Stuck on stupid
Is anyone else wondering if there’s somebody at the helm of our Ship of State?
Here we are more than 70 days after the BP oil disaster and it appears little has been done to halt the 50,000 barrels a day gushing from the ocean floor. More disturbing is that even less is being done to clean up the devastating spill poisoning the water and beaches and killing wildlife along the Gulf Coast.
Are all the Feds up in Washington ‘stuck on stupid?’
Neither BP nor our government is showing anything close to leadership, or even competence, in dealing with this national emergency. As I follow developments on CNN’s Anderson Cooper’s nightly news program, I hear local officials and residents – even Louisiana’s governor Bobby Jindal, beg the federal government to get its act together and do something productive about the catastrophe. Apparently, pleas fall on deaf ears.
Obviously, since BP continues to screw up, and shows a total lack of motivation, it can’t be counted on for anything constructive. So the big question is why our government continues to let them run the show – and there’s no doubt that BP is the one in charge.
Now the spill has reached Florida’s Panhandle, and will invade the beaches of South Florida before the summer is out. Let’s hope Gov. Crist will have better luck getting Washington to act.
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Shani McManus
Shani, I personally believe that the Obama(obowma) is not interested in the oil spill, as they have said, “never let a disaster go to waste” it is obviously a move to pass cap and trade, and to deliver clean energy (what a joke) while the residents of Louisiana suffer, and maybe even your own coast of Florida, why don’t they drill on dry land?? where they have shut off valves, we have enough oil in the US to supply the country with oil for the next 100 years or more, this disaster is enough to turn the voters against Obama, and I hope they do
Hi Shani,
It does seem that BP is in charge, but of what? The mess? The clean up?
The wildlife, the ecology, and the economy of FL and LA seem to be at the mercy of everyone’s career. The damage that has been done will be felt for generations, in ways we can not even imagine at this time.
It took the President months before he actually got mad, but little has been done. I am still waiting for Charlie Crist to get mad. It took 2 months before skimmers were brought in from foreign countries, while those desperate to save their coast used shop vacs from Home Depot to suck up the oil. Maybe Home Depot can be in charge and donate all the shop vacs in stock to the releif efforts!
Kevin Costner had some good ideas maybe he can be in charge!!
I wish someone would take charge and DO SOMETHING!!
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