Quote Originally Posted by kygorski View Post
By now ther whole world, maybe the universe is aware of the oil spill. watched the GOVERNORS of two states asking where the government is? Turn around and look at YOUR foot steps. If you're beaches are being fouled, hire local help and clean them, then sue the offending party, thats what the courts are for. Instead they want federal help, screw you! I havn't been on the gulf for over four yearsm I dont use your beaches anymore, so why should I pay? The next day they are at a rally for smaller government.Take the responsibility, you asked for the job, then do it. Or quit!
I see your point and it is saturated with irony. If you are a Liberal thinking man and can say that about not using those beaches so why should you pay then that is ironic. Isn't that the mantra of the extreme left wing libs? Lets take care of everyone, trees, global warming and feel compassion for every soul and **** the cost? Examples come to mind Gubment Healthcare, Global warming, Mortgage fiasco, Cap and Trade and on and on....

I thought that the gubment should have stepped in a month ago and forced the BP guru's to task. I'm not talking about a 1000 person task force to determine why we need to help or how do we look good while doing it. I'm talking about Obamy or someone he feels can look good in front of the camera shoving this in their face everyday. Now he is pulling his demonizing tactics critizing their budgets on t.v. ad's. (gotta have the bad light on someone you know!) Talking about he doesn't want to hear about how they might short change a fisherman or business owner and spend millions on t.v. ads. I just have a problem with him trying to tell a private company how to spend money. Where was he on day 1,2,3,15, 25,30?? All that sounds good for t.v. but what does it accomplish? Uh, well now he looks like he is standing up for the americans effected by this disaster when all along he wasn't doing squat. Even his own parties pitbull went on national t.v. screaming for help. Mind you not a GOP member or Conservative but the big mouth who always has something to say about GOP politics...James Carville!

What responsibility can the states take? I ask because I don't know? Wasn't the drilling in federal waters? Does a state have the responsibility to clean up from something initiated out of their state boundries?? I'm asking? If it is the feds task then why did it take this long to make it seem so important?

Just curious how you felt about Mayor Nagin getting on t.v. crying for help on handling his "chocolate city" when he in fact made a mess of his own resources and neglected his duties. Most cities evacuated a full day prior than his beloved city (his bad call) and it caused chaos and possible deaths. We all paid for that didn't we? Of course since it was old George Bush who didn't show up to get the national guard going or fema or the state of emergency going it was ok to just blame that disaster on him. The same thing was going on then as now...where does the state begin and the feds take over?

Look at this quote from Newsweek Sept 15, 2005 about Bush and Katrina......
"How this could be—how the president of the United States could have even less "situational awareness," as they say in the military, than the average American about the worst natural disaster in a century—is one of the more perplexing and troubling chapters in a story that, despite moments of heroism and acts of great generosity, ranks as a national disgrace."

That same quote could be used for this administration just change natural disaster to oil spill and you got these guys in the same crosshairs. I say this because me and most anyone who watched the news knew this was a mess and kept asking who, what, when and where is the help?