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Old 05-23-2010, 11:27 PM
 
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An act of God?! It was a man-made disaster! Accidental yes, but certainly not an act of God like a tornado or a flood.
Hitting a gas pocket is an Act of God, so to speak. It isn't something you can predict or control.
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Old 05-25-2010, 12:06 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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Polliticians are supposed to be leaders, and leaders lead, they motivate and they demand results. How those results are achieved is up to the professionals, but a leader must lead, or get OUT OF THE OFFICE.
You put too much faith in politicians.
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Old 05-25-2010, 12:43 AM
 
Location: Imaginary Figment
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British Petroleum caused the spill by accident or by negligence. But Obama has seemed to have done next to nothing to try to force a quick solution to the spill. This is Katrina all over again. So who deserves blame for this ever increasing disater? BP or BO or BOTH?
Apple meet orange; you guys are effin desperate for anything here.
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Old 05-25-2010, 11:21 PM
 
Location: metro ATL
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What can Obama do that BP can't?
People act like he's supposed to don a wet suit and go down there and plug up the leak himself. If it was that easy, it would have been done already.
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Old 05-25-2010, 11:41 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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He can put some people in charge of protecting the coast.
Let BP work on stopping the oil from spewing and let the President do some damage control along our shores. There is no leadership down there..Jindal stepped up and in some Parishes they actually comandeered boats because there was no one there to give them orders. Other articles show booms just sitting there in trucks..waiting and waiting.

That's what the President can do.
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Old 05-26-2010, 01:09 AM
 
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Allow oil companies to drill on dry land. The leak would have been stopped quickly. A mile down in water is what you see happening now----too hard to repair quickly.

How are environmentalists feeling now? Makes all us feel sick on how much damage is being done and won't be stopped for months.
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Old 05-26-2010, 01:31 PM
 
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Default Dodd blames Bush for oil spill?

is it ever going to end?? Obviously not.

RealClearPolitics - Video - Sen. Chris Dodd Blames Bush For Oil Spill
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Old 05-26-2010, 01:35 PM
 
Location: Pa
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Well of course it is GWB's fault. Obama inherited that oil platform. Oh the weak response from team Obama? The response even those on the left are begining to scream about? That is GWB's fault also. How is GWB's fault? That doesn't matter. We just have to accept that it is GWB's fault.
I don't even like GWB never supported him, but it gets old hearing the same canned excuse.
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Old 05-26-2010, 01:44 PM
 
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Well of course it is GWB's fault. Obama inherited that oil platform. Oh the weak response from team Obama? The response even those on the left are begining to scream about? That is GWB's fault also. How is GWB's fault? That doesn't matter. We just have to accept that it is GWB's fault.
I don't even like GWB never supported him, but it gets old hearing the same canned excuse.
same here.
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Old 05-26-2010, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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I nearly fell out of my chair listening to Dodd on that one. Can November get here soon enough? Will that man ever be gone from the Senate? How glad am I that Obama got the nomination instead of Dodd? Real glad.
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