The first day of the spill, our president was busy campaigning for Barbara Boxer and on day two was unavoidably detained having lunch with big union officials. He “owes them” for their help in getting him elected and was not about to renege on that promise.
The following days, Obama was playing golf at Belvoir and other locations, vacationing in Chicago and Asheville, hosting White House parties for various groups such as G-20 labor ministers. And on day 35 he partied with Gerry Oil Company officials in San Francisco.
Obama then took the time to lunch with Eli Weisel, holocaust survivor, who three weeks earlier had criticized the administration for its foreign policy.
However, President Obama was right to accept the offers by BP - they owed it to the American people and it was adequate but the grandstanding by Democrats was despicable. The rhetoric against BP was much harsher than any they have ever launched against terrorists or any other enemies of America.
BP offered the recompense - it was adequate and the administration accepted it and that should have been the end of it.
BP officials would have been treated much better by this administration had there been no cameras around.
Bonnie Wheeler
(Bonnie Wheeler is a former resident of
Richmond County.)
I know you are ignoring my questions but I do not plan to stop asking!!!!!
If you think this is going away so easily, think again. You have been here but you do not want to admit that you are wrong and that you have lied, big time!!!!!
Bonnie, taciturn all of a sudden, no way!!!!
Can you guys believe this!!!! Wow!!!!!!
I know you have been here. You said pres Obama wrote Sins of My Father and made racist statements in the book.
He did not write that book. In fact the title of the book to which you refer is Dreams of My Father. Look it up. Don't take my word for it. (Too bad you took google off your computer) Maybe you could use it know.)
Is this just one of your typos again? Or did you intentionally do it because you knew it would make the pres look and sound bad.
I have asked a lot of questions and I do not expect answers from you but I want you to know your "facts are going to be challenged."
ps. I can send you my copy of the book. It would be easy reading with highlights and all.
Giant Oil Skimmer Being Tested in Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard, BP test giant oil skimmer, hope it can scoop millions of gallons of tainted water
The Associated Press
74 comments By TOM BREEN Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS July 3, 2010 (AP)
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Gulf of Mexico cleanup crews working to block millions of gallons of oil from reaching land may soon have a giant on their side, if a weekend test of a new skimmer goes well.
The usual celebrations along the coast have slowed as more oil washes ashore.The Taiwanese vessel dubbed "A Whale," which its owners describe as the largest oil skimmer in the world, began showing its capabilities on Saturday just north of the Macondo Deepwater well site. An April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig there killed 11 workers and began what is now the largest oil spill in Gulf history.
The vessel will cruise a 25-square-mile test site through Sunday, according to TMT Shipping, the company that created A Whale by retrofitting an oil tanker after the explosion sent millions of gallons of crude spilling into the Gulf.
The U.S. Coast Guard, along with BP, are waiting to see if the vessel, which is 10 stories high and as long as 3 1/2 football fields, can live up to its makers' promise of being able to process up to 21 million gallons of oil-fouled water a day.
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WATCH: Mayor Tony Kennon on the Spill's Economic Impact WATCH: Mystery Super Skimmer Arrives in GulfWATCH: Local View of the Oil SpillThe ship works by taking in water through 12 vents, separating the oil and pumping the cleaned seawater back into the Gulf.
"In many ways, the ship collects water like an actual whale and pumps internally like a human heart," TMT spokesman Bob Grantham said in an e-mail.
A Whale is being tested close to the wellhead because officials believe it will be most effective where the oil is thickest rather than closer to shore.
The ship arrived in the Gulf on Wednesday, but officials have wanted to test its capability as well as have the federal Environmental Protection Agency sign off on the water it will pump back into the gulf. Although the ship cleans most of the oil from seawater, trace amounts of crude remain.
The wait has frustrated some local officials, who say the mammoth skimmer would be a game-changer in preventing drifting streams of oil from washing ashore on vulnerable coastlines.
