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2010-07-02 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Why Is the Gulf Cleanup So Slow? Because govt bans skimmers that only remove 99.99% of oil

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Posted by 3dc 2010-07-02 01:46|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Because the Crisis isn't big enough yet to force through Obumble's Crap-and-Tax.

I have no doubt that Obama is holding any aid hostage until Crap&Tax passes just like he's refusing to fulfill his primary obligation (Defend the U.S.) until Amnesty (Some call it immigration reform but it has nothing to with immigation) is passed.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-07-02 09:10|| 2010-07-02 09:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Never waste an opportunity to extend a crisis

Posted by lex 2010-07-02 09:19|| 2010-07-02 09:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Personally, Im not ready to buy into the exploit the crisis theories on the cleanup effort quite yet. Thats not to say Obama hasnt tried to politically capitalize on the leak itself. (The oval office speech confirmed that.) But as with Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf Spill reinforces the notion that bloated governments struggle to effectively function in the best of times and typically falter when there is calamity. Layers of regulations, no matter of how altruistic, usually result in webs of bureaucracies. With that said, as more of this gridlock continues it will further expose President Obama to be as inept as he is politically ambitious. Thats not good for him considering so many already view him to have been aloof from the get go. His skills as a politician and community organizer served him well during the campaign but, so far, they dont seem applicable to true leadership.

Posted by DepotGuy 2010-07-02 11:45|| 2010-07-02 11:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, Congress is showing true leadership. There is a bill pending to amend maritime laws to allow pain & suffering claims. The bill updates maritime laws that have been on the books since the mid-1800s and early 1920s. Those laws had restricted the amount of money families could obtain as compensation for lost wages and funeral expenses.
The trial lawyers will at least clean up if this passes.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-07-02 13:08|| 2010-07-02 13:08|| Front Page Top

#5 This govt has almost as many true believer environmentalists as it has true believer communists.For them the worst possible outcome is a rapid thorough cleanup with minimum environmental damage.The best result is a huge disaster.That would guarantee draconic environmental rules, bring economic and population growth to a halt and their disciples to the top.

Posted by johnmorrissey 2010-07-02 13:12|| 2010-07-02 13:12|| Front Page Top

#6 draconic environmental rules These may be easy to enact, but not so easy to endure. Recall the government's ban on offshore drilling, one such draconic rule, caused the immediate unemployment of tens of thousands of workers. There is only so much more unemployment & collateral economic damage people will put up with.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-07-02 13:18|| 2010-07-02 13:18|| Front Page Top

#7 bloated governments ... typically falter when there is calamity
I think that's true of all governments, bloated or not. Calamities are necessarily beyond the short term ability of organizations to cope with. Coping methods have to be created, and some organizations are better at that than others.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-07-02 13:27|| 2010-07-02 13:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Personally, I'm not ready to buy into the "exploit the crisis" theories on the cleanup effort quite yet.

The constant hassling of everyone attempting to make a difference, coupled with the intentional feather-bedding of the onshore cleanup crews changed my mind. It's either intentional or we're deep into the Founders complaints about "swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance".

(Arizonans should recognize this one:

"He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them."

And if he gets his way on the ICC:

"He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation")

Posted by Rob Crawford 2010-07-02 15:50|| 2010-07-02 15:50|| Front Page Top

#9 There was a time when we had people in government with management experience (and HORRORS! private sector experience). That's how we put a man on the moon. Now all we have is blowhards, parasites, kleptocrats, and "community organizers". No one who can say "let's get this done", and manage and track tasks to make it happen. People who can cut through red tape rather than create more of it. At least this powerfully demonstrates that Obama's assertion about government solving all our problems is a lie.

Posted by DMFD 2010-07-02 20:01|| 2010-07-02 20:01|| Front Page Top

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