rssObama: ‘We Will Fight This Spill With Everything We’ve Got’
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 8:18 pm
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President Obama speaks from the Oval Office on Tuesday evening. (White House photo)
Addressing the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, President Obama tonight laid out his plan to contain the oil spill and compensate people and businesses who have suffered from its effects.
Obama called the crisis “the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced” and “an epidemic, one that we will be fighting for months and even years.” He then outlined his “battle plan” to mitigate the ongoing oil leak.
[Environment1] It features three steps. The first is the cleanup effort along the Gulf coast. Obama emphasized that “from the very beginning of this crisis, the federal government has been in charge of the largest environmental cleanup effort in our nation’s history.”
The second is assistance to the coastal states. “Tomorrow,” Obama said, “I will meet with the chairman of BP and inform him that he is to set aside whatever resources are required to compensate the workers and business owners who have been harmed as a result of his company’s recklessness. And this fund will not be controlled by BP. In order to ensure that all legitimate claims are paid out in a fair and timely manner, the account must and will be administered by an independent, third party.”
Finally, there is the need to prevent future disasters along these lines. Part of that is a reassessment of the role of offshore drilling.
“A few months ago, I approved a proposal to consider new, limited offshore drilling under the assurance that it would be absolutely safe — that the proper technology would be in place and the necessary precautions would be taken,” Obama said. “That was obviously not the case on the Deepwater Horizon rig, and I want to know why. The American people deserve to know why.”
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Comment posted June 16, 2010 @ 1:30 pm
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unfortunately, Obama can't promise that all these problems will be solved “within a few days”, since
BP hasn't proposed NEW, BETTER AND FASTER SOLUTIONS, as clearly required by U.S. Coast Guard
but ONLY some NEW “PROMISES” to solve the problem more quickly… just another couple of months
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so, I've developed a new and BETTER “super cap” that can be built and installed in a couple of days
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read a description with the drawing of my new idea in my article latest update: http://bit.ly/c8y9GX
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the only other alternatives to my simple, cheap, fast to build and install proposal to fix the leak are:
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1. the (unknown) new “cap” ready for mid-july after 50,000,000 more gallons of oil spilled in the Gulf
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2. a drilling of the two relief wells finished in mid-august after 100,000,000 more gallons of oil spilled
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Comment posted June 19, 2010 @ 5:26 pm
CNN new poll–some ohis message got through:
68 percent of respondents want more regulation of the oil industry;
72 percent favor “Barack Obama's proposals to develop alternative sources of energy and reduce the amount of oil and other fossil fuels that are produced and used in this country”;
69 percent believe such plans will increase jobs.
Keep in mind that in general people aren't happy but when it comes to specifics, there's majority approval for these concrete steps being taken or rrecommended:
“Please tell me whether you approve or disapprove of each of the following actions by the federal government. . . .”
“Creating a fund of billions of dollars to compensate workers and businesses that have been affected by the oil spill that would be paid by BP but administered by a neutral party”
Approve 82
Disapprove 18
“Increasing the amount of federal regulation of the oil industry in this country”
Approve 68
Disapprove 31
“Changing the law so there is no limit to the amount of money BP must pay”
Approve 63
Disapprove 36
“Suspending all new drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico and other offshore sites for six months”
Approve 58
Disapprove 41
“Filing criminal charges against employees and executives at BP”
Approve 53
Disapprove 46
Comment posted July 28, 2010 @ 9:02 am
“Suspending all new drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico and other offshore sites for six months”
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