I have been suspicious of the Administrations response to the Gulf Oil disaster since day one. They were slow to respond, and then only with words. Aside from the Coast Guard being in charge, as is mandated by law, the Government has done nothing towards mitigating the damages or cleaning up the mess.
But last week Obama let slip the motivation for his inaction. During a Press Briefing he made a point to state that the spill is an example of why we need to implement a carbon tax system to push us towards clean energy.
Oh, that connects the dots. Remember when Rahm Emanuel said you never want to let a serious crisis go to waste? Well it appears that the Administration is putting that philosophy into action.
Yes, mustn’t let this disaster go to waste. The Administration will use it to revive Cap and Trade. Yes my friends, Cap and Trade was DOA before this disaster. Now Obama has his perfect impetus to enact Cap and Trade. And the magnitude of this disaster will convince the average American of that. The disaster has created the political and public environment to push for Cap and Trade. Mark my words, Cap and Trade will be resurrected, and probably passed.
Rather than focus on prevention and clean-up, the Administration sees this as an opportunity. The Gulf Oil Disaster is bad enough, but to use it as an excuse to further a political agenda is downright criminal.
It gets clearer as time goes by that Obama is not in charge of the Gulf Oil Disaster. It’s obvious that BP is calling all the shots. Who is guarding the beaches? Who is keeping the Media away from clean-up workers? Private Security hired by BP.
Why is the air-space over the spill restricted? In order to fly over the area one must get permission from BP. BP is now in control of our air-space? Since when did we cede sovereignty of our air-space to a foreign corporation? The only reason I can come up with is to hide the truth. No special air-space restriction is needed for the recovery, clean-up, or capping the well. The only real purpose that serves is to keep people from seeing what’s really going on in the Gulf.
BP’s efforts so far have been centered on preventing the full scale of this disaster to become known, and to protect their public image. Forcing the surviving platform workers to sign non-disclosure agreements was the first sign. The low-balling of the size of the leak was obviously a deliberate act by BP. Every expert who saw the size of the spill immediately concluded it was many times that size. But BP, the oil giant, can’t determine flow rates? Absurd. The excessive use of dispersants to keep the oil under water where it’s not visible was next. Then BP closed the air-space over the area. And now Private Security hired by BP is preventing the news media from interviewing workers, contrary to BP’s own statement of two days ago. They lie like a rug, and this video is the proof.
It’s clear to all but the most naive that BP is calling all the shots. Why? What power do they hold over the President of the United States? Obama’s talk about “kicking someone’s ass” are just “feel good” words. Politicians use words primarily to deceive. Obama can say whatever he wants, but I won’t believe any of it until I see him actually do something besides talk about this mess.
Why is he not ordering the use of the many clean-up methods that have been offered. That would be a decent place to start. I’ve seen two demonstrations of technology’s that work miracles compared to what is currently being employed, and no one has even responded to these offers. This is an “All Hands On Deck” situation and yet offers of help are being turned down. Why? What possible harm can it do to have more people and technology working to clean up the mess?
The astute observer has to know that there is much more to this disaster than meets the eye. The response from both BP and the Obama Administration are truly baffling. Unless you factor in some hidden agenda. Then it all makes sense. What that agenda is, and who’s behind it, will eventually be revealed. But I fear by that time the entire Gulf of Mexico will be a dead zone.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Conservative Biker has been informed by an inside source that BP is still intent on salvaging the well. This source also tells me that the Obama Administration has been hindering the clean-up efforts. And now I know why. My next post will reveal the Administrations strategy.
