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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (76127)	5/26/2010 4:47:19 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Yes, Obama has tremendous power -- if he chooses to use it.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (76127)	5/26/2010 5:15:53 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 149317

Do you think Americans are ready to hear that everything that can be done, is being done, and it just isn't working? as in... it doesn't help to puff out the chest farther like this is war. Are people ready to hear that what an enviromental mess our use of oil causes to other places in the world and maybe it's not so seemly to suddenly be so upset because it's in our backyard? and why oh why can't Obama magically plug it with his great power? and that if we don't want this to continue, we have to get off of oil. that's kinda all it boils down to. You think he has the power to get that message through to Americans? and should that be his job when the message is staring at us from the gulf?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (76127)	5/26/2010 5:21:33 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

We also know that the Obama Administration's response has been pathetic. It has been? How so? Whatever legal implications are keeping the Feds from being more involved can be all overridden if the chief executive assumes executive powers and moves in with BP to do things like ordering supertankers to like they did in SA etc . First of all, its questionable whether there was supertankers doing anything in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War. I did a quick search and all I came up with is that there was a 11 million barrel 'spill' in Saudi Arabia during the Iraq war of which 1 million barrels was scooped up......or less than 10%. Its been reported recently that boats working in the GOM have been able to scoop up about 10% of the spill..or the same percentage amount in SA: Message 26567036 Secondly, the Obama administration would be incredibly stupid to take control of this spill for way too many important reasons. Thirdly, if these super tanker scoopers did exist why would they be waiting around for a large oil spill every 20 years. I am sure the owners have better uses for those tankers. Fourthly, every major oil company has sent their best people to the GOM to try to find solutions to the problem. Why wasn't this ex Shell guy that koan posted about not sent? The hysterics really are starting to get out of control over this issue and the rest of us need to be careful to take what they say with a grain of salt.