On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Lots of people are trashing the president for not taking over the > resolution of the oil spill from BP. Many of these people were > trashing the president not long ago foe interfering too much in > business. So, can some of you explain to me whether they are > justified in their desire for him to take action now, or just > hypocrites who will use any excuse to trash the man? > Depends on who you are talking about: - Some people simply want to blame Obama for anything and everything - Some people legitimately think the government should have taken over right away, and could have done a better job - Some feel that this is BP's mess and they should clean it up. There is another category of people who simply feel helpless, sick and angry about what is happening to the environment. They realize the importance in 2010 America of offshore drilling, and they recognize the dangers. They know that the government can't work miracles by swooping in and cleaning up a disaster that, apparently, no one in the country has any real idea bout how to stop. But their feeling of restless anger generally means that blame has to fall somewhere...even somewhere not necessarily deserved....and that place more times than not, is the office of the President. I'm still in category 3...but I can certainly understand people who've already moved into that last category. -- The suburbs have no charms to soothe The restless dream of youth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319591 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
