MSNBC Crew Act Like Obama's Oval Office Speech About Gulf Oil Spill Was A Bad Joke

[JohnSmith2007 353]

I never thought I would see the day when MSNBC would trash Obama over anything. I must say I am surprised.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50GAACuKEQs

[lostinblue 1,989]

http://www.organizinggame.org/

This is all the training he has .The left maybe has removed the rose colored glasses. What a shock to them.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I've heard on NPR that supporters of Obama are more critical of him right now over the handling of the oil spill then non-supporters of him. The non-supporters of Obama are said to be more sympathetic towards him right now because of Bush & Katrina. They have cited that it wasn't Bush's fault what happened with Katrina just like it's not Obama's fault with what happened with the BP oil spill. That our country has more experience now with handling of hurricanes then they ever had of handling an oil spill of this magnitude. I found that rather interesting coming from the non-supporters rather than the Obama supporters.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Chris Matthews had that tingle in his leg removed.

[alienlovechild 75]

I've heard on NPR that supporters of Obama are more critical of him right now over the handling of the oil spill then non-supporters of him. The non-supporters of Obama are said to be more sympathetic towards him right now because of Bush & Katrina. They have cited that it wasn't Bush's fault what happened with Katrina just like it's not Obama's fault with what happened with the BP oil spill. That our country has more experience now with handling of hurricanes then they ever had of handling an oil spill of this magnitude. I found that rather interesting coming from the non-supporters rather than the Obama supporters.

There's some truth to that but most of the damage to New Orleans wasn't caused by Katrina but by the levees that failed. We've never had an entire city evacuated in modern times if ever. Obama is lucky that he hasn't been hit with the ridiculous stories about snipers and sharks in NO, rapes/murders in the Superdome and how "doesn't care about black people" like Bush did.

[lostinblue 1,989]

There's some truth to that but most of the damage to New Orleans wasn't caused by Katrina but by the levees that failed. We've never had an entire city evacuated in modern times if ever. Obama is lucky that he hasn't been hit with the ridiculous stories about snipers and sharks in NO, rapes/murders in the Superdome and how "doesn't care about black people" like Bush did.

Here is a little history on what led to the levies failing.

After Hurricane Betsy, for instance, everyone was very active in making sure that levees were fixed and upgraded because the public eye was on these projects. Forty years later, nobody was really watching anymore, so flood control projects were slowly de-funded in order to pay for other more visible and popular projects.

There really is no evil plot in any of this. There is only so much money to go around, and so politicians all play the 'Rob Peter to pay Paul' game. President Bush got a lot of attention for de-funding the flood control projects, but he was only following in the footsteps of President Clinton. Yes, Congress and the Bush administration agreed to a $286.4 billion pork-laden highway bill that included more than 6,000 pet projects for lawmakers, as well as allocations for dust control on Arkansas roads, a warehouse on the Erie Canal and a $231 million bridge to a small, uninhabited Alaskan island - but they didn't invent that kind of popularism.

Ten years before Katrina, the Clinton administration cut 98 flood control projects, including one in New Orleans, saying such projects should be local, not national. This is despite the fact that all such projects had been federalized, and no local or state authority could - by law - approve or construct such projects. The $120 million hurricane project, approved and financed annually since 1965 was killed by the Clinton administration.

In 1996, Congress approved more for flood-control projects than was recommended by the Clinton administration. In 1999, Congress and the Clinton administration agreed to spend only $47 million on New Orleans area hurricane flood control projects – half of what local and ACOE officials had requested.

Again, in 2000, Congress approved a $23.6 billion measure for water and energy programs, with sizable increases for several New Orleans area flood-control projects. Clinton, however, promised to veto the annual appropriation for the Energy Department and Army Corps of Engineers because it did not include a plan to alter the levels of the Missouri River to protect endangered fish and birds.

None of this is really the fault of the politicians themselves. We reward their popularism, and so they only do what we have trained them to do - which is to buy votes by making us collectively happy.

5. In an emergency or disaster, all Federal and most State officials will often be worse than useless.

Federal and State officials will eat regular meals, sleep in warm, dry beds, and have regular showers. They will have no understanding or appreciation for the situation on the ground, and they will make popular speeches and perform popular actions. They will not be of any real use to you, and their edicts and decrees can actually be harmful to you. You can be 100% certain that they will all lie to you in some way, shape, or fashion.

http://www.theplacewithnoname.com/blogs/klessons/p/0058.html

[Craneman 2]

But he did say that he has been on top of it since day one, or was it day 51, or was it one of these days.

[alienlovechild 75]

But he did say that he has been on top of it since day one, or was it day 51, or was it one of these days.

He's been on top of the unemployment situation, the housing crisis, the credit crunch, Afghanistan, terrorism, North Korea and Iran from day one so I'm not holding me breath for an Obama success story anytime soon.

[Heracles 417]

For people who hate government, who want them paid peanuts, you guys do sure demand a lot from it. Not to mention, scapegoat them for any failure, particularly the private ones or the state's rights induced failures.

Edited June 16, 2010 by Booyah!