Vularity does not equal passion

Now Artistry, you know we didn't want 8 more years of Bush! We wanted something different and that's why Obama was elected. I wish him the best and like you, hope he has a wonderful life after the presidency but I think he is very misguided and has no idea how to run a business, let alone a country. Of course, lots of presidents have had that problem but they surrounded themselves with people who DID know how to do it. Mr. Obama doesn't have good people around him and so we have a lot of things wrong. I don't think he is a bad man, he just wants this country to go places that we don't want to go. We'll agree to disagree about this president, ok? And when he does something great, I'll be the first one to praise him.

...Heyyy, I like the man, how ever it works out, but it's clear in some peopke's minds he can do no right. He and his people who you say can't run a business have kept the country out of a depression and the economy was slowly coming back but the hot air of complaining keeps on coming. Enjoy and certainly we can agree to disagree, but the writing is or was already on the wall for most of those who talk the same old game. Take it easy. Oh yes, he already did something great, but you keep looking. "o) I am sure you'll be hard pressed to find it.

artistry you are so right... I am very hard pressed to find anything great that Obummer has done in his presidency.

I did not give Biden a pass on the F word, I thought that was inexcusable and showed what a clueless, ill-bred idiot he was. And he said it in front of the child that was at the signing! It was inexcusable. I'm criticizing Mr. Obama because he didn't seem to be saying it out of a sense of outrage but was reacting to recent criticism that he fails to show any emotion, whatever the circumstances. I don't mind him not showing his feelings, I don't think we should have a weepy Willy in the WH nor do I want a cheerleader. I just want someone honest. If he is emotionless and analytical, fine. Just don't pretend to be so by using vulgar language. I will admit that he can't seem to please anyone lately. And I think if he'd stop the blame game and accept some responsibility for things it would help--but this leak was not his fault other than he gave BP a pass on safety inspections twice. I'd cite the articles that I read 2 weeks ago but they seem to have disappeared, which is not unusual for stuff like that during the past year or so.

Oh this is definately a nightmare for Obama. And a lot of others including BP. There is PLENTY of blame to go around on what and who caused it. But I think most of the fustratio right now is over NOT being able to stop it. Obama can't really do much about stoppping the leak and BP does not seem to be able to stop it...so the situation just keep getting worse and worse.

lilwonders, Whiteheather pointed out in a few discussions that there is a United Arab Emirate team that offered to come and help 2 weeks ago with expertise, experience and equipment. Their offer has received no reply even though their passports are in order, equipment is ready to ship and they are waiting for our permission. Someone is choosing to stand by and look helpless.

omg I didnt know this. I will start ooking for the info. The more people who know, the more pressure we can out on Washington. At this point it is time to swallow your pride and do whats right!

laglen here is the is what dragon 54u is referring to: This is a disgrace especially when I read the following article DATED MAY 29,2010 ABU DHABI // A UAE team of oil spill experts with $1 million worth of equipment is on standby, ready to head to the US to assist in the clean up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. “Everyone and everything is ready. We are just waiting for that one phone call,” said Craig Buckingham, the leader of the Crisis Management Team overseen by the Supreme Petroleum Council and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). Speaking yesterday at the Crisis Management Center in Abu Dhabi, Mr Buckingham broke down the team’s track record, which included successful oil spill clean up operations in Lebanon and Egypt, and the equipment and expertise that will be heading to the US. “A team of 30 people, six Emiratis and the rest from Egypt, Sudan, Algeria and the Philippines, all fully trained in oil spill response, have cancelled all their plans and leave in preparation for the trip to Louisiana,” he said. Every member of the team has on-site expertise, besides their own specialisations in marine engineering, chemistry, environmental studies and IT. “This will be a great chance for us, the UAE, to show how we can help in international disasters and that we have what it takes,” said Ayedh al Masaabi, 28, an Emirati marine engineer. If the call comes, he said, “I would be heading to the waters itself as well as overseeing the co-ordination of our team with the rest of the teams there ... We are ready to get our hands dirty in the effort to save the environment and the livelihood of the people affected by the oil spill.” Besides its skilled manpower, the UAE is offering the latest technology to tackle oil spills of this scale. Four skimmers, recovery units that suck out the oil, 2,000 metres of onshore boom and 400 metres of offshore boom, as well as two helicopter spray pots to disperse chemicals, are waiting to be mobilised. “We have been in direct touch with the US authorities, and have presented all our documents and passports to the US embassy. Now we are just hoping we will get the chance to learn and help in the clean up in one of history’s worst oil spills,” said Mr Buckingham THAT IS 8 DAYS AGO!! http://www.thenational.ae. 01 JUNE 2010: This is from Coast Guard official Thad Allen, who is in charge of the government’s efforts, told reporters that skimmers to help siphon the oil off the surface of the water are most needed now. “We are looking at offers of foreign assistance, we are actually reaching out to foreign governments,” Allen said. “Some of the equipment that is most valuable to us right now is skimming equipment. There are different types of skimmers. Some of the inventories are present in other countries,” he said. http://coastalcare.org/20. IMO our government need to gets their arses in gear and get something done... asking for help by then not bother to take it when it is offered.

