Showing posts with label Gulf Oil spill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gulf Oil spill. Show all posts
Gulf oil spill water samples.Just because you cannot see the oil....
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How much did this cost us? Obama family dog get own flight
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I really do not know what to say about this except for all of us to be outraged, disgusted and to pass this along. Woof!
The king's sign
Obama's Dog Gets Own Jet Plane For Vacation Trip
ARRA News Service: Bill Smith, Editor: Talk about a "Dog Perks." I bet a lot of those rolled democrat "blue dogs" would have liked at least a plane ride. I get upset with Pelosi's abusive use of government airfare. Now, our friend Warner Todd Huston gives me weekend heartburn by reporting about BO, the "first dog," getting his own jet flight and arriving before the Obama on vacations. I guess he wanted an early start marking the property. Doesn't The Morning Sentinel know that the the White House's waste of money shuttling the first dog around the country is "Top Secret." I wonder, what the code name for the"dog flight" was? Anyone that finds out please let me know - hey, even if you have a recommended codename, also let me know! But be nice to BO, he has his papers in order, just too young to take any oaths yet.
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By Warner Todd Huston: The Morning Sentinel, a small paper from the state of Maine, has a travelogue story of the Obama's vacation in and about Maine today. It has a very interesting little tidbit in it that should enrage every American. It is something that really shows Barack Obama's arrogance and his obviously assumed air of noblesse oblige.
Among the exciting details of the Obama's visit to Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor is this tidbit:
Arriving in a small jet before the Obamas was the first dog, Bo, a Portuguese water dog given as a present by the late U.S. Sen Ted Kennedy, D-Mass....
As the rest of us toil on the unemployment line, as millions of Americans find their retirement accounts dwindling, their hours at work cut, and their pay scale trimmed, King Barack and Queen Michelle are flying their little doggie, Bo, on his own special jet airplane for his own little vacation adventure.
Well, it must be nice to be able to afford to fly your doggie about the country whenever you feel like it. It must be nice to hire people to act as your dog's escort. It must be comforting to know that you have the power to arrange such luxury for a dog.
As America lurches toward depression our leader is wasting millions on constant vacationing -- 16 vehicles were used to drive the Obama's around North Carolina -- and affording his dog ...his dog... his owns special jet airplane.
Air traffic at the small Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport in Trenton was shut down for the presidential arrival. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter patrolled the air in anticipation of the first family's touchdown, and a pair of local fire and rescue trucks stood ready on an otherwise empty tarmac at the private air hangar.
The Obamas then traveled onto Mount Desert Island in a motorcade of at least 16 vehicles. It was led by two Maine State Police cruisers and included five black Chevrolet Suburbans.
And all this on OUR dime, folks. We are paying for our monarch to fly his pets around the country on their own special jets, folks.
Perhaps Barack Obama isn't like a king. Perhaps he's more like an emperor? An emperor like the fiddling Nero.
Hat tip: ARRA News Service
The king's sign
ARRA News Service: Bill Smith, Editor: Talk about a "Dog Perks." I bet a lot of those rolled democrat "blue dogs" would have liked at least a plane ride. I get upset with Pelosi's abusive use of government airfare. Now, our friend Warner Todd Huston gives me weekend heartburn by reporting about BO, the "first dog," getting his own jet flight and arriving before the Obama on vacations. I guess he wanted an early start marking the property. Doesn't The Morning Sentinel know that the the White House's waste of money shuttling the first dog around the country is "Top Secret." I wonder, what the code name for the"dog flight" was? Anyone that finds out please let me know - hey, even if you have a recommended codename, also let me know! But be nice to BO, he has his papers in order, just too young to take any oaths yet.
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By Warner Todd Huston: The Morning Sentinel, a small paper from the state of Maine, has a travelogue story of the Obama's vacation in and about Maine today. It has a very interesting little tidbit in it that should enrage every American. It is something that really shows Barack Obama's arrogance and his obviously assumed air of noblesse oblige.
