Obama’s Cambridge Moment….Blames BP For Spill And Says They Will Pay

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Obama’s Katrina:

On April 29th, Ron Gouget, who once managed Gulf spill response teams, publicly pilloried the administration’s response to the tragic oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Gouget is an expert when it comes to these matters: he helped create the 1994 plan that allowed expedited burning of oil as soon as a major spill had occurred — without having to wait for permission or approvals….”They had pre-approval. The whole reason the plan was created was so we could pull the trigger right away instead of waiting ten days to get permission,” Gouget said. “If you read the pre-approval plan, it speaks about Grand Isle, where the spill is. When the wind is blowing offshore out of the north, you have preapproval to burn in that region. If the wind is coming onshore, like it is now, you can’t burn at Grand Isle. They waited to do the test burn until the wind started coming onshore.”

Asked why officials waited for a week before conducting even a test burn, Gouget said, “Good question. Maybe complacency was the biggest issue. They probably didn’t have the materials on hand to conduct the burn, which is unconscionable.”

He said the NOAA officials involved at the Unified Command Center in Louisiana know how to respond to spills, and know burning should have started as soon as possible after the initial release was detected. Gouget said they may have been overruled… “This whole thing has been a daily strip tease. At first they thought it was just the diesel, then they said the well wasn’t leaking. It’s unfortunate they didn’t get the burning going right away. They could have gotten 90 percent of the oil before it spread.”

And where is the MSM?

They would be hanging Bush in effigy if this had happened during his Administration but nope….Obama’s in and instead they give air time to him as he blames BP before all the facts are in….cough Cambridge cough

The president vowed that the administration, while doing all it could to mitigate the environmental and economic disaster, would require well-owner BP America to bear all costs.”BP is responsible for this leak. BP will be paying the bill,” Obama, with rain dripping from his face, said in Venice, a Gulf Coast community serving as a staging area for the response.

Believe me….he doesn’t know this. No one does yet and its quite possible this will be in the court system for years. Obama’s words will come back to bite him in the end, as it did during Cambridge.

But he needs a bad guy so people won’t ask the questions that should be asked.

Why did it take so long to respond to this?

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ADRIANS:hi,i cannot understand how thoses AMERICANS who navigate around him,do’nt come out with their suspicions in the open public;are they that scare of him?is their job more important than being true to the country,and reveal what they know;many questions not answer by thoses voted to serve,they made an OATH to that end.

@AdrianS OT comment: Obama is American, and he is the lawful president of the United States.

@ilovebeeswarzone:

TOM in CA: hi,why are you so tired?:TEXAS FRED is one of our smart commenter,do’nt pick on him;

As TexasFred said:

Tom in CA – You’re entitled to YOUR opinion and say, just as I am…

He’s a Bush-basher, plain and simple. Both are big boys and I say, “Have at it” and express your opinions.

What was the thread topic again….?

WORDSMITH:hi, the thread topic was:OBAMA’scambridge moment….blame bp for spill and say they will pay: bye 🙄

@Smorgasbord, I don’t know of any other blog that has discussed indepth the relationship between Transocean and BP, and their respective roles in the operation of the Horizon, except my post here. I understand that the talking head shows this weekend with BP representatives have started getting a clue… but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Transocean isn’t as inviting a political villian as BP. Transocean has a good track record for safety. So it’s easier to mislead by applying BP’s land refinery safety record to Transocean’s deepsea records. Duh… you might as well say that all of Lindsay Lohen’s drunk driving violations are considered mine because I’m her chauffeur.

But talk about a lib/prog’s dream…. another favored evil culprit has surfaced for the Dems to “put their boots at the throat” to… Halliburton. They was doing the final cementing of the well, and from the industry savvy observers, they suspect that the cementing and mud displacement in the final stages is where things went seriously awry fro sundry possible reasons.

So here’s out it’ll play out… it’s Dick Cheney’s fault! 🙄

Summary of the relationship is this… BP is the “general contractor”, Transocean a subcontractor as the rig owners and operators, and Halliburton as another subcontractor doing the cementing.

All will be hauled thru the courts as named litigants, all will bear fiscal responsibility… and all have catastrophic insurance. But the media and the WH are using this to bash the ol’ favorites… big oil, and now Halliburton.

And BTW, why wasn’t the immediate burning off of oil implemented, as has been the plan since 1984? (as @Carl again mentions) So just what has Obama’s WH been doing “since day one”? Pretty much “community organizing”. Their tasks appear to be laying the groundwork for lawsuits and fingerpointing for the future agenda. Then again, that’s about the only thing a glorified paralegal/community organizer POTUS is qualified to do.

