Joan Walsh appeared on This week, and I thought she was just going to join the bandwagon against the President. But, much to my surprise, she made a good argument for the President! She says, "Peggy Noonan says his presidency is doomed. Even Democrats want him to be more "emotional." This is getting silly!
You go that Right...
Also, Obama triples manpower in gulf:
http://www.politico.com/...
Join me over the jump for discussion:
First, an update on the Oil spill from the administration:
OBAMA'S BP BRIEFING Robert Gibbs readout of Obama's briefing call today with National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen and Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Policy Carol Browner:
"Today, the president was briefed by the National Incident Commander Adm. Thad Allen and Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Policy Carol Browner regarding the ongoing efforts to contain the BP oil spill.
Reduce...He was informed that skimming, dispersing and burn operations continue with eight controlled burns yesterday.
He was also updated on BP's efforts to begin to put cutting machines into place that will be used to cut the riser pipe for placement of an alternate containment device. According to BP, the riser cutting will likely start Monday or Tuesday.
They also discussed the fact that the flow rate could increase as much as 20 percent until the containment device is applied over the leak.
Adm. Allen indicated that, as per the president's direction, government and contractor resources in areas affected by oil will be tripled. He also indicated that officials on the ground have increased efforts to be more responsive to needs identified by local communities."
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Keeping us infromed and up to date. You can go to White house .gov if you want all the things that they have done since day 1! Also, Carol Browner and Ed Markey both said that BP has a vested interest to misinform the public. But why? Well, last week the EPA anounced that BP can be fined almost 5000 dollars a barrel of leaking oil! An estimaed 60 billion dollars!!! An estimated 60 billion dollars, WOW!
That money could put BP out of business, and moreover, they do not have to go to court, it is already the law. So, this is why BP is fucking with the government, hell, as far as we know, there might be a whisper campaign behind the scenes using the President as a scapegoat. Would any of you be surprised?
Anyways, here is Joan Walsh's article from Salon, I am sure you all will like it:
http://www.salon.com/...
Peace