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		<title>By: griff</title>
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		<dc:creator>griff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly why the states shouldn&#039;t be reliant on the federal bureaucracy, which has been proven time and again to be tortoise-slow and woefully incompetent.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Exactly why the states shouldn&#8217;t be reliant on the federal bureaucracy, which has been proven time and again to be tortoise-slow and woefully incompetent.</p>
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		<title>By: Almandine</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/27503/comment-page-1#comment-66601</link>
		<dc:creator>Almandine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dontcha luv it?

http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/21/white-house-says-obamas-golf-outings-do-us-all-good/]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dontcha luv it?</p>
<p><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/21/white-house-says-obamas-golf-outings-do-us-all-good/" rel="nofollow">http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/21/white-house-says-obamas-golf-outings-do-us-all-good/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Almandine</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/27503/comment-page-1#comment-66599</link>
		<dc:creator>Almandine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find it interesting that 2 Florida counties sent reps to the Coast Guard oil spill command center so that they could get both information and the help they needed to work on their own local oil spill fallout. What happened thereafter? A command center rep was dispatched to their locations to provide previously lacking communication and coordination. That sounds to me like not much gets done without becoming the &quot;squeaky wheel&quot;. Why are there not more such coordinators, given the breadth of the porblem and the number of so-called &quot;fixers&quot; the administration has put in place? Why is there not a better comand and control structure in place? Why are individual states, communities, and citizens being shunned in making a positive difference? Why are the many clean-up &quot;solutions&quot; that have been profferred been turned away untested?

It all sounds much like the situation in Afghhanistan, as described by Gen. McChrystal in Rolling Stone Mag, where the big O has been - and is - woefully out of touch with the events on the ground and the implications of all the machinations of his top policy makers. 

It is true that the oil spill will likely continue until the relief wells have been put in service, but the attitude of our organizer-in-chief seems pretty cavalier to me, as if the widespread realization that nothing can be done to staunch the flow provides exactly the political cover he needs to escape responsibility for the leadership necessary to overcome the disaster. Fore!

Securing $20B to keep people fed ain&#039;t enough.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find it interesting that 2 Florida counties sent reps to the Coast Guard oil spill command center so that they could get both information and the help they needed to work on their own local oil spill fallout. What happened thereafter? A command center rep was dispatched to their locations to provide previously lacking communication and coordination. That sounds to me like not much gets done without becoming the &#8220;squeaky wheel&#8221;. Why are there not more such coordinators, given the breadth of the porblem and the number of so-called &#8220;fixers&#8221; the administration has put in place? Why is there not a better comand and control structure in place? Why are individual states, communities, and citizens being shunned in making a positive difference? Why are the many clean-up &#8220;solutions&#8221; that have been profferred been turned away untested?</p>
<p>It all sounds much like the situation in Afghhanistan, as described by Gen. McChrystal in Rolling Stone Mag, where the big O has been &#8211; and is &#8211; woefully out of touch with the events on the ground and the implications of all the machinations of his top policy makers. </p>
<p>It is true that the oil spill will likely continue until the relief wells have been put in service, but the attitude of our organizer-in-chief seems pretty cavalier to me, as if the widespread realization that nothing can be done to staunch the flow provides exactly the political cover he needs to escape responsibility for the leadership necessary to overcome the disaster. Fore!</p>
<p>Securing $20B to keep people fed ain&#8217;t enough.</p>
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		<title>By: griff</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/27503/comment-page-1#comment-66556</link>
		<dc:creator>griff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aside from Obama&#039;s failure to allow foreign assets to assist, on this rarest of occasions I&#039;ll have to agree with you, GL. Although Obama does walk on water, he hasn&#039;t quite gotten around to walking on the ocean floor yet. Maybe next election, yes?

Of course, that argument could also be made for much of what the government does these days.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aside from Obama&#8217;s failure to allow foreign assets to assist, on this rarest of occasions I&#8217;ll have to agree with you, GL. Although Obama does walk on water, he hasn&#8217;t quite gotten around to walking on the ocean floor yet. Maybe next election, yes?</p>
<p>Of course, that argument could also be made for much of what the government does these days.</p>
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		<title>By: Guardhouse lawyer</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/27503/comment-page-1#comment-66553</link>
		<dc:creator>Guardhouse lawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I keep asking:

WHAT THE F**K do you want Obama to do?  If you think he is not doing the right things, tell us what you would do in his place?

There are something like 1500 vessels out there doing various types of cleanup.  BP is hiring people to clean the s**t off the beaches.  People are mobilizing to do whatever they can at the local level.  But what can the Feds do?

If you know so damned much tell us what you would do.  I am sick and tired of people sitting there saying, “But there are many things that he could do.”  WHAT things?  If you know there are things that the government could be doing, don&#039;t keep us in suspense, tell us what they are.  

And then there&#039;s this:

&quot;Obama has spent too much time criticizing BP and not enough using the government’s vast resources to stop the leaking oil.&quot;

What resources? Tell us what Government resources are available but are not  being used or are being under-utilized? What expertise does the Federal Government have that can put a plug in a hole a mile under the surface, particularly when there is oil and gas spewing out at 10000 psi?  

