ptown_trojans_1;381896 wrote:So, Belly, you want the taxpayer, ie you and me, to pay for the cleanup? Cause that is where the federal money will come from.

I'd rather have BP, who does make enough profits to not hurt them financially, to fully pay for the damage.

ptown_trojans_1;381896 wrote:So, Belly, you want the taxpayer, ie you and me, to pay for the cleanup? Cause that is where the federal money will come from.

I'd rather have BP, who does make enough profits to not hurt them financially, to fully pay for the damage.

IggyPride00;382588 wrote:These were the President's comments in an interview yesterday.

Would you want to be on the receiving end of that foot (private industry had best beware).

Finally, how do you feel about the President speaking so colorfully? Is it appropriate language from the oval office? Is this change we can believe in?

I am somewhat surprised he would be so blunt in a statement on record like that, but he is taking a beating on the BP thing so I guess he is trying to show some fire.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/07/gulf-oil-spill-obama-ass-kick_n_603664.html

Belly35;382260 wrote:I said: BP should be responsible to pay some of the cost of the clean up and addition cost ensued.

Obama failed to react and his Administration failure to protect our coast. Delay delay blame blame and more delay ......Obama wants some ass kicking ...Well I want Obama ass to be kicked also .... Some of you jumped on Bush ....Katrine was a natural act of nature unpredictable ..... Obama oil spill could have been prevented but his administration was taking kick back for improper reporting and inspections.....and the lobbing was feeding Obama political career.

If I was BP I would pay for some of the clean up but take Obama Administration to court for the delay of support, lack of response to the local area with equipment and engineering planning that increased the damage that BP incurred.
We pay our government a shit load of money to protect our country from all types of terrorist and in this case the terrorist came in the form of OIL…..

So what ass kick punishment does the Obama Administration recieve for a failure to do a job?

Our first thug POTUS. My leg is tingling.

QuakerOats;385437 wrote:http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-06-10-column10_ST_N.htm

President Obama's instigation of criminal investigations of BP at this juncture is classic diversion politics — and worse, it will engender bunker mentality at a time when collaboration and openness are most critical. BP's actions and inactions are reprehensible; it must be made to pay the billions upon billions of dollars that this spill will ultimately cost. But call out the phalanx of lawyers later — solve the crisis today.

IggyPride00;382588 wrote:Finally, how do you feel about the President speaking so colorfully? Is it appropriate language from the oval office? Is this change we can believe in?

Belly35;382260 wrote:I said: BP should be responsible to pay some of the cost of the clean up and addition cost ensued.

Obama failed to react and his Administration failure to protect our coast. Delay delay blame blame and more delay ......Obama wants some ass kicking ...Well I want Obama ass to be kicked also .... Some of you jumped on Bush ....Katrine was a natural act of nature unpredictable ..... Obama oil spill could have been prevented but his administration was taking kick back for improper reporting and inspections.....and the lobbing was feeding Obama political career.

If I was BP I would pay for some of the clean up but take Obama Administration to court for the delay of support, lack of response to the local area with equipment and engineering planning that increased the damage that BP incurred.
We pay our government a shit load of money to protect our country from all types of terrorist and in this case the terrorist came in the form of OIL…..

So what ass kick punishment does the Obama Administration recieve for a failure to do a job?

Obama also talked about what he considers a key issue: the role of the federal government. “I will say that there is a debate that we’ve been having for a long time and we’re going to keep on having in this country about the proper role of government,” he said. “And I think that this crisis has been a good case study in how some people feel pretty contradictory about that role.

“Some of the same folks who have been hollering and saying ‘do something’ are the same folks who, just two or three months ago, were suggesting that government needs to stop doing so much. Some of the same people who are saying the president needs to show leadership and solve this problem are some of the same folks who, just a few months ago, were saying, this guy is trying to engineer a takeover of our society through the federal government that is going to restrict our freedoms.”

There was some real irritation in his voice when he said: “And so — and this translates into very concrete terms, I think it’s fair to say, if six months ago, before this spill had happened, I had gone up to Congress and I had said we need to crack down a lot harder on oil companies. And we need to spend more money on technology to respond in case of a catastrophic spill. There are folks up there, who will not be named, who would have said this is classic, big-government over-regulation and wasteful spending.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38458_Page3.html#ixzz0qkteT44C

Manhattan Buckeye;388434 wrote:Clinton and Bush weren't singing Hey Jude with Paul McCartney in their times of crises.

believer;388447 wrote:You mean they weren't speaking words of wisdom?

Manhattan Buckeye;388434 wrote:I'm not sure the criticism of the POTUS stems from a notion that he isn't personally stopping the spill or didn't do anthing to prevent it, but rather the criticism is regarding his apparent aloofness (and in response to his aloofness made a silly comment, which IMO wasn't THAT big of a deal but some people think it was) and lack of leadership authority. It is almost as if he can't be bothered with handling the work that comes with being the chief executive of the most powerful nation. Bad things happen. Columbine happens. 9/11 happens. This happened. Clinton and Bush weren't singing Hey Jude with Paul McCartney in their times of crises.

The "left" can point fingers at critics as claiming that he's a socialist, or not a real American or whatever....the critics are simply pointing out that we elected one of the most inexperienced leaders ever. Carter governed Georgia. Reagan governed California. GHWB was Veep and ran the CIA. Clinton governed Arkansas. GWB governed Texas. Obama..............ran a good campaign against Hillary Clinton. The inexperience is showing.[/QUOTE]

Slam dunk- great post.

President Barack Obama is poised to seize the handling of oil spill damage claims from BP, his chief spokesman said Tuesday, as Obama sought to reassure people he's up to the enormous challenge of helping them recover from the environmental disaster. He will outline his specific plans and expectations in a prime-time Oval Office speech.

The aim of wresting the claims-handling from the British petroleum giant, press secretary Robert Gibbs said, would be to make economically distressed individuals and businesses "whole." The claims processing problem is among several difficult issues that Obama planned to address directly in the talk to the nation.