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To: KLP who wrote (362215)	5/1/2010 4:57:55 PM
From: KLP	3 Recommendations Respond to of 793845

KLP Note: This Splendid Timeline referred to in the Examiner Tapscott article is here….A MUST see ….the pictures tell a good part of the story! directorblue.blogspot.com 'Obama's Katrina': an Illustrated Timeline 20 April 2010: An oil rig rented and operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, killing 11 workers. 21 April 2010: All 115 workers are evacuated from the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. 22 April 2010: The Deepwater Horizon collapses into the sea and sinks. 22 April 2010: President Obama delivers a speech on Wall Street to advocate more government intervention in the country's financial sector, but offers no reforms for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, which helped precipitate the 2008 meltdown. He also delivers a speech regarding the contributions of Earth Day to environmental awareness. Meanwhile, 200,000 gallons of oil are spilling daily. 23 April 2010: President Obama blasts the Arizona governor, state legislators, police officers and residents for backing federal laws that prohibit illegal immigration. 23 April 2010: The oil continues to flow. 24 April 2010: The president delivers his weekly radio address, which focuses on further regulation of Wall Street. He also calls upon certain segments of his original supporters -- African-Americans, Latinos, Hispanics, and women -- and asks them to mobilize for political action. 24 April 2010: Efforts to contain the spill are hampered by lack of resources and difficult weather. 25 April 2010: President Obama interrupts a weekend getaway to meet with the Rev. Billy Graham in North Carolina. 25 April 2010: Oil spreads across the gulf and heads toward the Louisiana shoreline. 26 April 2010: President Obama appears in a "Vote 2010" video, distributed by his political action wing Organizing for America, which serves as a stark appeal to blacks and Latinos -- specifically -- for their votes in November. 26 April 2010: The Coast Guard warns that the spill could become one of the worst in United States history. 28 April 2010: The President holds a rare, impromptu press conference on Air Force One, addressing "questions on the Arizona immigration law, the financial regulation bill and other issues." Obama also prepared to make his second nomination to the Supreme Court and warns of a "'conservative' brand of judicial activism in which the courts are often not showing appropriate deference to the decisions of lawmakers." 28 April 2010: large pools of oil are spotted close to the Louisiana shore line. 29 April 2010: the White House Flickr Feed is updated with a photo of the President meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and senior administration officials, including National Security Advisor Gen. James Jones, which indicates that they are urgently working the issue of the oil spill. 29 April 2010: Meanwhile, local officials, the Coast Guard and private citizens continue their efforts to prevent damage to the Louisiana coastline. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Perhaps if the oil breached the Louisiana levees, then caught on fire, and then then turned New Orleans into a Dresden-like inferno, the President would stop campaigning for a couple of days and actually pay attention to his own, personal Katrina. Even The New York Times has noticed, decrying the President's lackadaisical response. But I'm guessing that somehow, someway, it's all President Bush's fault. Hat tips: The EIB Network and The Big Picture. Related: 'Eight Days in April.' Linked by: Michelle Malkin, Hot Air and the Washington Examiner. Thanks!