Obama oil response: aggressive as crisis unfolded

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by pghquest

Actually the thread is to compare the Bush response to the Obama one..

Actually, since I am the thread author, I think I know what the purpose of the thread is suppose to be.

[murphels]

Originally Posted by ovcatto

What resources would those be?

Outside of the Coast Guard, which is the size of the New York Police Department, the U.S. has very few resources to contain oil spills, that is the primary responsibility of the oil companies, and their private contractors whose job it is to do such work. Now if as a result of the Drill Baby Drill mantra, you folks would like to establish the U.S. Oil Spill Response Agency, that would have to approach the size and scope of the Coast Guard... go for it.

How about having the firebooms on hand like they were supposed to according to the 1994 plan for a spill in the Gulf? Nah, we'll just ignore that like we ignored the horrible response and preparations that took place from the local governments of LA during Katrina.

[sanrene]

Leaked report: Government fears Deepwater Horizon well could become unchecked gusher | al.com

Leaked report: Government fears Deepwater Horizon well could become unchecked gusher

What is being done as the slick starts washing up on shore? As the dead birds, turtles and fish start washing up?

Here's what obama was doing;

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/obama-golfing-2-300x205.jpg (broken link)

What is the government doing to contain the slick?

WRAPUP 5-U.S. Gulf oil spill spreads west toward Texas | Reuters
New scale of disaster looms in Gulf of Mexico - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100509/sc_afp/usblastoilenergypollution_20100509201726 - broken link)
My Way News - Oil spill grows to 3.5M gallons as BP scrambles

From the very beginning, the obama administration has been behind the eight ball.