[Windflier]

The problem here is that the Constitution handed over control of the navigable waters to the federal government. The Governor knows this.

So, what to do?

Get those vacuum boats back in the water and force the Coast Guard to make them stop through means of sheer force - THEN make the federal government explain to the nation WHY they did that.

The Governor should not have backed down to idiotic legalities and process - he should have done what any real leader would do, and that is protect his state and his people at whatever cost.

Just as in Arizona, when the federal government REFUSES to do the job that it is constitutionally mandated to do, then the Governors of those states MUST take back that responsibility from their failed central government, and DO WHAT MUST BE DONE TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

[SCalGal]

Just as in Arizona, when the federal government REFUSES to do the job that it is constitutionally mandated to do, then the Governors of those states MUST take back that responsibility from their failed central government, and DO WHAT MUST BE DONE TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

May God bless Jindal and Brewer. They are both on the front lines.

[muawiyah]

The Coast Guard still has to answer for stopping the barges.

So far they don't have any good reasons for doing so, and it looks like their intention was to prevent people from cleaning up the oil.