it should be clear to most of us that catastrophes are hard to respond to. 9/11 we were unprepared and i think NYC responded pretty damn well. bush didnt look very sharp caught reading stories to children at first but govt. response wasnt bad. should have stayed just in afghanistan and done it right.
Katrina, we were not prepared and didnt respond very well
BP oil spill, we were not prepared and have not responded well.
catastrophes dont happen every day but they are hard to respond to well. the bush administration did not respond well to katrina and the democrats have pilloried him for years. but obama has done no better. the fact of the matter is the govt. isnt very talented and capable. this is an issue for us as citizens.
when you have a castrophe, you need to assess the damage and come up with a plan to respond. assessing blame should be secondary. it seems that we have spend more time trying to destroy bp, which may happen than fix the problem; which is not easy to fix and may have to wait till the relief well are completed.
putting a moratorium on drilling is not the answer if you care about the economy. immediate safety inspections are the answer.
bp probably is guilty of cutting too many corners and the joint probability blew up in all our faces. we do need better safety requirements and it is now obvious that it isnt easy to do things 5000 feet below the surface.
a thought however, why are we drilling so deep in the gulf? a bunch of reasons but they include and insatiable demand for oil and hostility to on shore drilling combined with there being alot of oil in the deep gulf.
leveraging off of this to promote cap and trade is just another example of not letting a good crises go to waste.
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The oil spill is Obama's Christmas. He is not looking to "fix" it, what he wants is government to manage it.
Talk about slick, notice he is now talking about an energy policy/bill, which is based purely upon global warming, cap and trade....but is using the oil crisis to make his move.
Also, 8 different oil "experts" who supposedly signed on to this moratorium, are livid with the White House lies. They signed on to "future" oil drilling projects, but not those already in the works. And after they signed, the WH changed the wording. Slick.
Regarding Bush's response to Katrina and subsequent comparisons, you may enjoy a great article written by W. Wanesley, americanthinker.com. One of the best articles written on this oil spill, and what REALLY is going on.
And those in New orleans are now saying Bush and katrina are pale in comparison to this administration. imagine< Obama makes Bush look good. Talk about poetic justice.
All the politicians and government policy czars/bureaucrats should be shrunk to 2ft tall. Then their parents need to take them by the hand back into their kindergarten classrooms to go over the rules. No recess, no snacks, no naps until they remember.
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