A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action

Frankly, I'm not shocked.  I'm not shocked BO can't stop lawyering and talking long enough to get something done.  I'm not shocked it took 57 days for him to meet with the BP Chairman of the Board.  Those of us who voted for McCain/Palin realized that BO had zero executive experience and "running" a series of political campaigns is no where akin to running a country back in 2008.  Heck, being mayor is better experience than being a community organizer.  But, dear readers, you knew that.

There are a couple of note-worthy stories that offer a glimpse of reason:

From the DailyCaller:  Louisiana voters are giving Obama poorer marks for his BP-oil spill response than they give Bush for his Katrina response.  Finally!  Obama has allowed inaction and red tape to scuttle Louisiana's and Mississippi's and Alabama's and Florida's initiative for addressing the impending damage and the voters have figured it out.  The Obama Administration's message is that the government will take care of it - but in truth, they have no idea how to do it, have no concept of what needs to be done, or have anyone on staff with any actual experience managing anything profitable.

The Administration's method is to ask people to sit on their hands and wait for the government to rescue them and then dither while the people drown.  I'm not a fan of federal power, but if the government has the power and those in charge insist they are in charge, I expect them to take care of the mess.  I expect phone calls to the CEO of BP - from the beginning of the crisis.  I expect a close accounting (and an invoice sent to BP) of the clean-up costs and people and equipment sent in - immediately - to protect and clean the water, beaches, and wetlands.

An example of a community not willing to play by Administration rules is Okaloosa county in Florida.  They have declared they won't wait for the government to bail them out, but will go ahead with their plans to protect their beaches.  Finally!  Of course, when you read the  fine print, you'll see they are going through the proper governmental channels and will only go their own way if not given approval.  Still, the plan is better than sitting on their hands.

It boils down to this:  Americans want Obama to do something other than just contacting the lawyers or insisting BP set up a fund to help those out of work due to the disaster.  The truth is those affected need clean water and clean beaches and clean product that aren't poisoned by oil.  They need a clean work space!

You see, most hard-working Americans aren't content to hold out their hands and receive money.  Most Americans want to work hard for their gains.  Clean up their space, get out of the way, and let them succeed.

What we need is a little less talk and a lot more action.

~ G

Spillage

There's a "repost this" status passing through the news feeds of Facebook.  It says this:

"So where are all the 'save the gulf' concerts? Where are the tv benefits with celebrities and musicians giving heartfelt speeches for our fisherman, wildlife, beaches, loss of income and sabotaged gulf economy? I find it strange how these people, including our own government are so quick to help Haiti and other countries, but sit on their **ASS*** for the oil spill. Just the facts...repost if you agree."

Good question, yes?  Where are the benefit concerts?  Where are the ads all over the internet imploring people to give as they did for Haiti?  Granted, we aren't seeing the loss of life and destruction, but we are seeing the loss of a sizable portion of our Gulf Coast.

The Facebook status has brought the liberals out en masse.  I'm seeing them responding with self-righteous statements about the "greed" of "corporate America."

Greed? Which part seems greedy? The lack of government oversight for government rules? The forced deep-sea drilling when ANWR would be much less hazardous to our environment and when drilling in shallower waters is less dangerous than deep-sea drilling? The pass the Obama Administration gave BP's permits a week before the explosion? BP and the US government have both screwed up royally, but I'm not sure "greed" is the answer. Besides, how is a British company "corporate America?"

I'd say we're not seeing the concerts because most of those who put media-based benefits together are liberals and we have a liberal in the White House who has said he takes "full responsibility" for the spill - while he commences to do ... nothing. He hasn't helped Gov. Jindal by opening EPA channels or other agencies to get support to LA.

Obama has failed to speak with the CEO of BP. This is unconscionable. If someone were crapping all over your yard, you'd certainly talk to them about cleaning up your yard and not blithely expect them to do right by you. Having concerts to help the Gulf Coast clean-up and economy would be a blatant acknowledgement that their chosen one clearly isn't The One and aside from James Carville, I'm not sure they're ready to do that.

Sigh.  Thankfully I'm not the only conservative who's thinking about it.  Check out these fine examples:

I'm very impressed with Another Black Conservative's piece discussing the oil spill.  ABC puts it all together and remembers the details the MSM fails to remember.

There's a hilarious new blog called "Barack Obama's Oil Spill."  It's along the lines of Barack Obama's Teleprompter Blog, and brilliantly funny.

One of my new favorite haunts, Andrew Breitbart's Big Government, published an excellent piece by Andrew Mellon.  It's called "The Passion of Barack" and I think you'll enjoy it.

No Sheeples Here reminds us of what many on the Right knew going into the 2008 elections, but was deliberately ignored (obviously) by the majority of voters and why Obama's completely out of his element in dealing with the Gulf oil spill.

Keep your eyes open, because No Sheeples Here is our guest blogger later this week.

~ G