Seems like everything this chump does is historic, eh? From the transcript of Obama’s remarzzzzzzzzzzzz…….sorry, caught them live earlier in the day, where kinda boring, his remarks from Grande Isle, La Coast Guard station
But our response will continue with its full force regardless of the outcome of the top kill approach — because even if the leak was stopped today it wouldn’t change the fact that these waters still contain oil from what is now the largest spill in American history. And more of it will come ashore.
“Me, I’m going on vacation”
To ensure that we’re fully prepared for that, and in accordance with input from folks down here, I’ve directed Secretary Napolitano and Admiral Allen to triple the manpower in places where oil has hit the shore or is within 24 hours of impact. This increase will allow us to further intensify this already historic response, contain and remove oil more quickly, and help minimize the time that any oil comes into contact with our coastline. That means deploying more boom, cleaning more beaches, performing more monitoring of wildlife and impact to this ecosystem.
Yeah, if “historic” means “it took us forever to get our shit together.” Over a month later, and he’s saying “yeah, we’re going to do all we can?” Historic incompetence.
But as I said yesterday, and as I repeated in the meeting that we just left, I ultimately take responsibility for solving this crisis. I’m the President and the buck stops with me. So I give the people of this community and the entire Gulf my word that we’re going to hold ourselves accountable to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to stop this catastrophe, to defend our natural resources, to repair the damage, and to keep this region on its feet. Justice will be done for those whose lives have been upended by this disaster, for the families of those whose lives have been lost — that is a solemn pledge that I am making.
“But, now I gotta run, have a plane to catch for my vacation.”
If you triple 1 person, doesn’t that mean you now have 3 people? Is that much of a progress?
It’s a shame that after 2 weeks in to the Exxon Valdez spill, media were clamoring and harassing Pres Bush for FINALLY taking over the oil spill cleanup.
Yet, very very few in the media are demanding to know where Obama has been over these past near-40 days now.
But, now that he is involved, he’ll solve this. In doing so, he shuts down ALL drilling in the gulf. Have to let the Chinese get it first.
But it IS historic!
It is one of the most historic Screw-ups in US history.
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amen to that. but, what’s another screw-up cover-up.