BP Equals But the President

Alright. I have kept my mouth shut for long enough on this topic. I do not care about political affiliations, or how anyone feels about the President. He has dropped the ball on the entire BP oil-spill thing. I will admit, he has no control over the situation... but he also has NO CONTROL.

Here are my problems and observeances:
1. The "Administration" has given no sense of concern over the oil spill. A half-hearted response on national news about how the president is going to kick ass goes about as far as me saying I am going to lay down the law with The Rock on national TV. It sounds great until the show happens.

2. The "Administration" has gone after BP in every area possible, to make them look like a horrible enterprise. Just in the past few days, the US brought up charges that they arranged for Abdelbaset al Megrahi (AKA one of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombers) to be released. BP and Lybia have been working together forever. To suggest BP had anything to do with this scumbag's release means the entire British government is under BP's control. Does that sound sane or a bit like paranoia?

3. The media tried to play up the US vs England World Cup match as a meet up between the evil British and the US victims. However, the British are not to blame. The entire rig was set up regulated and approved by Americans. It was only owned by BP.

4. The President commended the very rig that exploded for it's modern approach to environmental protection and oil collection technology. Then he used it as an example of why oil rigs are evil.

5. While the former president was blasted for his inaction for a natural event, the current president has remained blameless for inaction nearly 5 times as long on a man made event.

6. The most retarded thing I have heard from the news is that BP should be assigned an American CEO by the US government. I am sorry, but this just blows my mind. BP is not some American company that is under our jurisdiction. Even if the board for BP agreed on an American CEO, they would be stupid to accept a government suggested one. They would have to realize that this person would only have one agenda, and it wouldn't be for the company's best interest.

7. The best thing I have seen out of this is what was missing from the news during Katrina. People aren't depending on the government to bail them out. During Katrina, people let everyone else around them suffer while they complained. In this situation, the fishermen and civilians are out in grand numbers to try and hold off the oil and protect themselves. It gives me a great sense of hope for this country.

8. I have no doubt that if this same disaster happened off of the coast of Virginia or New York, It would have been fixed in a month.