The Usual Suspects-Minus One

Oil company executives were dragged to Washington once again to face the self-rightous indignation of the elitist dhimmiRats who can't stand to see anyone be productive or creative unless it suits their agenda.

The line-up of oil companies facing this inquistion consisted of all the major players in the oil and gas exploration, production, refining and retail distribution. Executives from Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), ConocoPhillips (COP), Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) and Chevron Corp. (CVX) had to endure the manufactured wrath of politicians who couldn't find their ass with both hands, a map and a flashlight.

Rep. Edward Markey (D., Mass.) accused all of the oil companies at the hearing of having spill response plans that are outdated and "dead ringers for BP's." Markey zeroed in on BP America Chairman Lamar McKay, asking him: "Are you ready to apologize for getting that number so grossly wrong that the capacity of federal and state governments to put in place a response was delayed because you did not do the job?"

"I'm asking you to resign," Rep. Cliff Stearns (R, Fla.) told McKay.

(they would have put me in restraints at this point, cause I would have been dancing on his head singing "You Can Kiss My glAss")

However, one oil company didn't have to attend this witch hunt. Guess which oil company did not send an executive to be grilled by the Wacky-Marxists?

Occidental Petroleum

Why is that?

10 Things Him Could Have Done, but Chose Not To

Hey Barack, You Should’ve Done This...

President Obama addressed the nation on the Gulf oil spill, and told the American people how he has been doing all he can to “plug the damn hole” and whose behind he might kick.

Since his strategy dealing with the spill seems lacking thus far, Redstate editor Erick Erickson has compiled a Top 10 list of things to alleviate the disaster that Obama could have done but didn’t.

1. Accepted help from the Netherlands when they offered it shortly after the accident. The Dutch, experienced in the oil business, offered prompt help for oil skimming booms and plans to create barriers to stop the oil from infiltrating into wetland areas.

2. Suspended the Jones Act, as President Bush did after Katrina, to allow foreign vessels into American waters to assist with recovery without having to swap ships and transfer equipment onto American flagged vessels.

3. Suspended the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage laws, as President Bush did after Katrina, to allow rapid deployment of new workers to help with containment efforts.

4. Suspended FEMA contracting and bidding rules, as President Bush did after Katrina, to allow a more rapid assignment of contracts to assist with the recovery effort.

5. Allowed coastal governors to immediately begin dredging to create barrier islands.

6. Talked to BP's CEO to establish initial metrics for progress to gauge BP's response so the federal government would have ascertainable metrics to determine when federal intervention was needed. Heck, he should have talked to BP's CEO period.

7. Not imposed a blanket deep water drilling moratorium, further crippling economies in coastal communities.

8. Talked to experts about how to fix the problem instead of trying to figure out whose "ass to kick."

9. Not waited to act lest he be seen as owning the situation. Guess what? He owns it now so why is he still on the golf course?

10. Not have wasted time trying to blame the accident on George Bush before diving in to take responsibility.

Apparently President Obama Is Flexible

Updated and bumped:
Admiral in charge not told of assets for clean up in Gulf. Booms in the warehouse in Maine, still there.
Governor Jindal asked for booms a week after the explosion and was still millions of feet short on May 24th.

We are in the VERY best of hands.....hope he can find HIS butt with those hands.

President Obama is going to kick his own ass. That should be on pay per view.

Even Rolling Stone knows whose ass needs to be kicked.

First, the President votes "present", stating that he doesn't have the authority to control the cleanup. Then,

"The buck," he reiterated the next day on the sullied Louisiana coastline, "stops with me."

By this, I'm sure, he meant that BP had paid him a lot of money.

Wait,......what? That's not what he meant? So, even though he took responsibility for everything, he still has to find out whose ass has to be kicked? Um, dude.......if you don't know by now, perhaps we need someone that has a clue. Even though, he says that his administration was in control of everything, HE STILL DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. He's still trying to blame OTHERS.

Red tape keeps miles of booms in a warehouse in Maine.
Assistance from the Netherlands has been delayed.
State governments have been tied up by red tape for weeks.
Possible private solutions ignored.
The Government is making things worse.

Obama is failing to lead.

Heck, he hasn't even been good at "organizing" the response.

I don't think he WANTS to actually be in charge, he just wants the credit for fixing it.

To Our Cousins Across the Pond

First off, while I cannot speak for everyone on this blog, I want to emphasize that I do not hold BP accountable for the blowout that allowed the oil to escape. Frankly, no one knows exactly what happened or why, and to assess blame on anyone this early in the process is either irresponsible or diabolical.

Second, please know that Bambi, aka Dr Utopia, no longer speaks for the majority of Americans. He does not like it when people make money and do not give it away to him. He was very happy taking campaign contributions from all sorts of companies and corporations, and now that he has what he wants, he no longer has a need for the capitalist system which generated those funds. He is a typical Marxist. Use whatever is needed to get the results and then do what you want.

He is also adamantly against any sort of free trade and free will. He is a snake oil salesman; a shyster; a con man. And whats up with those Dumbo ears? You ever see a set of ring hangers like that in your life? I bet he has to tape them back to keep his skinny little ass on the ground in a high wind.

I am not going to apologize for Dr Utopia's remarks concerning BP or Britain. I didn't vote for his leftist agenda and its not my fault; however we will do everything legally allowed to rid ourselves of this penis-head ASAP.

You can take that to the bank.