From your link:

"The Coast Guard needed to confirm that there were fire extinguishers and life vests on board, and then it had trouble contacting the people who built the barges."

Stupid, yes, but hardly a vast left wing conspiracy to make the oil spill worse.

"After Jindal strenuously made his case, the barges finally got the go-ahead today to return to the Gulf and get back to work, after more than 24 hours of sitting idle."

That was a really effective move of Obama's, eh? A whole 24 hours...

"The governor said the problem is there's still no single person giving a "yes" or "no." While the Gulf Coast governors have developed plans with the Coast Guard's command center in the Gulf, things begin to shift when other agencies start weighing in, like the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service."

HEADLINE NEWS: THE GOVERNMENT IS BUREAUCRATIC AND INEFFICIENT. TELL YOUR FRIENDS.

OK...yes, the barges were eventually allowed to continue...by why was bureaucratic red-tape an issue to begin with. And this is just one example of the rampant failures of the administration - including turning down international help (which he did on Day 3), the misallocation of resources (example found in the article). Or do you think the administration is handling this crisis effectively?

@rlumley - I didn't say anything about a vast left-wing conspiracy. But Obama Is in charge - it is his Coast Guard, and his decision that have held back available resources from the region. So it's not much of a conspiracy....it's right out in the open!

If you recall, Obama himself blasted bush for his response in Katrina, and even the political left in this country is now questioning Obama's leadership here.

As far as the "why" he would do it: To kill the oil industry and push through "green" energy initiatives. This is the White House whose motto is "Never waste a crisis", os it really isn't that far fetched.

As far as "trolling"....yeah...you DO look like a troll with your typical snide comments.

I think the government is definitionally incapable of handling something correctly. But that isn't Obama's fault, and to suggest otherwise is laughable.

But Obama himself blamed Bush PERSONALLY for katrina, as did the entire political left and most media outlets...(and I imagine rlumley did, too...lol)

Really, I'm just pointing out the vast political/media hypocrisy, in case you don't catch the undertone of the argument.

Yeah, I have to say that this post is hugely trollish of you krellin. Atleast read through the entire article and understand it before you post any blanket comment about it on here.

@rlumley - BTW - I think it is rather sad that your first instinct is a personal attack on me on an issue that is becoming a national debate, not my personal opinion. For the intellectual you try to pass yourself off as, I would expect a little more than throwing insults. Then again...I'm hardly surprised, as you are quite practiced at it when you have nothing better to say (or are cornered in an argument...)

Krellin, wake up. Clearly this is Bush's fault - it's not like Obama was president when this whole mess started. If Bush hadn't been in office for 8 years, then clearly all Americans would be shitting rainbows just like Obama.

@jman - Yeah....I'm the ONLY person to ever lure someone into a discussion by a one-off post with misleading information -- which I was in the processes to clarifying in my next post as rlumley himself posted. Call me a troll, but you two are just sad little haters that toss insults as a gut reaction to everything. It's sad...

AHHHHHHHHHH! THE IDIOTS, THE IDIOTS! I think this high-school debate just made me a little more stupid...krelin, troll another forum, please.

It's the terrorists fault. If they hadn't bombed the World Trade Centers this never would have happened.

Clearly Obama wants to destroy America, one stork at a time. How anyone can think otherwise, I have no idea.

Soon our strategic stork reserve will be exhausted, and then who will bring us babies?

Idea: if no one else responds this forum....it will go away.

Troll....hmmmm....rlumley, jman, klolskap...by definition, you three fit "troll" perfectly. All you are here to do is be snide and inflammatory. I suppose when your political hero is the one in question it's hard to be honest, huh? You guys are pathetic...

"For the intellectual you try to pass yourself off as, I would expect a little more than throwing insults."

I only troll threads I have no respect for. This qualifies.

Lol... He just suggested I'm an Obama supporter.

Is there ANYONE on this site retarded enough to think that?

No!!! Not the storks!!!

Apparently you geniuses don't understand pragmatic politics. If the oil industry is properly vilified, it will be easy to pass legislation to destroy the oil industry -- for example, raising gas taxes so high that it no longer makes sense. Right now, this is a politically dead issue. Villify big oil, and suddenly a gas tax is not so hard to accept.

Maybe if you guys weren't too smart for your own good, you could think beyond throwing insults to consider possible political outcomes from a natural catastrophe.

I NEVER said Obama is trying to destroy the world. He believes - and is quoted as saying - that the Gulf region will "bounce back". iIt'll be long, hard work and expensive...but 20, 30 years down the road, you won't be able to tell the difference...or it simply won't matter. The earth will not die from this spill - intellectually everyone knows that -- but it is highly emotional, and through manipulating emotion politicians can accomplish initiatives that were otherwise unobtainable. But maybe that sort of pragmatism is beyond your dim intellects...I don't know -- all you are interested in doing is being rude instead of actually exploring legitimate political issues behind this event.

Psst...I'm not ONLY interested in being rude... o.O

Obama isn't trying to destroy the world. He's only trying to destroy America. He's doing a good job, so far.

Obama is a Sith Lord.

Would that make the KKK the Jedi Knights?

You couldn't tell Mace Windu was a Klansman?

Now that I am rewatching it, I can tell...

Stunning, if you acks me.

obvious klansman

Obama is clearly a Grand Wizard.

@ krellin You should be complaining about the incompetence caused by a goverment bureaucracy afraid to act without crossing every t and doting every i first, and than passing the buck about making a decision.

So you think Bobby Jindel should have gone against the Federal government and start construction of the barrier island prior to receiving Federal government approval? That's a risky proposition...this administration has investigated past administration officials for simply doing their duty - investigated *lawyers* for issuing opinions on water boarding, for example. So if Jindel stepped out....that's a mighty shaky limb. If anything went wrong, do you think Obama would hesitate to send his Justice Department in?

But - regarding government bureaucracy, Obama is directly responsible for turning down the offer of international aid, including the offer of containmnet booms and skimmer ships. That is a decision that lies *directly( in Obama's lap.

But again...part of this is about examining how one Administration is viewed in comparison to another. IF you apply the standards that Obama himself applied to Bush - that racism drove Bush's lack of inaction, that he was willfully negligent and woefully incompetent....then shouldn't Obama's own standards apply to himself? it s legitimate question.

And, actually, I AM complaining about a government afraid to act without having every i dotted and t crossed....and the LEADER of that government, the guy that has clearly set the standard of behavior, is Obama. He has NEVER come out and said "do waterever you must....we'll worry about the paperwork later..." He has talked and blustered, he has shuffled the deck in some agencies, but he still has not accepted offers of help from all available resources. That isn't JUST bureaucracy - that is willful negligence...