Unimpressed with Obama’s address tonight
Tonight Pres Obama: “We will fight with everything we’ve got for as long as it takes.” The largest environmental cleanup by nearly 30,000 personnel and 17,000 National Guard in four states.
Millions of gallons of oil have been removed from the Gulf, a fraction of what is destroying the Gulf. President parrots BP stating that 90% of oil leaking out should be captured soon. BP’s incompetence at making predictions, stopping the flow and cleaning up is summarized by US Rep Lois Capps – BP is using rotary phone circa 1969 technology instead of iPhone cleanup technology.
Another problem is BP’s application of 1,100,000 gallons of toxic, cancer-causing, endocrine disruptive dispersants!
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So disappointed in Obama’s performance thus far. Sad for America.
The ongoing oil spill is causing monumental problems, which become more known each passing week. One problem is BP’s application of 1,100,000 gallons of toxic, cancer-causing, endocrine disruptive dispersants! A Gi’normous problem: scientific estimates (NOAA, WHOI, MIT) are currently 1.47 million to 2.52 million gallons of oil and gas a day! That is one Exxon Valdez every four days! Worse, some experts say that the BP oil pipe could continue gushing oil into December!
President Obama made the right calls for the Gulf of Mexico disaster. However, his Oval Office speech missed the Churchill moment to take the clean-up battle to the Gulf, to the shores and into the estuaries. He failed to mention the massive efforts of many to clean up the oil. Missing were the details of the armada of vessels, ships and boats, the Coast Guard, NOAA ships, oceanography vessels, and underwater seagliders. Missing was how local communities are rallying to save their shores with a chaotic array of approaches including sinking barges and rocks, building berms of rubble, and using 36 inch steel pipes filled with foam. Missing is the suffering of many working on the water and on the shore from dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and chest p ains. Waterkeepers give out gas masks, and BP takes masks away from coastal workers saying they will not pay workers who wear protective devices.