tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post9020695378566093371..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: General Babbling and Some DumbfuckeryDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-79243994353847396372010-06-20T18:28:37.091-07:002010-06-20T18:28:37.091-07:00I wanted Obama to not decide a month after the lea...I wanted Obama to not decide a month after the leak started that maybe he needed to get an independent estimate of the size of the spill.<br /><br />I wanted him to not leave BP in charge of the cleanup, in spite of their previous record of incompetence and their evident lack of ability to deal with this crisis.<br /><br />I want him to not continue to push offshore drilling, despite the rather obvious dangers. Failing that, I want him to propose regulations and an enforcement mechanism that will prevent such disasters in the future.<br /><br />Obama has failed to do all of these things, or he did them well after he should have. If he can't do better than than that, then yes, I want him to don a wet suit and go wash some fucking pelicans, because he's clearly not doing any good where he is now.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-91526568079781881732010-06-20T15:16:50.532-07:002010-06-20T15:16:50.532-07:00I want Obama to demand that the appropriate depart...I want Obama to demand that the appropriate departments of the Department of the Interior (I think) institute the kind of drilling safety rules that the nations bounding the North Sea insist on, to start. Then I want him to savage the government regulators who are in bed with the oil companies they are supposed to regulate, fire the bastards and replace them with some go-getters who will enforce the rules. Of course I don't expect Obama to do the details personally, but can't he at least shake up the MMS and get some top guns in there who will work for the people, not the oil companies???Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-7667279630204560562010-06-20T12:39:05.439-07:002010-06-20T12:39:05.439-07:00"Mr. Speech-maker President doing much, eithe..."Mr. Speech-maker President doing much, either."<br /><br />I always wonder what people expect the people at the top to actually do. do the expect Obama and Hayworth to don wet suits and get down there themselves?<br /><br />I do feel that 24 hour media is making the modern world a less considered place - Some Thing Must Be Done<br /><br />"7 Decemeber 1942 - The US has been at war with Japan for 12 months. On the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbour Fox News demands to know - Why Have We Not Won Yet"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-91565822888035165032010-06-19T16:49:21.066-07:002010-06-19T16:49:21.066-07:00We do need BP and all the other oil companies, bec...We do need BP and all the other oil companies, because this nation runs on oil. The fact that we've hit peak oil, and it's going to get progressively more expensive, will make mandating that the bastards are more hazard-averse in how they get the oil even harder to stuff down their throats. <br /><br />The whole situation sucks, and congressional grandstanding (with or without egregious apologies) will make no difference whatsoever. I don't see Mr. Speech-maker President doing much, either.Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-52832790611582580982010-06-19T10:57:44.229-07:002010-06-19T10:57:44.229-07:00Teaching Dems the hard way that they need to swing...<i>Teaching Dems the hard way that they need to swing left will have to wait until the Con party has incinerated itself with its own flamethrowers of stupid. (Besides, heavy losses mean we'll see Dems running even further to the right, because the ones who are a problem are stupid enough to think they're losing because they're too liberal.)</i><br /><br />In 2012 we won't want to lose the White House. In 2014, there will be some other giant scary thing the Republicans will do.<br /><br />There will always be an excuse to wait. If the Democrats lose the House this time, then we'll have divided government. Right now, that's probably the best thing we can hope for.<br /><br />The Democrats who lose will be the ones with the most power, who tend to be the most conservative. If anything, that will prompt the party in the progressive direction. The only reason to go further right is to chase the big money, and if even the big money won't get them votes, they're going to have to think of something else.<br /><br />Keep rewarding this behavior because it's better than some imagined alternative, and you will keep seeing this behavior.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-288122560491495102010-06-19T05:46:29.587-07:002010-06-19T05:46:29.587-07:00Y'see, there was a kidney stone to pass (fun!)...<em>Y'see, there was a kidney stone to pass (fun!), and then..</em><br /><br />OMFG Dana, I'm so sorry to hear that. On the other hand you seem to have won the "most casual notice of a fucking kidney stone" award for the year.george.whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893495384863805805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-63082587997544617992010-06-19T02:22:40.696-07:002010-06-19T02:22:40.696-07:00I look forward to Dow Chemicals paying for Bhopal,...I look forward to Dow Chemicals paying for Bhopal, instead of saying $476m closes the matter on 25,000 deaths, and the US Government allowing US board members to be extradited to India for their part in it.<br /><br />Or all those US companies who are still fighting court cases against paying damages for 20 year old oil spills to cough up.<br /><br />Or Halliburton to put its fair share into the fund to help the Gulf of Mexico Cock Up.<br /><br />Or Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld and even Obama to have some action taken against them as War Criminals/TerroristsLast Hussarnoreply@blogger.com