Among the exciting details of the Obama's visit to Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor is this tidbit:
Arriving in a small jet before the Obamas was the first dog, Bo, a Portuguese water dog given as a present by the late U.S. Sen Ted Kennedy, D-Mass....
As the rest of us toil on the unemployment line, as millions of Americans find their retirement accounts dwindling, their hours at work cut, and their pay scale trimmed, King Barack and Queen Michelle are flying their little doggie, Bo, on his own special jet airplane for his own little vacation adventure.
Well, it must be nice to be able to afford to fly your doggie about the country whenever you feel like it. It must be nice to hire people to act as your dog's escort. It must be comforting to know that you have the power to arrange such luxury for a dog.
As America lurches toward depression our leader is wasting millions on constant vacationing -- 16 vehicles were used to drive the Obama's around North Carolina -- and affording his dog ...his dog... his owns special jet airplane.
Air traffic at the small Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport in Trenton was shut down for the presidential arrival. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter patrolled the air in anticipation of the first family's touchdown, and a pair of local fire and rescue trucks stood ready on an otherwise empty tarmac at the private air hangar.
The Obamas then traveled onto Mount Desert Island in a motorcade of at least 16 vehicles. It was led by two Maine State Police cruisers and included five black Chevrolet Suburbans.
And all this on OUR dime, folks. We are paying for our monarch to fly his pets around the country on their own special jets, folks.
Perhaps Barack Obama isn't like a king. Perhaps he's more like an emperor? An emperor like the fiddling Nero.
Hat tip: ARRA News Service
A response to Keith Olberman. One of the biggest fools around
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Tea Party Patriots news letter
I received this from The Tea Party Patriots. Has some great links for further reading. The Obama administration has purposely mishandled the Gulf Oil spill from the very start. They have refused to lift the Jones Act, which Bush did to help speed aid from other countries after Hurricane Katrina. Obama refuse to life the Jones Act so he can protect his union friends who helped put him into office. Many mariners are union and they DO NOT want the Jones Act suspended, even on a temporary basis. This is a fact that has not been widely reported by the MSM. Not to hard to figure out why. There was a post here on PC about this fact.
Not to mention the vast resources of the U.S. Military at the mullah obamaham's disposal.
Gulf Oil Spill: Is There Really A Mystery to the Obama Administration's Response?
Dear Fellow Tea Party Patriots,
We are witnessing the increasing breadth and depth of the disaster caused by the explosion of a BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. As this tragedy continues to unfold, millions of Americans are asking themselves "why is the Obama administration dragging its heels in getting the clean-up efforts moving?"
Mr. President, you may not be able to cap that well singlehandedly, or suck up the guck with a straw, but please tell us why your administration appears to be doing its level best to destroy the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Americans and their families?
We all know he was aware of the size of the disaster very early on, but made minimal effort to convey this or respond to it appropriately. We all know that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal begged for three to five million feet of boom less than one week after the explosion and that he has only received about 800,000 feet as of the last week. We all know that President Obama is also Commander in Chief Obama who has access to the vast resources of the military, including the National Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers (pronounced "core," Mr. President, not "corpse," as in the 11 dead human beings in the oil rig explosion).
Why, indeed? Could this tragic accident be just the crisis they need to try and ram another piece of horrible legislation down our throats? If the Obama administration can pull it off, the "Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act of 2010" (S.B. 1733) will be the largest tax increase in American history at a time when the unemployment rate stands at 10.2%
And to top it off, last week Senator Mitch McConnell said from the floor of the Senate that BP lobbyists played a significant part in writing Cap-n-Trade bill now before them! We know Obama has no problem swimming with corporations if it furthers his ideologically driven agenda, contrary to his populist rhetoric.
As always, we want to know what you think. Please complete the brief survey and add your comments, ideas, and suggestions.
Resources for further reading:
Cap-n-Trade Patent for a Cap and Trade System (You won't believe the lead name on the patent!)
