Times Tough In Gulf One Year Later…Because of Obama

For Advertising Info, Write.
rwnews@blogads.com

Premium Left blogad

Left Blog Ad

Permalinks

Times Tough In Gulf One Year Later…Because of Obama

Written By : Unicorn Jones

Today is the first anniversary of the Gulf oil spill, and while the spill is totally cleaned up and major safety improvements are on the way to prevent a spill of this magnitude from ever happening again. But, weirdly, the Gulf is still suffering major setbacks. Unemployment rates have jumped. Gas prices have skyrocketed. Obama’s off to Brazil to beg off oil from foreign shores. So who’s responsible for this disaster that’s occurred? BP? Oil companies? Little green men from outer space who come at night to close small businesses and derail American offshore drilling operations?

Bobby Jindal knows who’s responsible, and he’s kicking ass and taking names today. Of administration officials, including President Obama.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal used a TV appearance Wednesday morning marking the first anniversary of the BP oil spill not only to tout the progress his state has made but also to attack President Barack Obama’s response to the spill and his policies more broadly.

“Three hundred miles of coast continue to be oiled, but at the same time, you’re seeing a great recovery story here,” the Republican governor said on NBC’s “Today” show. “So yes, there’s work to be done, but the reality is we’re rebuilding our state, coming back better than before.”…

Jindal’s message wasn’t all boosterism. As he touted his state’s progress, he once again criticized the Obama administration for its moratorium last summer on deepwater drilling. “One of the side effects, one of the things we need to recover from is the administration imposed a one-size-fits-all moratorium after the spill,” he said. “We want drilling to be done safely but we don’t want to lose thousands of jobs down here.”

Yeah, see, it’s turned out that while Obama’s administration has claimed to lift the moratorium, they totally haven’t. In fact, the administration has been incredible at dragging it’s feet re-issuing drilling permits…so incredible that, according to one study by LSU prof Joseph Mason, they’ve cost the Gulf over 12,000 jobs in the Gulf and over 20,000 jobs nationally. An organization called Save US Energy Jobs put together an infographic detailing some of the serious consequences of the administration’s policies. They include a host of horrific details like dollar-more-per-gallon gas, thousands of small businesses closed, an incredible unemployment rate in the Gulf, and worst, departing oil rigs who once tried to harvest the 97% of crude oil resources that remain untouched in the Gulf’s deep water. According to SEUJ, the US has lost almost a billion dollars.

And then there’s the matter of gas prices.

All while Obama and his cronies harped about energy independence and twittered their thumbs. They say they’re only doing what Americans want them to do, but clearly they aren’t listening to any Americans outside their own hallowed halls. A CNN poll yesterday revealed that, it turns out, Americans thoroughly support returning to deepwater drilling in the Gulf. By almost 40 points.

So while the left is wailing today about how horrible the Gulf oil spill was to the economy, silently remember all of the people in the Gulf who were actually victimized twice: once by the Gulf spill that threatened their very existence, and then a second time, tortured by the policies of an administration who’s lack of care is costing Americans billions of dollars and thousands of jobs.

Anonymous

“who’s responsible?”

In a word, Bush.

StanW

WHAT? Not Reagan? You blame EVERYTHING on Reagan.
StanW

WHAT? Not Reagan? You blame EVERYTHING on Reagan.
StanW

WHAT? Not Reagan? You blame EVERYTHING on Reagan.
StanW

WHAT? Not Reagan? You blame EVERYTHING on Reagan.
http://www.patriotpost.com bthewolf

Liar.
http://www.patriotpost.com bthewolf

Liar.
http://www.patriotpost.com bthewolf

Liar.
http://www.patriotpost.com bthewolf

Liar.
Daytrip

Actually Bush does shoulder part of the blame. The only problem is that you couldn’t name a single reason why Bush shoulders part of the blame without seeing a reflection of Obama’s same failings on the issue.

Anonymous

Obama negotiated the 20 billion fund to compensate the victims. When you compare Bush’s response to Katrina (not his empty words), one which had political implications, there is no comparison.

New Orleans lost 100,000 Democratic voters.

Anonymous

courtesy of it’s incompetent Democratic Mayor who left people to drown. And Governor Blanco, she was another winner. Flagged for lying.

Anonymous

And those Morons being too stupid and lazy to decide to leave on their own. FIVE DAYS warning. Even the Heel Toe Express could have gotten them close to 100 miles inland and out of the major danger zone.

Call it what you will:
Darwinism in action.

Evolutionary culling.

The gene pool getting a needed dose of chlorine.

It all amounts to the same thing. Individuals are responsible for THEMSELVES FIRST. Anybody too stupid to run from a Cat Five hurricane deserves to meet God.
Anonymous

And those Morons being too stupid and lazy to decide to leave on their own. FIVE DAYS warning. Even the Heel Toe Express could have gotten them close to 100 miles inland and out of the major danger zone.

