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To: tejek who wrote (81866)	6/26/2010 8:02:37 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) of 89467

tejek, that is the point. How can you possivbly say this is not a national emergency? I didn't say it wasn't a national emergency. However, I disasgree with your characterization.......a national emergency on the order of WW II. Tad Allen and Obama apparently feel like you do. Which is why so many are upset with him. And it is going to get much much worse as the oil continues to spread. >>I think that most of the criticism directed at Obama and Allen has been unfair. Could they have done better? Of course........but everyone can do better at any task they do. Besides, Obama and Allen are only human, dealing with a disaster with which none of us have much experience.>> It has not been unfair. >>Almost no one can fish any more down there. Tens of thousands of people are losing their livelyhood and no end in sight and the disaster mounts. Why are the Gulf fishermen not as upset as you are?>> Are you kidding? Do you live on this planet? Do you know how many oystermen and fishermen have lost almost all their income. They are desparate. Do you ever watch the news? "The closed area now represents 78,597 square miles, which is approximately 32.5% of the Gulf of Mexico federal waters. This leaves more than two-thirds of Gulf federal waters available for fishing." Does that seem like an insignificant area to you? >>The entire gulf ecology is endangered. No one knows that for sure. Time will tell.>> So we wait until we are sure? Does that seem logical to you? Maybe we should wait on global warming until we are sure? What does it take a nuclear war to get you upset? What can I say? I learned If, the Rudyard Kipling poem, when I was in the sixth grade. It left a strong impression on me. Yeah, while that poem does not apply here. Quite the opposite. When you see a man drowning do you contemplate it or save him? Time was of the essense. Quick decisions were required.

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