Opinion on tonights Address....

[Rosco T.]

Strong points: "I will INFORM BP that THEY WILL". No bull, no jive. They are gonna do it.

Call to arms to get off oil, get on clean energy.


But why no specifics. I think it's simple.

DON'T GIVE AWAY YOUR PLAN SO THE 'THUGS CAN START TO OPPOSE IF BEFORE YOU GET OFF THE AIR.

There are plans, there will be more detail, when it's at the right time and it's almost unopposable.

[Smashcut]

1. Right it's more chess

Like the part of the speech where he basically said the whole point of his "Commission" was to figure out how we can "safely" get back to deep water drilling.

[gulfbreeze]

2. Being from Pensacola, It just makes me sick

I don't understand where he's coming from. I can't relate to one thing he said. It seemed so bland and generic that it smelled and tasted like cardboard and I refuse to swallow it. I want action. Or at least for him to address some action. Do not tell me it's all gonna be ok or how resilient everything is. It's not and the President implying it is just proves how clueless he really is. Obama, you must thrust your arms, hands, fingers, and mind so deep into the bowels of this traumatic, criminal, BP-induced & Governmental-allowed disaster that you finally, gasping for air, grasp the sheer magnitude of what is occuring. I've seen and heard nothing but platitudes from him. I can't fathom anyone advising this type of response. I've not felt this dispondent about Obama before. Below is one of my earlier post on another thread regarding my experience on Pensacola Beach.

Here on Pensacola Beach, they have done nothing in the gulf to help stop the oil from coming in! The booms are nothing more than bones being thrown by BP to keep everyone preoccupied. Pres Obama just spoke about a huge number of vessels off our shores working to help keep it out of our bays and off our beaches. It's just not true. They have NOT been here. There are people picking up tar balls. There have been some local boats hired to stay on the look-out. We grew up in the charter fishing industry here and know all of the Captains personally. One, who's been off shore for about 2 weeks, says his job is to site oil in the gulf, call it in, and stay with it until clean-up crews arrive. They never arrive. ever. My husband was driving home for lunch yesterday and while crossing the bay bridge, he saw the oil in the bay. No one is talking about it. I'm really upset with Obama's speech this morning. It was patronizing, placating, and not true. I drove people to the polls to vote for him. Last night I saw where BP is finally purchasing some of Costner's oil spill clean-up machines and a glimmer of hope returned. But upon hearing Obama not telling the truth, and almost avoiding addressing any of the dire issues, that glimmer is doused. My husband's been saying we need General Honore' here and last night saw him with a plan on cnn.