While the WH and press are busy playing politics, prepping for lawsuits, and demonizing the same ol’ same ol’, I’m hoping that the capping process is going to work. Been done in shallow waters, but it’s going to be tough for the depth, and for the soft seabed.

@MataHarley: I was only trying to make the point that Obama has already decided who HE is going to blame without having all the facts. I call myself a neutralist because I want as many facts about something new I learn and I don’t know very many facts about the incident.

In other words, if I were president, I would use as many resources as necessary to take care of the problem, then worry about who will pay.

I got that about you, Smorgasbord. But Obama’s now got the bonus of a two’fer with Halliburton. He’s gotta be in heaven now. Watch him spin those media dials now….

And come on, now. Obama used his “resources”…. his community organizing resources, that is. Ya know what they say… never let a crisis go to waste.

Yes Texas Ferd, it’s all one big conspiracy. 🙄
I hope you are being sarcastic and not simply proving you need to be medicated.

CURT:are we on the new revised FA? i see darker scriptures.bye 🙄

@MataHarley: I had been watching what I call the propaganda media help the libs for years, so I quit watching the news all together and got it off of blogs like Flopping Aces. Then Obama TOLD me to quit watching Fox News, so naturally, I had to start watching them, and have been ever since.

Two or three of the Fox reporters in Philadelphia refer to him as Mr. Obama. I still can’t put the words president and Obama together in speech or print. It just doesn’t sound or look right.

How do I get on Obama’s hit list? Joe The Plumber is on it, Rush Limbaugh is on it, and Fox News is on it and look how much the Hit List helped them. I want on it. I can use the extra money. I will give 25% of my extra income from it to anyone who can get me on it.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7116260.ece

We’re mastering the oil slick, says BP chief facing flood of lawsuits

An army of lawyers has descended on the Gulf Coast, determined to cripple BP with lawsuits on behalf of property owners and fishermen whose livelihoods they say could be ruined. Robert Kennedy Jr, son of the former presidential candidate and a prominent environmental lawyer, is suing BP.

Mr Hayward reiterated a promise that BP “will honour all legitimate claims for business interruption”. Asked for examples of illegitimate claims, he said: “I could give you lots of examples. This is America — come on. We’re going to have lots of illegitimate claims. We all know that.”
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The stage is set. RFK Jr. smelled the opportunity to “be somebody important”. Baghdad Bob Gibbs’s idiotic quote “keep a boot to the throat of BP” to ensure that it fulfilled its responsibilities established the rude tone that the Administration desired.

Forget about Border Security, Foreign or Domestic Policy, National Security, NATO Alliances, Terrorism, Afghanistan, Iraq or the Health Care debacle. Team Obama has Capitalism to destroy!

RFK Jr…. well ain’t that a hoot, OT! You mean, of course, the same RFK Jr who opposes the Cape Wind farm off his beloved Nantucket Sound? Summary of his NYT’s op-ed? “Sure I support wind power… just not in my back yard…..”

While I’m in complete agreement that BP should be held accountable, doesn’t Trans Ocean also bear some responsibility here? If so, then why haven’t we heard a peep from the administration in this regard? Making just one company the bad guy with threats and harsh language doesn’t seem to be the way to resolve this situation.

Somehow I’m thinking that the least of BPs worries are that punk Ozero and his co-punk Gibbs and the threats of lawsuits from every corner. And is it any surprise that yet another narcississtic Kennedy would crawl out from under whatever rock he’s been lately to add his squeak and squawk to the cacaphony of bullshit surrounding this disaster?

Do these morons not think that BP has an interest in mitigating the loss of millions of barrels of oil from this catastrophe? If BP can’t recover the product for sale and stop the flow, where do these morons think the money is going to come from to pay the legitimate expenses?

Oops, I forgot………I guess they’ll go after the next likely target. The American consumer/taxpayer. Raise the gasoline tax and spread the wealth!! Stop drilling here and bend over even further for the wonderful people in the middle east that love us soooooooo much.

“Never let a crisis go to waste”.

“Boot to the throat of BP” indeed. What these clowns in Washington need is a boot in the ass.

