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Washington Post said:This week's schedule for President Obama suggests that the White House believes he has. After dominating the conversation in Washington all last week, the environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico does not appear front and center on the White House calendar.
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But the administration is clearly expecting -- maybe hoping -- that the intense public attention on the spill fades a bit, starting with this week, giving them a chance to turn to other subjects.
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For the rest of the week, Obama and his aides hope they can focus on Afghanistan, health insurance reform, relations with Russia (whose president arrives for a visit on Thursday) and the global economy.
Obama departs Thursday for Canada for the G-20 gathering of the world's largest economies. Ahead of the meeting, the president warned the group last week that members must redouble their prior commitments or risk allowing the global economy to sink once again.
Tuesday's meeting with state health care commissioners is another chance for Obama to remind the public of the benefits he predicts will come from the massive overhaul of the nation's health-care system.
And Tuesday night's White House celebration of gay and lesbian pride month should be an upbeat event for Obama. That constituency -- which has been angry about the pace of some changes -- is likely to be happier at this year's version of the annual event, as Congress is on the verge of ending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
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Do you agree the Oil spill is now over, time to move on to other issues and focus on other things?
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Do you agree the Oil spill is now over, time to move on to other issues and focus on other things?
Yeah - move on to the massive, decades old and continuing spill, contamination and destruction in Nigeria.
It really sinks my heart and disgusts me that the one off our southern coast gets all this dramatic attention, drives anger and even political action - Yet there are other areas of the world have had to deal with much worse with no recognition or intervention - and those other oil companies are just :shrug: not being held accountable, not held responsible, no investigations - nothing.
Even our own president ignores these other issues throughout this entire process.
What ****ing bull**** - we're not more important or any more special than anyone else out there, you know.
Should America intervene in Nigeria's affairs?
Yeah - move on to the massive, decades old and continuing spill, contamination and destruction in Nigeria.
It really sinks my heart and disgusts me that the one off our southern coast gets all this dramatic attention, drives anger and even political action - Yet there are other areas of the world have had to deal with much worse with no recognition or intervention - and those other oil companies are just :shrug: not being held accountable, not held responsible, no investigations - nothing.
Even our own president ignores these other issues throughout this entire process.
What ****ing bull**** - we're not more important or any more special than anyone else out there, you know.
Do I expect a lawyer with absolutely no technical training to handle an extremely technical engineering problem that many seasoned oil engineers can't fix?
Let me think about that. Oh wait. No, I don't expect him to. Let's put a school teacher in charge of engineering specialized equipment for NASA! Yeah, that's a good idea. How about an accountant in charge of genetic recombination programs?
Seriously. You people crack me up. This is like expecting Bush to be able to solve a problem on the International Space Station. LOL.
I think you fail to realize that when most people say "the president should do something" we're not suggesting he put on some gear and go diving - work some magic and tadaaa! Fix it! We're saying he should use his political state, position and power as well as purse strings to persuade those responsible to take it seriously, put it on top of their 'to do' list and tackle the issue that they caused in the best way possible. As well as to enforce the laws that are in place and to hold people at fault accountable as well as spark investigation and be a leader in public-awareness.
I think he's handling the BP situation pretty well right now - it could have happened sooner but better late than never.
Do I expect a lawyer with absolutely no technical training to handle an extremely technical engineering problem that many seasoned oil engineers can't fix?
Let me think about that. Oh wait. No, I don't expect him to. Let's put a school teacher in charge of engineering specialized equipment for NASA! Yeah, that's a good idea. How about an accountant in charge of genetic recombination programs?
Seriously. You people crack me up. This is like expecting Bush to be able to solve a problem on the International Space Station. LOL.
do you expect him to run a war? :ssst:
do you expect him to run a war? :ssst:
I think you fail to realize that when most people say "the president should do something" we're not suggesting he put on some gear and go diving - work some magic and tadaaa!
Fix it! We're saying he should use his political state, position and power as well as purse strings to persuade those responsible to take it seriously, put it on top of their 'to do' list and tackle the issue that they caused in the best way possible.
As well as to enforce the laws that are in place and to hold people at fault accountable as well as spark investigation and be a leader in public-awareness.
do you expect him to run a war? :ssst:
The various posts here suggest otherwise.
What makes you think BP is just sitting there play on their iPhones?
So we need more government to ensure that firms actually have real materials and people behind their emergency plans? Is that what you're telling me? (I don't think Rev had that in mind when he thanked your post) And Obama did get them to commit to a $20 billion fund.
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Do you agree the Oil spill is now over, time to move on to other issues and focus on other things?
Nope. I expect him to get the hell out of the way and let the Generals do that. We had to wait 4 years before Bush learned that lesson in Iraq.
Well today was certainly a bit of a setback. Not exactly back to square one, but sort of that direction...:doh
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Well, all of that came undone because Obama let go of McChrystal.
If he had just kept him around - this spill wouldn't be unraveling more and more.
It's all Obama's fault.
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