During a Thursday tour of the inlet to Barataria Bay, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said it was exasperating to have A Whale anchored offshore instead of being put to immediate use.
"They've used the war rhetoric," Jindal said aboard a Louisiana state wildlife boat floating in oil-slicked waters near Grand Isle. "If this is really a war, they need to be using every resource that makes sense to fight this oil before it comes to our coast."
A smaller flotilla of oil skimmers was back at work along the Gulf coast Saturday, after being forced to stand down for several days because of nasty weather whipped up by distant Hurricane Alex.
The bad weather also delayed the hookup of a vessel called the Helix Producer at the wellhead. The ship can collect up to 25,000 barrels of oil a day, which would virtually double the amount now being captured at the site by two other vessels and then burned or transfered to other tankers.
Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the Obama administration's point person in the oil spill response, said Friday crews will resume getting the Helix Producer in place over the weekend, with production starting around July 7.
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WATCH: Oil Spill Hits Tourism; Miami May Be NextWorld's Biggest Oil Skimmer Heads to GulfOil Cleanup on Hold, Alex Hits Shore The storm that stranded oil skimmers and mangled containment boom didn't stop drilling work on two relief wells that BP says are the best chance at stopping the leak — in fact, drilling is a few days ahead of schedule, BP America spokesman Daren Beaudo said.
But the company is sticking with its early-to-mid-August timeframe for completing the wells because of the uncertainties of hurricane season and the precision needed as the drills get deeper into the ocean floor.
BP plans to pump heavy mud through one relief well to stop the leak from the broken well. The second relief well is being drilled as a backup.
Elswhere on the Gulf coast, environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson visited Pensacola Beach on Saturday, her first trip to Florida since the explosion and her sixth trip to the Gulf.
Jackson said that despite the level of contamination on the beaches, it should be up to local officials to decide whether they should be closed. Officials in Escambia County have posted oil warnings at beaches but not closed them.
"From a commonsense perspective there is nothing that I am going to be able to tell you in chemical lab that you can't learn about the safety of the water from a bathing purpose by looking at it and smelling it," she said.
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BP: Containment Cap ReattachedObama Says Gulf Oil Cap Is 'Holding'New Oil Money Vows as Workers Turned Away Reporters pressed Jackson on whether she would wade into the water Saturday based on what she had seen.
"I would not go into the water today," she said.
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Associated Press writers Jason Bronis in Barataria Bay, La. and Jessica Gresko in Pensacola Beach, Fla., contributed to this report.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Any person who apologizes for BP and Fox News in the same post, has issues to say the least.
If you want unbiased coverage of the oil spill, watch Anderson Cooper. He's been down there since the beginning of it, getting the real story. He hasn't lied for BP nor has he lied for the admin. He has told it like it is more than anyone else.
On a great note, they have a monster of a skimmer in the gulf today. It's testing a 25 mile area of the gulf today, and if all goes as planned, it should be able to collect 21 million gallons of oil from the water in a day. I pray it can do what it claims, it could save the gulf!
I have given you ample time to answer my questions about Sins of My Father. I thought perhaps you would go back and look at your book...to really see the title of it! I read the book that you are referencing here..."Sins of My Father" so you say. Pres Obama did not write that book.
But I realize even if you were aware that you made a mistake you would not admit it. When I asked for page references, I was so sure you would realize your mistake. Apparently you did not read it after all. This is another example of how you will say anything and think it is ok.
You got away with that stuff in the past, but it will not "fly" today!!!!!!!!
YOU HAVE FLATLY LIED!!!!!!!! AGAIN...TO SUPPORT YOUR BULL. SINS OF MY FATHER IS A BOOK AND IS ALSO A MOVIE. HOWEVER I HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK NOR HAVE I SEEN THE PLAY OR MOVIE. I am familiar with the theme of the book, but I do not know enough about it to discuss it.
However, I do know about Dreams of My Father the book that pres Obama wrote. When you read it, give me the page numbers that support HIS racist remarks.
