I know tonight will probably be all BP/BS all the time - as it should be. But, there is BIG local news in these parts I'm going to share plus a couple "this day in history" items. I'll anxiously await to hear if one of President Obama's ideas includes the following.
Now, the big "local" news of which I spoke above will mean little to most of y'all if you haven't driven around Cincinnati, OH as many times as I have in my life. Jesus has been struck by lightening! Contrary to what you might read in that story or others, this IS NOT "touch down Jesus"; this is big butter Jesus!
One of today's "this day in history" items is a birthday where I get to bring out THE cake - YAHOO! Am I mean to enjoy this entirely too much? ;D Governor Bob McDonnell (Bat$hit - VA) is 56 today. Governor, for your oh - so "enlightened" view of women, your romanticized view of Civil War history, and surrounding yourself with advisers who just might be MORE BAT$HIT than you, I invite you to dive into this tasty treat with the invitation to GO CHENEY YOURSELF!
As a "Hoosier," I note this next item with pride (or something!) just oozing outta me (?)! On this date in 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle erroneously instructed a Trenton, N.J., elementary school student to spell potato as "potatoe" during a spelling bee. However, as I've said before, and I'll repeat again, I nominate Dan Quayle for MENSA because, apparently, THIS is enough to qualify to be VP.
Let's Countdown - 57 days since the explosion & sinking of the Deepwater Horizon off - shore oil facility in the Gulf of Mexico.
#5 "Presidential Address" - President Obama has to talk with his hands, doesn’t he. ;D He mentioned the 11 workers who died & those who were injured – good. Dumb question, but if we didn’t have the technology to fix a spill of this nature, why were companies allowed to drill so deeply & so far away?
We got ideas from oil companies? Great... Our country is going to be fighting this oil & its effects for YEARS. The federal government’s been in charge of the clean – up efforts? I thought BP/BS was in charge. All that boom material has been laid out, but a whole mess of it apparently hasn’t been laid out correctly. President Obama’s talking about the emotional toll this spill is having on people who make their livings from the water – GOOD! President Obama is going to tell Tony Hayward to set up an independent account for damage claims from businesses & others! GET IT IN WRITING! The Secretary of the Navy has been asked to develop a long – term recovery plan for the Gulf Coast; again, President Obama claims BP/BS will pay for it. A commission has been put in place to figure out exactly what went wrong at Deepwater Horizon & how to prevent another Deepwater Horizon from happening again; the 6 – month moratorium on deep off – shore drilling stands. The MMS got SMACKED DOWN! HELLO?! President Obama & Secretary Ken Salazar have named a new head of the MMS – new blood with no apparent ties or obligations to big oil! I’ve heard the stat President Obama talked about so many times, but it never ceases to amaze me. Our country uses 20% of the world’s oil supply; our "contribution" to that supply is 2%.
President Obama seems good & ready to develop new clean energy sources; he needs to get over to Congress & do a little of THIS!
The House has already passed an energy bill; the bill is now where all legislation goes to die. ;D President Obama’s reference to the production ramp up in WWII was GOOD! We get a tag team of Tweety & Howard Fineman to respond to what President Obama had to say. It seems like Keith & Tweety wanted a few more details. Howard doesn’t think President Obama was specific enough either. Were people expecting a speech heavy in detail? I wasn’t. I can agree with Howard in the respect that President Obama didn’t acknowledge enough his role & his administration’s role in being too slow to get off the MMS corruption pot; after the previous 8 years with 2 oil men in charge of our nation, he should’ve known better. Tweety doesn’t feel like President Obama asserted control sufficiently enough. Uh – oh...Keith said a dirty word – sort of!
"BP Oil Leak: Day 57" - Oil collection had to be stopped today because of a lightning strike. Oil execs from the biggest oil companies (minus BP/BS) appeared before a Congressional committee today. Rep. Ed Markey’s been a busy guy today. HEY! I know why BP/BS mentioned walruses in their "clean – up plans!" John Lennon was the walrus – and a Brit!
IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!! ;D OOPS! My bad...the American rep for BP/BS, Bob McCay, was there today & would not apologize for low balling the spill rates. The rep from ExxonMobile admitted the industry is not prepared & was not prepared for a disaster of the Deepwater Horizon nature. File that under "No $hit, Sherlock!" Rep. Markey is looking for humility from BP/BS. Honey, you might be waiting awhile. A couple of Congress critters on the committee today asked for Mr. McCay’s resignation; yea, that request will get REAL far.
All the big oil companies had THE EXACT SAME disaster plan. The climate/energy bill passed the House in June of last year. OK, can we get a Constitutional convention together to rework the part that mentions THE SENATE? ‘Cause what’s in there now ain’t workin’!!
"BP/BS Response: We Share Goal of Stopping Leak..." - Responders are getting sick, and BP/BS is apparently not letting workers wear protective gear because it looks bad on the television machine. Doctors have given the illness that is popping up among cleanup workers a name – TILT (Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance). Marylee Orr has first – hand knowledge of the health effects of this spill not only on workers but residents of the area. Workers were told to get rid of safety equipment they brought with them or lose their jobs?
CLASSY! Wow, a New York Congress critter compared what the workers are being exposed to down at the Gulf to what rescue workers encountered at Ground Zero.
** LAWRENCE O’DONNELL IS GETTING HIS OWN GIG AT MSNBC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ** Now, if we could just get rid of Joe...
WPITW – Lonesome Rhodes is calling President Obama racist AGAIN! A nominee for Congress in New Mexico wants land mines along the border. HEY!!!! KEITH GOT INTO MY DIARY DRAFT AGAIN – THIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D