Obama promises to be "fierce advocate" for Gulf business owners.

[Bluebear]

PENSACOLA, Fla., June 15 (UPI) -- President Obama said he will be a "fierce advocate" for local business owners to ensure BP compensates them for losses traced to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Speaking in Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday, Obama said, "(We're) hearing here is the same thing we heard yesterday (in Alabama and Mississippi), which is businesses need help right now."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/06/15/Obama-pledges-to-be-fierce-claims-advocate/UPI-59341276602244/

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[jody]

1. IMO, when all is said and done, more will be said than done. n/t

[phantom power]

2. Do we have any fierce advocates for the GOM food chain?

[northernlights]

16. +1 nt

[Bluebear]

17. +

[Poboy]

28. Well, there's this....

Nungesser says BP workers broke eggs, crushed chicks in cleanup
by WWLTV.com
wwltv.com
Posted on June 15, 2010 at 3:29 PM
Updated today at 3:36 PM
PLAQUEMINES, La. -- A Plaquemines Parish cleanup crew discovered broken eggs and crushed chicks on Queen Bess Island on Tuesday, and parish leaders are blaming BP workers cleaning up the oil spill for the damage.
“The people BP sent out to clean up oil trampled the nesting grounds of Brown Pelicans and other birds," said Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser.
A parish spokesman said plastic bags containing snare boom found by the Plaquemines Parish Inland Waterways Strike Force were "recklessly placed without consideration for the natural wildlife on the island."
"Pelicans just came off the endangered species list in November of last year. They already have the oil affecting their population during their reproduction time, now we have the so called clean up crews stomping eggs," Nungesser said.
Nungesser called for a more pro-active approach for rescuing wildlife affected by the oil. He wants the Humane Society to come up with a better way to enlist the help of volunteers, saying dozens should be brought in from across the country to help save the wildlife.
"The lack of urgency and general disregard for Louisiana’s wetlands and wildlife is enough to make you sick," Nungesser said.
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and Wayne Pacelle of the U.S. Humane Society joined Nungesser on the trip.

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Click here to see photos
http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Plaquemines-Parish-cleanup-crew--96412644.html

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Photos are worth a look. Pretty messed up.

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Then there's this-
Gov. Bobby Jindal on Gulf of Mexico oil spill: 'We are not winning this war'
Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 4:59 PM
After viewing the thick, black crude oil seeping into the state's precious marshes, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Tuesday said that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a war to save "our way of life."
And at this moment, he added, "We are not winning this war."
Damage has already been done to the water system, said Jindal: "We saw dead crabs, dead fish."
A total of nine barges have been deployed, Jindal said, and another seven are due to join them over the next 24 hours. The vacuums atop the barges have to date picked up 10,350 gallons of oil, said Jindal.
"That should not be the first line of defense," he said. "It should be the fourth or fifth line of defense."
Camardelle pleaded with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to approve his permit requests to begin placing $8 million worth of rocks to begin filling in the five passes around Barataria Bay, including Pass Abel.
"I'm getting the rocks this Saturday," said Camardelle, showing reporters a map of the bay. To place rock in all five passes will cost $30 million, a bill that British Petroleum will pay, he said.
Camardelle said he was dismayed to hear permitting agencies question his plans during such an emergency.
"Leave the bull---- out and let's go to work and protect our people," Camardelle said, responding to fears that the rock will hurt wildlife or permanently block Pass Abel. "They ought to see the eyes of a pelican that is gasping for air and full of oil. This pass has been here before God. We swam across this in high school."

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/06/jindal_on_keeping_oil_off_mars.html

[joeybee12]

34. Of course not, only us "leftists" care about the environment, and we gotta

appear "centrist" of course.

[QC]

3. All hope is lost. n/t

[FBI_Un_Sub]

4. No more Ghandi singing Kum-Bay-Ah

Let Senator Jim Webb and former Senator Bob Kerrey do the heavy hitting

[BR_Parkway]

5. Those poor people

[zipplewrath]

7. I dunno

He "had the backs" of the toturers and not a one of them has been charged with a crime.

[BR_Parkway]

33. He's been the GLBT "fierce advocate" since inauguration - and so

far we've gotten a list of accomplishments that are basically recycles of Clinton era things, continued DADT discharges from the military, a White House that is throwing a Pride party but refuses to give out any details including if the POTUS will attend - and a DOJ that has never once missed an opportunity to file very nasty stuff in support of any gay hating court battles.

At that rate, he'll have a BBQ in New Orleans, appoint a few non-important postitions to Cajuns and DOJ will be fighting every lawsuit in court on behalf of BP

[Starry Messenger]

6. Uh oh. n/t

[foxfeet]

8. No hope and, at most, spare change.

[Catherina]

9. Fierce advocate? Like on GLBT rights?

The President needs a new speechwriter. Once a buzzword is tainted by failure, it's best not to reuse it.

Listen Mr President, if you want to be a *fierce advocate*, you expropriate BP, nationalize the oil industry and get all those people retrained and working in solar energy because the Gulf is dead. DEAD! Do you hear that? DEAD!

[Bluebear]

11. Oh THAT'S where I heard that phrase before!

O8)

[Divine Discontent]

21. hey hey! he's our fierce advocate dangit! even if for religious reasons he finds Gay unions against

God!


That's FiErCe!

[Bluebear]

29. +

[tbyg52]

26. >>Once a buzzword is tainted by failure, it's best not to reuse it.

It's not a failure to him - he *still* thinks he's a "fierce advocate."

[Bluebear]

27. indeed

[myrna minx]

31. Exactly.

:-(

[Karmadillo]

10. Yikes!

nt

[dgibby]

12. BOHICA!

Screwed again.

[QC]

13. Haven't we suffered enough down here as it is? n/t

[Bluebear]

15. It's only one spill!!!!1

[Foo Fighter]

37. And "oil rigs today don't generally cause spills. They are technologically

very advanced. Even during Katrina, the spills didn’t come from the oil rigs, they came from the refineries onshore." -- Barak Obama, April 2, 2010.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

14. Uh, Oh.

:scared:


:D

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. Weren't you just giving him crap yesterday for advocating for gulf businesses?

[mix]

19. feel better already nt

[Divine Discontent]

20. hope that works out....

[Odin2005]

22. LOL, he said the EXACT same words to GLBT folks.

And then he stabbed them in the back.

[Bluebear]

23. I KNEW it sounded familiar!

:toast:

[Odin2005]

24. Yup. That really set off my BS detector.

[tbyg52]

25. Ruh-roh! nt

[donco6]

30. Well, we know how THAT turned out before.

Hopefully this time around will work out better. I really do.

[Jamastiene]

32. Oh, damn. They are so screwed.

They just don't know it yet. "Fierce advocate" is code for "fuck you" in this administration, unfortunately.

[Bluebear]

35. .

[bigwillq]

36. .......

:thumbsup:

[Foo Fighter]

38. I think he said "fierce advocate for Golf business owners."

That certainly makes more sense.