A Bipartisan Coalition Against the EPA (at last, something positive)
We know there are a number of solutions to cleaning up the oil spill and the government seems inept at employing any of them. Here are a couple solutions that are both cost effective and efficient.
Obama standing in the way on Gulf cleanup to appease shipping unions
Clearly this is a president, the first Muslim president of the United States that will not change or alter his course for the good of anyone or anything. Except that which will further his, the progressive, regressive agenda of the modern day far left liberal, socialist agenda as set forth by Saul Alinsky and other 'mentors' of Obama. So this next post is absolutely no surprise at all. Obama courted and sold out to the unions which helped elect him. Now he is paying them back. Just like the Fifty Billion he is begging Congress to give to the unions to help save jobs across the country. Almost everyone we know has given up or cut way back on many things. Here where we live the only ones who have not are the school district unions, backed by the NEA and OEA.
Obama Blocks Oil Cleanup Ships to Appease Unions
Fox Nation: President Obama is impeding clean-up efforts in the Gulf by kowtowing to unions and members of the American maritime industry, critics have charged in recent days. At issue is the president’s refusal to waive the Jones Act, a century-old law that effectively bars foreign-owned ships from moving between U.S. ports, a necessary component of participating in the cleanup effort.
When asked why President Obama hasn’t waived the Jones Act — which President Bush put on hold to facilitate Katrina rescue efforts — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said a suspension wasn’t necessary.
But Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, and others say the act is keeping boats from getting on the water to lay boom and skim oil. In a letter to the Coast Guard’s Thad Allen, Nelson wrote:
Admiral, I believe the orange mousse of oil that is now in Florida’s waters is more than enough evidence that we need to take advantage of every appropriate global resource. Please advise as to whether we are taking full advantage of the offers of assistance from other countries.
Members of the American shipping industry, (arguably the sole beneficiary of Jones) are open to waiving the Jones Act in dire circumstances, but insist that as of right now: “American vessels are doing the job.”
“Countless American vessels are already responding in the Gulf. In addition, we know that many other American vessels are standing by ready to help,” reads a statement released Friday by the Maritime Cabotage Task Force, a lobbying group that represents scores of both unionized and nonunionized employees and employers in the American maritime industry.
The presser goes on to say that the maritime industry “has not and will not stand in the way of the use of these well-established waiver procedures to address this crisis,” so long as the Obama administration can prove that there aren’t American vessels willing to help but waiting in the wings.
MTCF spokesman Mark Ruge confirms that his organization, which represents groups as disparate as the AFL-CIO and the Goodtime Cruise Line, has communicated its position to White House officials.
Original article is here
Fox Nation: President Obama is impeding clean-up efforts in the Gulf by kowtowing to unions and members of the American maritime industry, critics have charged in recent days. At issue is the president’s refusal to waive the Jones Act, a century-old law that effectively bars foreign-owned ships from moving between U.S. ports, a necessary component of participating in the cleanup effort.
When asked why President Obama hasn’t waived the Jones Act — which President Bush put on hold to facilitate Katrina rescue efforts — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said a suspension wasn’t necessary.
But Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, and others say the act is keeping boats from getting on the water to lay boom and skim oil. In a letter to the Coast Guard’s Thad Allen, Nelson wrote:
Admiral, I believe the orange mousse of oil that is now in Florida’s waters is more than enough evidence that we need to take advantage of every appropriate global resource. Please advise as to whether we are taking full advantage of the offers of assistance from other countries.
Members of the American shipping industry, (arguably the sole beneficiary of Jones) are open to waiving the Jones Act in dire circumstances, but insist that as of right now: “American vessels are doing the job.”
“Countless American vessels are already responding in the Gulf. In addition, we know that many other American vessels are standing by ready to help,” reads a statement released Friday by the Maritime Cabotage Task Force, a lobbying group that represents scores of both unionized and nonunionized employees and employers in the American maritime industry.
