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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:58 AM Original message |
Has the Obama Administration worked any harder on the Oil Leak than Bush* did on Katrina? |
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The Damned (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, since Bush did Diddly Fucking Squat on Katrina..... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. Given our elected officials - how many of them have the expertise to work a mile under the ocean |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And in a month, they could find anyone, anywhere. nt |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. they did the worlds experts are the ones that made the leak |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's difficult to really say, since the two incidents are so different. |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I thought the Oil Industry "Proved 100%" this spill could never happen. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The oil industry just SAID the likelihood of such a thing was remote. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. In my opinion: No. |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. Let's compare apples and oranges |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Two MAJOR disasters and two Government responses |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Why not throw in the wars while we are at it. And maybe the financial collapse. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. National Geographic |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. When the Exxon spill happened the government had people on site |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. No problem for the clean up |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It seems to me that a clean up effort would be futile right now. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. You first call this Obama's KAtrina in your subject line |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. I think he should be doing a lot more. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. You seem to not recognize the precedent for oil companies cleaning up spills. |
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Blaukraut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
14. Katrina was 'fixable' by the government. This is not. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. +1 |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. How many FEM A employees are on site to help in containment and clean-up? |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. No. We all know that Obama is worse than Bush |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. What part of "the government was not prepared to handle something this big?"... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's a national disaster of epic proportions |
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