All of these people are so quick to criticize, but words don&#039;t mean a damned thing if they don&#039;t stop that leak and clean up the environment.  Talk is cheap and cheap shots are clearly in season.

All of you, ALL OF YOU! know that the US does not have any resources or expertize that can be used to stop that oil from leaking, but it is so damned easy to say it&#039;s all the current Administration&#039;s fault.  And it&#039;s so damned incorrect.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I keep asking:</p>
<p>WHAT THE F**K do you want Obama to do?  If you think he is not doing the right things, tell us what you would do in his place?</p>
<p>There are something like 1500 vessels out there doing various types of cleanup.  BP is hiring people to clean the s**t off the beaches.  People are mobilizing to do whatever they can at the local level.  But what can the Feds do?</p>
<p>If you know so damned much tell us what you would do.  I am sick and tired of people sitting there saying, “But there are many things that he could do.”  WHAT things?  If you know there are things that the government could be doing, don&#8217;t keep us in suspense, tell us what they are.  </p>
<p>And then there&#8217;s this:</p>
<p>&#8220;Obama has spent too much time criticizing BP and not enough using the government’s vast resources to stop the leaking oil.&#8221;</p>
<p>What resources? Tell us what Government resources are available but are not  being used or are being under-utilized? What expertise does the Federal Government have that can put a plug in a hole a mile under the surface, particularly when there is oil and gas spewing out at 10000 psi?  </p>
<p>All of these people are so quick to criticize, but words don&#8217;t mean a damned thing if they don&#8217;t stop that leak and clean up the environment.  Talk is cheap and cheap shots are clearly in season.</p>
<p>All of you, ALL OF YOU! know that the US does not have any resources or expertize that can be used to stop that oil from leaking, but it is so damned easy to say it&#8217;s all the current Administration&#8217;s fault.  And it&#8217;s so damned incorrect.</p>
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		<title>By: paulb6</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/27503/comment-page-1#comment-66545</link>
		<dc:creator>paulb6</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your drugs are saying you don&#039;t drive a car, the corporate greed that any company in the US has used in the last 10 years has been made to look like penneys compared to your potus who rams thru the health bill that the public did not want by 78%, and now wants cap &amp; trade and illegals made into citizens. Who would you rather have, mr liberal Obama lover?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your drugs are saying you don&#8217;t drive a car, the corporate greed that any company in the US has used in the last 10 years has been made to look like penneys compared to your potus who rams thru the health bill that the public did not want by 78%, and now wants cap &amp; trade and illegals made into citizens. Who would you rather have, mr liberal Obama lover?</p>
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		<title>By: Amy</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/27503/comment-page-1#comment-66534</link>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guardhouse lawyer, that comment stuck out to me as well.  This oil spill was the culmination of YEARS of failure to lead, not months  Barton&#039;s apology, while receiving less than a third from BP than BO, just goes to show whose allegiance lies where.

The Republicans want Obama to do nothing while doing everything; it&#039;s amazing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guardhouse lawyer, that comment stuck out to me as well.  This oil spill was the culmination of YEARS of failure to lead, not months  Barton&#8217;s apology, while receiving less than a third from BP than BO, just goes to show whose allegiance lies where.</p>
<p>The Republicans want Obama to do nothing while doing everything; it&#8217;s amazing.</p>
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		<title>By: Pondering It All</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/27503/comment-page-1#comment-66530</link>
		<dc:creator>Pondering It All</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suppose you could call it &quot;advancing their own agenda&quot;, in the same sense that somebody trying to saw the tree limb they are sitting on has an agenda...

Every time I read a Tea Party candidate&#039;s statement of solidarity with BP, I crack up!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suppose you could call it &#8220;advancing their own agenda&#8221;, in the same sense that somebody trying to saw the tree limb they are sitting on has an agenda&#8230;</p>
<p>Every time I read a Tea Party candidate&#8217;s statement of solidarity with BP, I crack up!</p>
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		<title>By: griff</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/27503/comment-page-1#comment-66529</link>
		<dc:creator>griff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And who doesn&#039;t use the endless parade of crises to advance their agenda?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And who doesn&#8217;t use the endless parade of crises to advance their agenda?</p>
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		<title>By: Guardhouse lawyer</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/27503/comment-page-1#comment-66517</link>
		<dc:creator>Guardhouse lawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Said of the President:

“This crisis has been a case study in failure to lead, failure to act, and using a crisis to advance your own agenda rather than solve the problem.”

What sort of drugs is that guy taking?  This crisis is a case study of corporate greed and of a whole host of willing politicians who, over the past 10 years, have given free rein to profits at the expense of the environment in exchange for campaign dollars.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Said of the President:</p>
<p>“This crisis has been a case study in failure to lead, failure to act, and using a crisis to advance your own agenda rather than solve the problem.”</p>
<p>What sort of drugs is that guy taking?  This crisis is a case study of corporate greed and of a whole host of willing politicians who, over the past 10 years, have given free rein to profits at the expense of the environment in exchange for campaign dollars.</p>
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