The presser goes on to say that the maritime industry “has not and will not stand in the way of the use of these well-established waiver procedures to address this crisis,” so long as the Obama administration can prove that there aren’t American vessels willing to help but waiting in the wings.
MTCF spokesman Mark Ruge confirms that his organization, which represents groups as disparate as the AFL-CIO and the Goodtime Cruise Line, has communicated its position to White House officials.
Original article is here
Connecting the dots: Follow the money. BP, Obama and a company named NALCO
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This is another major stumbling block for the battered Obama administration. Obama and the cowardly Eric Holder have launched a possible criminal investigation against BP. This could be a very nasty double edged sword as Examiner.Com is reporting: "The new line of defense employed by the Obama Administration to deflect criticism of its lackadaisical handling of the BP oil spill is to launch a criminal investigation of the company.
Perhaps this is the best thing that could happen. Such an investigation would, of course, uncover all of BP's connections to the Democratic Party and Barack Obama, who were the single largest beneficiaries of BP campaign contributions over the last 10 years."
This may expose deeper troubles for Obama and his Chicago scum balls who are making the last administration of George Bush look almost clean in comparison. Hope and change the Obama way.
Investigation reveals possible criminal activity connecting Obama to BP oil spill
By Anthony G. Martin
Examiner.com: The new line of defense employed by the Obama Administration to deflect criticism of its lackadaisical handling of the BP oil spill is to launch a criminal investigation of the company.
Perhaps this is the best thing that could happen. Such an investigation would, of course, uncover all of BP's connections to the Democratic Party and Barack Obama, who were the single largest beneficiaries of BP campaign contributions over the last 10 years.
Granted, the Obama Justice Department, under the leadership of Obama lackey Eric Holder, would never delve into any real criminal activity if it involved revelations concerning the Administration's connections to BP, as well as the cozy relationship the company has with Democrats on the Hill.
Someone else, however, has already done such an investigation and has uncovered explosive information that possibly implicates Barack Obama, certain members of his Administration, and Democrats in Congress, in the committing of crimes.
The key is to follow the money trail.
JoAnne Moretti, along with a team of investigators, delved into records which pointed to a paper trail connecting the major players in this disaster--BP, Deep Water Horizon, Halliburton, Citigroup, Goldman-Sachs, the U.S. Government, and a company called 'NALCO.'
A few recognizable names of individuals involved in the paper trail also surfaced--Warren Buffet, George Soros, John Holdren, Tony Rezko....and Barack Obama.
At the heart of the scandal which Moretti reveals is the concerted effort by all of these major players to delay the cutting off of the oil flow into the Gulf of Mexico.
Why?
The bottom line--NALCO is the manufacturer of chemical dispersements and water purification systems that are being used in the Gulf to attempt to 'disperse the oil before it reaches the shoreline.'
This is what is known as 'the top kill' method which BP has claimed is the best manner possible of dealing with the spill. The top kill method, however, does nothing to actually stop the flow of oil from its source--the well hidden deep in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Obama Administration and BP have been noticeably lazy about stopping the flow of oil into the waters of the Gulf. Obama claimed that as soon as the explosion of the oil rig occurred, Federal SWOT teams were dispatched to the area in order to 'secure it.' The notion that the Obama Administration did not know the extent of the leak is contradicted by the announcement that federal teams were 'on the scene from day one.'
Obama claims that he backed off from doing anything to stop the oil leak in deference to BP, which he claims was better equipped to deal with the situation. And indeed, that much is true. BP did, in fact, say such a thing publicly.
But BP's interest in actually cutting off the flow of oil into the Gulf is just as suspect as the U.S. Government's.
And here is where the story takes a sordid, and potentially criminal, turn.
NALCO is associated with UChicago Argonne program. UChicago Argonne received $164 million dollars in stimulus funds this past year. UChicago Argonne just added two new executives to their roster. One from NALCO. The other from the Ill. Dept of Education.