To continue the Fire Boom Saga. I have found the following
in 2004 the Feds did use a fire boom in Louisiana. so they must have some somewhere.
Texas has 1000′ of fire boom and is sending it.
and the company had one 500′ section in stock.
that is four sections that could have been in use from day two, except there is no priority from the White House.
Gibbs gave Fox what for because Brown (Ex Bush Fema head) made the allegation that Obama is slow on the uptake to give him cause to rethink his offshore drilling agenda.

The reason Present Zero is making all this noise about BP is two fold. One he is trying to fix his image after declaring that he was going to open up off shore drilling, even though he really didn’t.

The second is, he is positioning the Dem’s to levey massive fines for the damages ostensibly so the Government can make sure the victims are cared for. but of course once the Gov gets a hold of the money,,,

@Rides A Pale Horse: The best defense is a good offense. To deflect the questions about what took the Obama administration so long to respond, they tell the people who it is that is going to pay for it, then let the different companies fight among themselves who is to blame. Typical “Chicago Way” philosophy.

The Obama administration has already figured out a way to get more of YOUR money. They are going to redistribute your 401(k) money. Story at:

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36823

It is like a sign I made for a future protest I might be in. It says “OBAMA’S SPREAD THE WEALTH PLAN.” It shows a picture of a business with a sign above it saying, “Your employer sends YOUR MONEY to the IRS (Income Redistribution Service),” picture of IRS sign, “They send it to congress,” picture of congress, “They spend it on themselves and their political friends,” “You keep Obama’s CHANGE,” picture of coins, “Your tax dollars at work.”

King Obama figures that since the Federal government printed the money, it is the property of the Federal government. That puts it under congress’ control, and we know how the libs figure the best way out of a recession is: Just like you should do if your house and car payment are due and you have no money left in the bank. You apply for another credit card. Problem solved.

@Carl: I will throw out another possibility. I ain’t saying I think this, but could it be part of Obama’s plan?

When Obama said he wants a civilian police force as strong as the military and equally funded I knew then he wanted to be King, but he can’t be king in a republic (we are not a democracy), so he has to tear down the USA so he can come in like Hitler did and be the savior.

If the oil slick comes ashore it will destroy a lot of businesses and cost the government billions of dollars before they can bill anyone for it. Another excuse to take control of more businesses and raise taxes while the law suits go on for years.

As I said before, I am not saying this is King Obama’s plan, but how many people didn’t know that was Hitler’s plan?

This reminds me of a protest sign I have made that shows Nancy’s, Obama’s, and Harry’s faces and says, “DON’T GET STUCK ON STUPID. They are not stupid. They know what they are doing. If you have not figured it out yet, then YOU ARE STUCK ON STUPID.”

@Smorgasbord:

They can’t get much more of it pal. Since I’m self employed, I don’t have a 401K or any such “retirement” program. As I’ve said many times, the word isn’t even in my vocabulary. They’ll find me slumped over a brake job.

Don’t have a car payment. I drive a 1986 Dodge Ramcharger and a 1964 Chevy Bel Air, neither of which is anything to write home about but they’re paid for. I’m the only one in our household that has a credit card and I use it to keep the business going, paying it off almost every month. House payment, groceries, utilities, maintenance and taxes (like everyone else) take up most of what my S.O. and I make.

We’d love to “spread the wealth” around by hiring someone to paint the house and I’d LOVE to have a new car or be able to do what I want to do with my old Chevy and a 1967 Dart but between local, state and federal taxes etc., we can’t afford to stimulate the economy by hiring, as I said, some other poor independent contractor so everyone loses.

We’re not poor by any stretch but even the necessities are becoming more difficult to reach.

I don’t see any way to slow this trend down except by voting out of office the people that are making our lives miserable. Maybe, just maybe we can get some people in office that will actually listen to the people and reverse some of this ridiculously oppressive legislation, respect the constitution, secure our borders and do the job that WE the people hired them to do instead of expecting US to accede to THEIR agenda.

Remember in NOvember.

@Rides A Pale Horse: Except for me being retired and trying to let my 401(k) (now an IRA) build itself back up we are about the same. I only had two new cars in my life.

I feel partly responsible for the country being in the mess that it is because I sat by all my life and let it happen.

Since I am retired and can do more, I have been to most of the Washington DC protests (riots) and other events displaying my signs I make.

Conservatives are very creative and have come up with some great signs with their sayings and pictures. I think I come up with creative signs, and have been told how great they are, but there are always some that I have to rate ahead of mine. Some were even 3-D with parts sticking out. At liberal protests you see the same ones all over the place.