Do you think Obama's failure to cram his health care plans down our throats weakens his whole agenda?

I agree. For years we have heard big government Democrats like Obama pride themselves on being the protectors of the people through heavy regulations. Yet, all the federal regulations and bureaucracy did not stop the oil spill.

In fact, the federal government actually helped to cause the spill to occur by not enforcing its own standards and inspections, and then allowed that spill to explode into an environmental disaster by doing nothing to resolve the spill. Obama himself could have lifted federal regulations, like the Jones Act, which would have allowed foreign ships to assist in the cleanup. He stubbornly refused to do so, crippling relief efforts in the Gulf region.

What’s more, the Obama administration’s head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Janet Napolitano, arrogantly stated that they have been on top of the spill from “day one.” If Obama and his administration have been on top of the spill since “day one,” then why has even the traditionally liberal publication, The New York Times, called the relief efforts “chaotic? During the oil spill, while BP and the people of the Gulf region were struggling to keep the spill from getting worse, Obama attended the Duke Blue Devils ceremony and the World Cup Soccer ceremony.

He took two vacations totaling six days, went golfing for seven days, spent three days conducting several political fundraising events, spent another six days campaigning, attended four commemorations and four sports events. That’s not exactly a leader on top of things since “day one. Obama’s DHS waited nine days after the spill occurred before deeming it worthy of federal action.

In contrast, GW Bush waited only three days to do the same with Hurricane Katrina. It also took more than a week for the federal government to conduct its first burn. These delays allowed more oil to wash ashore, which damaged and killed more shoreline habitats.

The federal government actually held back Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal, who tried several times to construct sand berms and barriers to protect his state’s coastline from the oil spill. For whatever reason, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers refused Jindal’s requests to build the sand berms and barriers. They claimed they wanted to conduct an environmental study first.

Once again, as big government theorized about the possible ways to address the spill, the spill grew out of control, all at the expense of the Gulf States, their beaches and their wildlife. After all, it was MMS that approved BP’s oil response plan. If BP’s response plan has been less than effective, then we must ask why MMS approved it in the first place.

This is just another piece of evidence of the failure of big government. O_O.

I thought conservatives wanted government OUT of big business. I thought you guys wanted Obama OUT of the process. Remember, the government cant do anything right?

Why do you want him in there now. After all, BP can do so much better than Obama... Right? BP has been so successful... Right?

If he did focus on stopping the leak, and took BP out of the equation and took over, you would complain that he was "using Chicago style politics", "mob style shakedowns", and "communist takeovers" to take over the oil industry. I can hear it now, if Obama took command of the cleanup operation from BP, you would say "why is Obama trying to take over the oil industry". If he lets BP take the lead in the cleanup, you ask "Why isn't Obama doing more to stop the leak?"

He is damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't with you conservatives. He can never win with you. Nothing is good enough for you.

20 billion to help families whose lives have been destroyed by BP = it is a shakedown. If he didn't secure 20 billion from BP = Obama doesn't care about the people. He can never win.

You conservatives are so sadistic, smug, and hateful that you will criticize him for doing good things and try and make it look bad. It is beyond hypocrisy, it is complete and pure hatred. When I see Obama get 20 billion for families affected by the spill, and see Obama sending the commander of the coast guard down on day one to give BP all the assistance they can, and then I see you ask questions like this, all I see from the conservative right is Hate hate hate.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.