Credited to "Mark and Vicki Cipolle."
About half the world is furious at what is happening in the Gulf. Furious at BP. Furious someone can't figure out how to stop this catastrophe. (My dad used to say, "If we can land a man on the moon, how come we can't [fill in blank for problem that needs solving].")
It helps me that Barack Obama is our president during this crisis. Unlike George W. Bush, who seemed to think it was okay to leave thousands of hungry, thirsty, poor (mostly Black) people stranded in the Superdome during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Obama is a moral, principled man. That would not, could not have happened on his watch.
So I have faith, but my patience is running thin.
I am ready for him to kick some major ass.
I doubt - as brilliant as he is - that he personally knows how to stop the oil gushing into the Gulf. But he does have the power to make the people who do know what to do fix the damn leak and then be accountable to clean up the mess and address the environmental fallout over the long term.
Today on her very fine blog, Whose Shoes Are These Anyway, blogger and New Orleans resident says,
"MSNBC is promoting Matt Lauer's Today Show interview with President Barack Obama, which airs tomorrow, June 8. Already, the clip of Obama on the oil spill, saying he talks to experts so he'll know "whose ass to kick" is making the rounds. I have no comment other than what I've said before, "Obama needs to put on the Great Oil Spill Show." See also, "Obama calls GOP the party of No."
"And will Obama's use of the word "ass" appease Bill Maher and Spike Lee and the rest of America clamoring for "the angry Obama"? I still say people want to see him in chest-high waders scooping oil from the Gulf of Mexico with his hands."
Check out the rest of her post, including a promo clip for the Obama interview, as well as some spot-on related posts here.
(I agree with her about Obama in waders personally scooping oil, BTW, while simultaneously kicking some major ass.)
(I agree with her about Obama in waders personally scooping oil, BTW, while simultaneously kicking some major ass.)
Hope he wears his steel toe shoes. I find those are the best when kickin a$$!
ReplyDeletePresident Obama is a man of tremendous integrity....we who do not walk even a quarter of a mile in his moccasins, have very little to really say....let him do his job. This situation is difficult at best and it will take time to figure it out. I think Barack has his big boy pants on and he is handling his business as best he can. He should not ( & obviously is not) going to compromise his ethics and personal style to satisfy haters.
ReplyDeleteIf he is, he shoulda a month ago.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's very tragic, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Incidentally, what, if anything, is anyone going to do about the oil spills in Africa? "What oil spills?" How about the Niger Delta? It's a little one. Only 1.5 million tons of crude. Might not have noticed since it's taken 50 years to spill that much. And it's been 10 years since the MV Treasure sank off the coast of South Africa, turning all the cute lil' penguins a charming shade of bunker oil black.
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