Calling Shaheen, CSP, Hodes: Make the White House Actby: kiteMon May 31, 2010 at 18:31:10 PM EDT |
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Watching James Carville make excuses for Obama Wednesday on CNN was heartbreaking. I heard enough excuses under Bush, I didn't vote for Obama to hear more. I don't suppose an anonymous and occasional diarist has much pull, but whatever pull I have, whatever my elected officials think they owe, I'm calling it in: MOBILIZE THE FULL POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FIX THIS SPILL.
I'm mad about this. I want bazillions of people cleaning up those beaches and marshes. I want miles of boom lined up waiting to be used. And I DON'T want people like Carville saying that Obama must not be getting good advice, or that he might not understand the scope of this disaster. Imagine if it had been terrorists. Respond accordingly. Worry about billing BP later. Two-hundred-umpteen thousand federal employees, and this is the best we can do? Here's one listof what the White House could be doing, including declaring a state of emergency (he hasn't done that yet?!); getting DARPA to create a skunkworks rapid solutions team; and 9) Call that lazy-assed sad-sack Joe Lieberman and tell him whatever super-secret-y deal you guys have going in the way of a quid pro quo is off if Lieberman cannot find some reason to investigate the relationships between Department of Interior and any corporation with which it deals. Unfortunately, I still haven't seen more than this tepid response from the White House spokespeople: MR. GIBBS: I would say relating to some of the earlier questioning, we've asked them to provide more public data on air and water quality, and we asked them 10 days ago and reiterated in a letter yesterday to provide video footage of what's happening 5,000 feet underneath the sea -- It's time to start ordering people. I will be calling my senators and representatives tomorrow on this. They can harrass BP all they want, but the first job for the federal government is to FIX IT. |