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To: bentway who wrote (570636)	6/7/2010 12:03:50 PM
From: jlallen	4 Recommendations Respond to of 1583392

The government is responsible for the environment. It has taken on this duty by way of the empowering of the EPA over the years. We aso have a DOE which has substantial power and responsibilities. Obambi has regulatory authority and emergency powers at his disposal under a national environmental disaster. A true leader would have stepped in and mobilized the industry experts and workers in the industry, as well as the appropriate military for a quick, decisive response. Petroleum industry workers come under national security. His response and lack of leadership is a total failure.

To: bentway who wrote (570636)	6/7/2010 1:07:53 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583392

Weiner: Anyone Speaking for BP Who Has British Accent Is Lying breitbart.tv are all liberals hate mongers ?

To: bentway who wrote (570636)	6/7/2010 1:46:59 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1583392

Obama was on it since day one...

To: bentway who wrote (570636)	6/7/2010 2:59:47 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1583392

Bentway, > Why is it you conservatives whine for smaller, less "intrusive" government constantly until you need it to clean up one of the messes caused by conservative policy? Yes, that's the latest distraction coming from liberals who can't otherwise defend Obama's abysmal response. Politics first, clean up second. "Never let a good crisis go to waste." (tm Rahm Emanuel) Tenchusatsu

To: bentway who wrote (570636)	6/7/2010 3:55:39 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583392

Why is it you conservatives whine for smaller, less "intrusive" government constantly until you need it to clean up one of the messes caused by conservative policy? I think that liberals don't understand is that we aren't asking government to clean up messes. It is the liberal politicians who have claimed the power and therefore the responsibility to clean up those messes. The conservatives are saying "ok, so you say that big government is the only solution to these problems, get your collective asses in there and live up to your word" but, the problem is that government is never big enough or smart enough to solve all of the problems so the liberals always come back to the well for more money and more power.

To: bentway who wrote (570636)	6/7/2010 4:22:42 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583392

Don't you believe that BP should have had a response ready to go on DAY 1 that would have effectively stopped this problem? First of all, it is important to remember that BP DID have a response ready to go on Day One -- the BOP. And it failed. Today, in retrospect, everyone wants to say it was "foreseeable", but the reality is that there was no reason to expect such a failure. Going forward, I think there are things that can and should be done -- notably, the formation of a consortium charged with building systems and stocking materials for the next event, probably 50 years into the future. But we need to avoid the gut over-reaction that so often comes with government incompetence -- the first apparent incident of which is Obama's knee-jerk reaction for a moratorium. It was obvious that they were winging it with failure after failure, finally settling for a partial failure. This is not obvious at all. Ten's claims notwithstanding, there are not enough facts in for people to be laying blame at this time. BP has said the buck stops with them, they have backed up with their dollars, but we are a couple years away from knowing what actually caused this problem. Why is it you conservatives whine for smaller, less "intrusive" government constantly until you need it to clean up one of the messes caused by conservative policy? I can't speak for others but I believe government has to step in when a job is too big and important for any other entity to handle it. And that has to be automatic, planned, and competent -- none of which applies to this administration's blundering through this situation. We need a response on par with GWB's response to Katrina. Massive effort on Day One to be ready to move (which the Federal government provided for Katrina), followed by a massive influx of people and materiel once the first responders are out of their depth (in this case BP is the first-responder).