If you dig a little deeper you will find NALCO is also associated with Warren Buffett, Maurice Strong, Al Gore, Soros, Apollo, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Hathaway Berkshire.
Warren Buffet /Hathaway Berkshire increased their holdings in NALCO just last November. (Timing is everything).
The dispersant chemical is known as Corexit. What it does is hold the oil below the water's surface. It is supposed to break up the spill into smaller pools. It is toxic and banned in Europe.
NALCO says they are using older and newer versions of Corexit in the Gulf.. (Why would you need a newer version, if the old one was fine?)
There is big money and even bigger players in this scam. While they are letting the oil blow wide open into the Gulf, the stakes and profit rise.
The Dolphins, Whales, Manatees, Sea Turtles and fish suffocate and die. The coastal regions, salt marshes, tourist attractions and the shore front properties are being destroyed, possibly permanently.The air quality is diminished. The Gulf of Mexico fishing industry is decimated.
All to create a need for their expensive and extremely profitable poison.
But that's not all. Goldman-Sachs, Blackstone, and Apollo are all involved in NALCO. So is Tony Rezko in Chicago--the infamous friend of Barack Obama who was convicted for fraud. And multi-millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded 'stimulus funds' went into the coffers of many of the main players in NALCO.
Evidence has also been uncovered that as soon as the oil rig blew, the masterminds of the big government-big corporation complex went to work to maximize the financial reward from the disaster--'never let a good crisis go to waste.'
Investors were advised to buy BP stock, and a major symposium was held involving several key players in the Obama Administration, which focused on modern technological advances in developing 'clean water.' NALCO is the major source for such 'technological advances.'
It would appear that some of the main players in the Obama Administration and the 'favored corporations' of Obama's entourage wished to maximize their profits from the oil spill by delaying the cutting off of the oil flow so that the chemical dispersements and water purification systems made by NALCO would be used, thus boosting the profits of the company and the other corporations invested in it, such as Buffett's Berkshire, Goldman-Sachs, Citigroup, Blackstone, and Apollo.
A criminal probe of the Obama Administration is in order at the same time the Justice Department conducts its investigation of BP.
Note--the entire report, along with documentation and a plethora of links, can be found at JoAnne Moretti's site.
For commentary on the issues of the day, visit my blog at The Liberty Sphere.
Link to the original article
Environazis call to use Gulf oil spill to force cap and gouge on us, and more.
The Environazis are trying really hard not to let the Gulf oil spill disaster go to waste. These tree huggers, earth muffins and prairie fairies are out to demand that politicians work together, drop their differences to pass Cap and gouge , I mean trade. Just what we all need, much higher energy prices, crippling taxes on us and the companies that provide JOBS to Americans. Destruction of the coal and oil industry while new technologies sputter and fume into use, unable to meet the demands of this country for it's energy requirements.
This from that far left publication that is not fit to wrap fish in or for use in the outhouse had to say, The Daily Kos:
"That means a command-and-control "climate change" bill. Get it now, before stupid Americans lose interest:
There is only one possible redemption in this horror, and even that is a slim chance. If the enormity of what has happened in the Gulf can hold the country's atrophied attention long enough, and if we can mobilize fast enough, we might, just might, be able to bring about a positive change from this:
Real and comprehensive energy and climate legislation.
We must act now to force our legislators to write law with teeth and real effect, law that requires consumers pay the true price of the carbon they burn, law that requires business to pay the true price of the carbon they spew, law that includes the costs of things "no one could have anticipated" into the price of doing business."
Before us stupid Americans lose interest. So much for literary decorum and insulting us stupid Americans in a polite way.