Call it what you will:
Darwinism in action.

Evolutionary culling.

The gene pool getting a needed dose of chlorine.

It all amounts to the same thing. Individuals are responsible for THEMSELVES FIRST. Anybody too stupid to run from a Cat Five hurricane deserves to meet God.

Anonymous

courtesy of it’s incompetent Democratic Mayor who left people to drown. And Governor Blanco, she was another winner. Flagged for lying.
Anonymous

courtesy of it’s incompetent Democratic Mayor who left people to drown. And Governor Blanco, she was another winner. Flagged for lying.

Anonymous

Obama negotiated the 20 billion fund to compensate the victims. When you compare Bush’s response to Katrina (not his empty words), one which had political implications, there is no comparison.

New Orleans lost 100,000 Democratic voters.

Daytrip

Actually Bush does shoulder part of the blame. The only problem is that you couldn’t name a single reason why Bush shoulders part of the blame without seeing a reflection of Obama’s same failings on the issue.
Daytrip

Actually Bush does shoulder part of the blame. The only problem is that you couldn’t name a single reason why Bush shoulders part of the blame without seeing a reflection of Obama’s same failings on the issue.
Daytrip

Actually Bush does shoulder part of the blame. The only problem is that you couldn’t name a single reason why Bush shoulders part of the blame without seeing a reflection of Obama’s same failings on the issue.
Anonymous

Yes, because it is the Bush administration that is currently holding up new land leases, and refusing to authorize the restart of existing rigs.

Nitwit.

Anonymous

“who’s responsible?”

In a word, Bush.
Anonymous

There is one and only one party responsible for the oil spill and clean up… repeat after me…British Petro-l-eum. Fool.

Anonymous

The user posting above under the name “n0nesuch” has been identified by this community as a troll. Trolls are people who seek to harm a forum by disrupting the conversation. They do this by posting off topic, inflamatory, and/or abusive material designed to anger the legitmate community members. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet) is a decent overview of what trolling is.

“n0nesuch” has been identified as a troll for the folowing reasons:
-He rarely if ever actually contritbutes to the discusion.His posts are usually talking point laden rants, snarky one liners, or personal atatcks on more legitimate members of the community.
-He has been caught in numerous lies.
-He was previously banned for re-posting material that had been removed my moderator staff for trolling.

So what can be done?
Most importantly do not reply to this person or attempt to enagage him in a normal conversation. This only encourages their bad behavior and leads them to the misconception that they are a legitimate part of this community.

In addition, Disqus and RWN have kindly provided us with the tools to effectively combat these trolls. At the lower left corner of each post you will see a small icon. It will look like either a black flag or the lefter “F” depending on your browser settings. This is the flag button. Clicking on this icon only takes a few seconds, but if enough people register a “flag” on a post, it will be removed by the software. Testing has shown that the number of “flags” required to remove a post is quite low. Therefore, you are urged to “flag” every post by this person whenever they apear regardless of the actual content of the post. You are flagging the person, not the post after all. Experience has shown that with just a few people flagging the known trolls, their posts often last just a few minutes. Their voice being stolen from them, this will eventually drive off all but the most obcessed trolls.

Thank you for your time and your aid in making this forum a better place.

Anonymous

Morning Trench_Weeper, Apparently I’m the only of us that actually contributing to the post. How is that libel case going against Hawkins for ruining your good online name? :)
Anonymous

Morning Trench_Weeper, Apparently I’m the only of us that actually contributing to the post. How is that libel case going against Hawkins for ruining your good online name? :)

http://www.patriotpost.com bthewolf

Sure thing because BP was the only company involved! And Obama did a great job of offering aid, allowing cleanup ships in, etc, NOT. Not to mention the fact that he’s still keeping people from working by ignoring a court order and not lifting the drilling moratorium.

But it’s all BPs fault right nonebrains.

Pingback: Times Tough In Gulf One Year Later…Because of Obama | News Patriot
Anonymous

Well let’s hope that disaster costs Obama the Gulf states come 2012. That’s the only possible silver lining to this.
Pingback: Daily Dive, Dive, Dive! 21 April 11 | adeliemanchot

The History of Ernesto Che Guevara – A Short Story

Premium Right Ads

Blogads Right

Previous Features

The Best Quotes From “Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To”

Hey Lady Gaga, Kids Have a Time-Tested Answer for Bullies: Punch Them in the Mouth

Seven Differences Between Winners And Losers

The Problem With The Occupy Wall Street Generation

The 20 Most Influential Black Republicans

Talking With Chuck D. From Public Enemy About Farrakhan, Air America’s Failure, And Open Borders

User Info

Features

Archives Best of RWN Humor John Hawkins Interviews Quotes Special to RWN