Whiteheather posted a couple times about UAE (United Arab Emirates) team that has been ready to come here after making their offer of help 2 weeks ago. These people are experts and have the knowledge and equipment to help us clean it up quickly. So far, they've had no reply or invitation from our government. So the blame game can still be played. This administration refuses to take responsibility for anything unless it's something positive.

dragon54u I posted that information again with the pertinent links as a comment to response # 3. He is another interesting article where help is refused: MYRTLE GROVE, Louisiana // Ever since a BP-contracted oil rig blew up in the Gulf of Mexico six weeks ago, Kenneth Chauvin has driven hundreds of miles around the ports and hamlets of the Louisiana coast looking for clean-up work. Far from Washington, where the main talking point on Tuesday was the opening of a criminal investigation into BP, Mr Chauvin was yet again on his quest for employment. He had already completed a four-hour class offered by BP and was issued a yellow card to prove he was certified to work in clean-up operations. But he had yet to receive a call from BP. “I filled out all the application forms and they said they would call, but they haven’t,” said Mr Chauvin, 51, who had his own contracting business but found little work in the home construction industry in recent months. “BP says it’s only giving the work to local people. Well, we’re from New Orleans and we’ve seen them shipping people in from northern Louisiana to do this work,” he said. “We leave the house at 6am every day to drive around but so far, we’ve gotten nothing,” said Mike Raybourn, 45, who is Mr Chauvin’s colleague. As these men were speaking, they were looking at workers setting booms on the dockside for loading on to boats at Myrtle Grove, a small marina in the Mississippi River delta, south of New Orleans. It was only because they had yet to find employment with BP that they felt comfortable speaking with a reporter. BP workers at Myrtle Grove declined to be interviewed, following BP’s strict policy of no interaction with the media that is enforced across the oil spill crisis zone in southern Louisiana. http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100603/FOREIGN/706029899/1014

This whole thing is SO screwed up! Everyone has their own interest at heart and the hell with the ocean and wetlands and the people who are losing their livelihood!

I would tend to agree, given what everyone else has said (I may have blown this language thing out of proportion) but look up UAE team (United Arab Emirates) and you'll find they've been waiting 2 weeks for permission to bring in experts and equipment to clean this mess up and stop the leak. And that's why I doubted Mr. Obama's sincerity and objected to the language that was probably an act knowing the help that he has not taken advantage of. If I'm wrong on the UAE team or there is false reporting, I'll be glad to eat crow.

Mr. Obama has surrounded himself with people who are inept and inexperienced, Hatley. His Chicago friends make up his closest advisors, none of whom has any practical adult life experience and when he listens to them--as in this case--he looks like a fool. I don't know what he is really like; his public face is only what his advisors tell him to present but I would prefer and probably like much better the way he really is. This little stunt came off as artificial and demeaning and insulted the office he holds. His advisors think we are stupid--I don't know if he does or not, we never get to see the real Obama. We are not that stupid. Naive, yes, for after all, people voted him in. But not stupid enough for us all to fall for such a cheap publicity stunt.

I think the president--and all people in the public eye--should set an example that they would want their children to follow. It just isn't presidential and it was phony because he's been goaded to show some sort of emotional reaction. My gripe isn't so much with the word but the motivation behind it. If he truly meant it I might be more forgiving.

I'm sure it would have been. Mr. Obama needs to stop letting people goad him into action and start thinking for himself.

If Matt Lauer had not used the statement the President's reply would have been different.