Well, obama has addressed his plan of action on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He wasted no time in spelling out just what he plans to do and what will happen in the coming months. He was quick to respond and quick to act. Oh wait...he did this on day 58.
President Bush was critized for FEMA's delay in responding to Hurricane Katrina. That was a few hours...maybe a day, right? If FEMA didn't respond for 60 days, they'd still be doing time. It's nice to see our current commander in chief took what was seen as a huge blunder and done so much better at doing nothing.
But, OK, he had 2 months to come up with something. He must have some great things to say. Here are a few points he made. This should be good...
1. He mobilized the National Guard to aid in the clean-up
2. He arranged to meet with BP execs to discuss their plan of action and ensure they supply the needed equipment to clean up their mess and try to contain the damage.
3. He appointed the Seceratary of the Navy to oversee the clean-up
4. He established a National Commission to analyse why this happened and how future accidents can be prevented.
Wow. That's a great speech. Those are some fine plans. At least they would have been in APRIL. It's now mid-June and obama has done less then nothing...aside from a speech saying it was his fault...but now it's BP's (which is true it is their fault, but why did we let the company with by far the worst safety record drill off our coast anyway?) Oh and "BP will pay for the impact this spill has had on the region" Well, seeing that they have far too many government officials on their payroll, I doubt this. And even if they do, what are we going to do? Fine them a billion dollars? What is that? 3 month's income?
Obama also once again said that we had to persue technologies that will ease our dependancy on foreign oil. That's a great idea. It was a great idea when Nixon had it...and Ford...and Carter...and Reagan...and Bush Sr. ...and Clinton...and Bush Jr. Really? 8 Presidents and there's been so little done to persue this. Of course again that's because so many government officials are so well cared-for by big oil that it's not in their bank account's best interest to invest in these technologies. Now it's no secret that I'm not a tree-hugger. I don't buy the doom-sayers screaming about global warming (yes we're affecting climate change but not to the extent Al Gore would have people believe) I'm a simple American that loves high-octane muscle machines. Still I would love to see these new options developed. I studied History. I know the main reason Japan attacked us was because they had no access to oil. They'd hoped that in victory they'd win access to oil reserves. Now we're completly dependant on foreign oil. I don't like the idea that the strongest country in the world can be crippled if some foreign government decides they don't want to sell oil to the US anymore.
One other thing obama said that pissed me off though was that "the days of cheap and easily accessible oil were numbered". CHEAP?!? Have you actually bought gas in the last 10 years? If this is "cheap" oil and I'm paying 3 bucks a gallon I don't want to see when those days end. Thanks to the depression, buying a new car that employs any advanced technology isn't an option for me and many of my fellow Americans, so what's the solution? Maybe obama's next speech will be to appoint a czar of the boned to form a committee to investigate the possibility of formulating a plan to structure a relief effort to help aid the average American that is constantly taking it up the tailpipe. Or course since that's somethiung that people need now, I guess we'll have to wait a few years. Is it 2012 yet?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Czar of the boned
ReplyDeleteLOL