Please do not misunderstand me on the Gulf oil spill. This is a disaster like we may have not ever experienced, perhaps surpassing the Exxon Valdez spill. To ban all offshore drilling is a fools rush into slitting our our throats before the proper first aid is ready to stem the loss of blood. I am all for new, heightened regulations and inspections for ALL offshore drilling platforms and wells, in a reasonable manner. Permits must not be tied up or killed in favor of a knee jerk reaction of an energy policy that will severely cripple our economy and this country's citizens. The Obama administration has not been friendly to the oil and coal industry. There is room for improvements and using what we have to produce clean, efficient energy. What we have available to us now must be taken advantage of, used wisely and safely in combination with other green and clean energy sources as they become affordably available to this country. This article from the Kos has the audacity to compare the Gulf spill with 9/11 and the tragic and painful loss of 3,000 American lives. How low and disgusting can these far left demosocialistacrats go, and how insulting is this to us 'stupid Americans?' My response cannot be printed here. You know what I am thinking and want to write. I refuse to stoop to down to that low level that comes under a mushroom like the far left does. Has desperation set in that badly? The people who live along the Gulf Coast have reasons to be in desperate straights, not these asshats at the Daily Kos.
This is from Tim Graham at News Busters.
Daily Kos: Gulf Oil Spill Is The Green Lobby's 9/11, to Exploit 'In the Most Cynical, Calculated Way'
By Tim Graham
From the "Did I Say That Out Loud?" Department: "Crashing Vor" on the Daily Kos asserted on Tuesday morning that a good crisis should never go to waste. The Gulf oil spill must be exploited, and the greens must "use this moment, use the deaths of species and the suffering of people who depend on them, in the most cynical, calculated way, as bad as a Republican after 9/11, to make real, lasting change in how we address the costs of our way of life." That means a command-and-control "climate change" bill. Get it now, before stupid Americans lose interest:
There is only one possible redemption in this horror, and even that is a slim chance. If the enormity of what has happened in the Gulf can hold the country's atrophied attention long enough, and if we can mobilize fast enough, we might, just might, be able to bring about a positive change from this:
Real and comprehensive energy and climate legislation.
We must act now to force our legislators to write law with teeth and real effect, law that requires consumers pay the true price of the carbon they burn, law that requires business to pay the true price of the carbon they spew, law that includes the costs of things "no one could have anticipated" into the price of doing business.
We are going to have to fight harder for this than for health care or finance reform or DADT repeal. We are going to have to find Republicans to turn. (You really don't think Mary Landrieu is going to oppose her owners on this, do you?) And we are going to have to do it now, this summer.
Because, despite their never getting another decent shrimp, despite their condo in Destin halving in value, despite all the pictures of ugly, oily critters, America is going to forget this, the largest kill-off the environment will likely see in our lifetimes.
A new crisis will erupt, a new tragedy will befall an innocent, a celebrity will fuck someone they shouldn't. Americans will drool by their TVs, remark, "Ain't that somethin'?" and then hop in their vehicles to work and shop and play. More holes will be dug.
And all of this will have meant nothing.
Unless we use this moment, use the deaths of species and the suffering of people who depend on them, in the most cynical, calculated way, as bad as a Republican after 9/11, to make real, lasting change in how we address the costs of our way of life.
You cannot save the Gulf. But you can make its death mean something.
The 9/11 comparison might seem a little odd to Bush fans, since the terrorists didn't exactly take a month to arrive at the World Trade Center while the Bush team watched them for weeks without doing much. The Gulf Oil spill also has yet to cost more than 3,000 American lives
Link to the original article
Hat tip: AmericanCrisis
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/05/25/daily-kos-gulf-oil-spill-green-lobbys-9-11-exploit-most-cynical-calculat#ixzz0p14I0QQZ
This from that far left publication that is not fit to wrap fish in or for use in the outhouse had to say, The Daily Kos:
"That means a command-and-control "climate change" bill. Get it now, before stupid Americans lose interest:
There is only one possible redemption in this horror, and even that is a slim chance. If the enormity of what has happened in the Gulf can hold the country's atrophied attention long enough, and if we can mobilize fast enough, we might, just might, be able to bring about a positive change from this:
Real and comprehensive energy and climate legislation.