STOP IT, BONNIE!!!! YOU ARE TOO OLD FOR THIS AND TOO "WISE." AND SOME DAY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY.
YOU ARE DANGEROUS!!!!!!!
YOU COULD ACTUALLY CAUSE SOMEONE TO GET HURT!!!!
I CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ALL OF US!!!!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
Thank you for answering my questions although I did not expect you to repeat the things James Carville said on Good Morning America. I can imagine when you heard a democrat say those things you gladly put the comments in your repertoire to use again. You have criticized the pres so much, I wanted you, a repub advocate to finally give us some ideas from the repubs. Those were suggestions from a dem.
Now for the racism remarks!!!!!! I have read the book, Sins of My Father, and I assume my copy is the same as yours. Please tell me the page numbers where you found all the racists remarks made by our pres. You continue to make up lies to support your cause and your lies get bigger and bolder. There is nothing that you will not say to support your bull. That could be a sign of old age...reverting to childhood and childish things again...in this case lying as usual.
You have heard racist remarks come from folks in the church and so have I but hearing does not have to dictate how one feels nor should it make you want to judge or try to convince others to think as you do.Just because you are in the company of one who thinks radically, does not necessarily make you a radical. True moral convictions of character and behavior should begin with the heart.
Oh, and did you say the pres should make BP bring in tankers and clean this mess up? I can not believe you said that. You actually condone the government getting involved even to that point? Wow!!!!!!
For those who don't believe Bonnie here is what the link says:
A majority of the poll's 1,026 adult respondents said they find CNN and Fox News to be "more trustworthy" than a couple of major newspapers and the news divisions at the broadcast networks.
Thirty-two percent of those polled picked CNN as the most trustworthy news source, with 29 percent choosing Fox. Breaking down the numbers along party lines, it seems that half of those who identify as Republicans chose Fox, while 46 percent of Democrats went with CNN.
So there you have it, naysayers, Bonnie is telling you that CNN is the most trustworthy news source. Do not believe ANYONE who tells you Fox News is.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32039.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100503/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1913
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100503/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1913
You can't *take* Google off of your computer. Google is a service, not a program. *sigh*
Tell if you don't know history you are apt to repeat it - Never abandon what you have already learned from experience - that is dangerous.
What is your church doing to promote good race relationships in the community? It has been my experience that most "white churches" in the community do very little !
I know of one case in this county where the pastor was fired for doing so. That has been about 15 years ago.
http://worthreading.ning.com/video/video/show?id=5061658:Video:34517&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_video
This was asked by someone weeks ago:
You say the president is racist? ANS. He attended a racist church for twenty years and heard White Americans denigrated; His response to the white policemen and the disorderly professor in which he defended the disorderly professor; Racist comments in his book 'Dreams of my Father' are numerous.
If he is 50% black and 50% white, to whom is his racism directed?
ANS: Biologically he is 50/50 Mentally he is Black and cares not for Whites - this also is mentioned in his book 'Dreams of my Father'
How should he have handled the oil spill initally?
ANS: As Democratic strategist and New Orleans resident James Carville said "The President of the United States could've come down here, he could've been involved with the families of these 11 people" who died on the rig after an explosion, Carville said on ABC's Good Morning America. "He could be commandeering tankers and making BP bring tankers in and clean this up. They could be deploying people to the coast right now. He could be with the Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard...doing something about these regulations. These people are crying, they're begging for something down here, and it just looks like he's not involved in this."
This is non-sequitur but it frithtened me.
http://www.visiontoamerica.org/petition/petition-to-demand-obama-apologize-for-mocking-god.html
I meant to say that I have never allowed racism to be a part of my life, even, when not doing so was unpopular.
This was asked by someone weeks ago:
You say the president is racist?
If he is 50% black and 50% white, to whom is his racism directed?
How should he have handled the oil spill initally?
My advise is to stop and write your next letter to the paper. Your last letter is about to go off the blog site! Thank God for that and other favors!