What the Hell?

I'll be referring a news article in this short little blog. So I'll give you a brief synopsis of it. Essentially it's discussing the President's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has just been an environmental disaster down there

"Declaring himself as angry as the rest of the nation, President Barack Obama assailed oil drillers and his own administration Friday as he ordered extra scrutiny of drilling permits to head off any repeat of the sickening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."

Seriously?

That's like saying, "okay, now that you've fucked up about as bad as you can, we're really going to start paying attention." Isn't it a little late for that? I mean, plan after plan to stop the oil STILL pouring into the Gulf has failed. Their latest plan? Hook a mile-long tube to a robot, attach a cork on the end and drive the robot right up the broken pipe gushing oil. Hopefully, if they're lucky, the cork will stop up the oil. This plan sounds like something out of a comic book or a cartoon! Next thing you know Scooby Doo will pop up on the News and go "Ruh roh!"

And the White House has been just idiotic about the whole thing.

"Obama, whose comments until now have been measured, heatedly condemned a "ridiculous spectacle" of oil executives shifting blame in congressional hearings and denounced a "cozy relationship" between their companies and the federal government.

"I will not tolerate more finger-pointing or irresponsibility," Obama said in the White House Rose Garden, flanked by members of his Cabinet.

"The system failed, and it failed badly. And for that, there is enough responsibility to go around. And all parties should be willing to accept it," the president said."

Great! Stop that all-important executive finger-pointing! While you're at it, make it that much harder for oil riggers to get permits to do their job. It's not like we don't already have enough oil troubles in this nation. If the people responsible for handing out drilling permits had been doing their jobs in the first place, this wouldn't have happened! Eleven people and who knows how many wild animals died as a result of this debacle.

Am I the only one who's reminded of the Bush Administration's handling of Hurricane Katrina? I mean seriously, the government needs to be getting involved rather than letting the oil companies fix it on their own. Because obviously, they're not getting the job done. Grow a spinal cord Mr. President and start figuring out the RIGHT places for the government to stick it's nose.

The Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill

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