We must act now to force our legislators to write law with teeth and real effect, law that requires consumers pay the true price of the carbon they burn, law that requires business to pay the true price of the carbon they spew, law that includes the costs of things "no one could have anticipated" into the price of doing business."
Before us stupid Americans lose interest. So much for literary decorum and insulting us stupid Americans in a polite way.
Please do not misunderstand me on the Gulf oil spill. This is a disaster like we may have not ever experienced, perhaps surpassing the Exxon Valdez spill. To ban all offshore drilling is a fools rush into slitting our our throats before the proper first aid is ready to stem the loss of blood. I am all for new, heightened regulations and inspections for ALL offshore drilling platforms and wells, in a reasonable manner. Permits must not be tied up or killed in favor of a knee jerk reaction of an energy policy that will severely cripple our economy and this country's citizens. The Obama administration has not been friendly to the oil and coal industry. There is room for improvements and using what we have to produce clean, efficient energy. What we have available to us now must be taken advantage of, used wisely and safely in combination with other green and clean energy sources as they become affordably available to this country. This article from the Kos has the audacity to compare the Gulf spill with 9/11 and the tragic and painful loss of 3,000 American lives. How low and disgusting can these far left demosocialistacrats go, and how insulting is this to us 'stupid Americans?' My response cannot be printed here. You know what I am thinking and want to write. I refuse to stoop to down to that low level that comes under a mushroom like the far left does. Has desperation set in that badly? The people who live along the Gulf Coast have reasons to be in desperate straights, not these asshats at the Daily Kos.
This is from Tim Graham at News Busters.
By Tim Graham
From the "Did I Say That Out Loud?" Department: "Crashing Vor" on the Daily Kos asserted on Tuesday morning that a good crisis should never go to waste. The Gulf oil spill must be exploited, and the greens must "use this moment, use the deaths of species and the suffering of people who depend on them, in the most cynical, calculated way, as bad as a Republican after 9/11, to make real, lasting change in how we address the costs of our way of life." That means a command-and-control "climate change" bill. Get it now, before stupid Americans lose interest:
There is only one possible redemption in this horror, and even that is a slim chance. If the enormity of what has happened in the Gulf can hold the country's atrophied attention long enough, and if we can mobilize fast enough, we might, just might, be able to bring about a positive change from this:
Real and comprehensive energy and climate legislation.
We must act now to force our legislators to write law with teeth and real effect, law that requires consumers pay the true price of the carbon they burn, law that requires business to pay the true price of the carbon they spew, law that includes the costs of things "no one could have anticipated" into the price of doing business.
We are going to have to fight harder for this than for health care or finance reform or DADT repeal. We are going to have to find Republicans to turn. (You really don't think Mary Landrieu is going to oppose her owners on this, do you?) And we are going to have to do it now, this summer.
Because, despite their never getting another decent shrimp, despite their condo in Destin halving in value, despite all the pictures of ugly, oily critters, America is going to forget this, the largest kill-off the environment will likely see in our lifetimes.
A new crisis will erupt, a new tragedy will befall an innocent, a celebrity will fuck someone they shouldn't. Americans will drool by their TVs, remark, "Ain't that somethin'?" and then hop in their vehicles to work and shop and play. More holes will be dug.
And all of this will have meant nothing.
Unless we use this moment, use the deaths of species and the suffering of people who depend on them, in the most cynical, calculated way, as bad as a Republican after 9/11, to make real, lasting change in how we address the costs of our way of life.
You cannot save the Gulf. But you can make its death mean something.
The 9/11 comparison might seem a little odd to Bush fans, since the terrorists didn't exactly take a month to arrive at the World Trade Center while the Bush team watched them for weeks without doing much. The Gulf Oil spill also has yet to cost more than 3,000 American lives
Link to the original article
Hat tip: AmericanCrisis
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/05/25/daily-kos-gulf-oil-spill-green-lobbys-9-11-exploit-most-cynical-calculat#ixzz0p14I0QQZ
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