get out of control.

It would only be akin to 911, if President Bush had not ordered all flights grounded to prevent further attacks.

The Obama administrations refusal of offered help should be investigated.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Obama likened the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to the September 11 attacks

And I liken Obama to Mohammad Atta.

[dr_who]

I didn't find his invocation of 9/11 (yawn!) as insulting as what apparently came out of his mouth next:

He was quoted as vowing to "move forward in a bold way in a direction that finally gives us the kind of future-oriented ... visionary energy policy that we so vitally need and has been absent for so long."

"One of the biggest leadership challenges for me going forward is going to be to make sure that we draw the right lessons from this disaster," he said.

Obama said he could not predict whether the nation would transition completely from an oil-based economy within his lifetime but that "now is the time for us to start making that transition and investing in a new way of doing business when it comes to energy."

This incompetent (or malicious, take your pick) idiot has already clearly demonstrated how much "vision" he has and how qualified he is to tell us what to do in the name of "energy policy". I've had it up to here with "leadership", particularly Obama's version of it.

[Ezekiel]

This man just never stops creating more havoc on top of problems because he does not know how to solve them. Since he has no clue about how to be a leader and be CONSTRUCTIVE in an approach to taking on a task...he becomes destructive and negative. He points fingers, blames, whines, makes unrelated comparisons such as this, and simply cannot "ger 'er done." In the end, according to him, everyone will be at fault except Barack.

Barack Obama

President Barack Obama drinks a 'Bushwacker' drink traditionally made with dark rum, coconut cream, creme de cacao, half and half, coffee liqueur, as he makes an unannounced visit to Tacky Jack's, a restaurant, in Orange Beach, Ala., as he visits the Gulf Coast region affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill Monday, June 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Where to start?

[popdonnelly]

I’m afraid it’s just another power grab.

[OrangeHoof]

One major difference, Bamster. 9-11 happened while a competent man was in the White House.