President "you" and BP - how would you handle it?

[UberNeuman]

You're the current President of the U.S.A - and now have a off coast oil spill - how would you handle it?

\pop quiz, hot shot...

 

[CanOWorms]

Force them to pay. The British government's interference would be deemed unacceptable. Missile strikes on key infrastructure, without loss to life, would occur as an initial warning to set them in their place.

 

[Perknose]

I'd accuse myself of being born in Kenya, buy a boatload of assault weapons with which to defend myself against myself, lead a coup against my own government, install one of my rabid critics here in the oval office, and call it a day.

Surely they have the answers, no?

 

[UberNeuman]

Force them to pay. The British government's interference would be deemed unacceptable. Missile strikes on key infrastructure, without loss to life, would occur as an initial warning to set them in their place.

Wrong...

 

[UberNeuman]

I'd accuse myself of being born in Kenya, buy a boatload of assault weapons with which to defend myself against myself, lead a coup against my own government, install one of my rabid critics here in the oval office, and call it a day.

Surely they have the answers, no?

Just looking forward to the answers that the brain trust seem to have over this.....

 

[LostPassword]

let bp pay, and let britian bail out their company if it goes bankrupt

 

[Sclamoz]

I would create a giant pump similar to the junk shot, only instead of using garbage or drilling mud it would shoot BP executives into the well until it was plugged.

 

[UberNeuman]

let bp pay, and let britian bail out their company if it goes bankrupt

no, no, no..... The President of the Untied States has to do something more as that's not good enough....

Rightwingers! Here's you're chance to do it better.....

\or keep whining....

 

[Slew Foot]

Id raise taxes and pay people not to work.

 

[UberNeuman]

Id raise taxes and pay people not to work.

Like Reagan and Bush 1?

\sorry sport - that's not the topic...

FIX THE OIL SPILL, Slew Foot - how do you achive this?

 

[Infohawk]

Force them to pay. The British government's interference would be deemed unacceptable. Missile strikes on key infrastructure, without loss to life, would occur as an initial warning to set them in their place.

Yeah because a military attack on a sovereign nation in response to a multinational corporation's negligence is something a sane president would do.

 

[Slew Foot]

Like Reagan and Bush 1?

\sorry sport - that's not the topic...

FIX THE OIL SPILL, Slew Foot - how do you achive this?

Im doing the same thing the President is doing.
Except im not playing golf and having ice cream photo ops.

 

[UberNeuman]

Im doing the same thing the President is doing.
Except im not playing golf and having ice cream photo ops.

Do better sir - share what you could do if you are President...

What steps would you have taken?

 

[epidemis]

With a nuclear bomb

 

[UberNeuman]

With a nuclear bomb

Has that been proven effective, other that the report from Pravda?

 

[CanOWorms]

Yeah because a military attack on a sovereign nation in response to a multinational corporation's negligence is something a sane president would do.

I didn't claim that it would be in response to the corporation's negligence. It would be in response to the British government's interference in the relationship between the US and BP. However, one could argue that it's irrelevant because BP has taken over the British government and is using them as its servants.

 

[Danube]

The Danes, Russians etc have all had experience with offshore leaks and we should consult with them and use what they used.

Obama could override stupid union protection rules blocking international help in 3 minutes (but he didn't).

Obama could have moved Army Corps of Engineers into high gear to help with protection of marshes, beaches etc but he didn't.

Obama could have marshaled volunteers to help with spill but he didn't (people would have come from around the globe)

Obama could have kept BP focused on ending the spill but attacking BP criminally in midst of crisis just threw BP into CYA mode.

Obama hung Jindal out to dry when he could have helped (but oooohhhh golf was more important)

Those are just for a start. The response to the spill could be 100% better than what it has been

 

[cubby1223]

So this is a troll thread, eh?

I would begin with the top kill method and make sure that all the "progressives" of this country, UberNeuman first, are slipped in with the drilling mud as it gets pumped down to the bottom of the gulf.

Once all the roadblocks to action are removed from the equation, the real cleanup work can finally begin.

 

[cubby1223]

I think Neuman's real name is Chris Crocker... "Leave Obama Alone!!!!!"

 

[herm0016]

The Danes, Russians etc have all had experience with offshore leaks and we should consult with them and use what they used.

Obama could override stupid union protection rules blocking international help in 3 minutes (but he didn't).

Obama could have moved Army Corps of Engineers into high gear to help with protection of marshes, beaches etc but he didn't.

Obama could have marshaled volunteers to help with spill but he didn't (people would have come from around the globe)

Obama could have kept BP focused on ending the spill but attacking BP criminally in midst of crisis just threw BP into CYA mode.

Obama hung Jindal out to dry when he could have helped (but oooohhhh golf was more important)

Those are just for a start. The response to the spill could be 100% better than what it has been

what he said

 

[rudder]

no, no, no..... The President of the Untied States has to do something more as that's not good enough....

Rightwingers! Here's you're chance to do it better.....

\or keep whining....

I will answer. But first I need a detailed list of the resources at my disposal along with a list of where each resource is located at currently. Please provide man power number along with National guard mobilization details (time, numbers, billeting, etc).

I need contact information from various Federal departments and need to know what resources/manpower they can immediately allocate. I also need detailed information on their current projects and if they can be put aside (i.e., EPA personnel, Fish and Wildlife Service, etc)

Can you also schedule a meeting which would include myself and the Governors of Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida?

I would also need to know if this girl is available to help:

http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/03/genius-21-year-old-offers-oil-crisis-solution/


obama has all this at his disposal. I do not. I could come up with a plan but without all the details... it would be just a guess.

 

[Linflas]

One thing I would have done from day 1 is to issue an executive order suspending the Jones Act for the duration of the cleanup, another suspending the requirement for environmental impact statements for actions taken by state governments to mitigate/prevent damage to their shorelines. I would also lay off the political slamming BP until I had concrete evidence in hand that they did something outrageous or obviously negligent that caused the spill in the first place. I would have also set up a direct communication system between the governors of the affected states and the executive branch.

 

[rchiu]

1) Take BP off the cleaning effort
2) Hire the best oil industry consultant to form a team to formulate strategy to stop the leak and the plan for the clean up
3) Get the military to provide man power and equipment to do the job
4) Bill BP for all the effort
5) Fvcking don't involve politics like try and sell political agenda like cap and trade. Deal with the emergency at hand first and not use the disaster for political gain.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Monday morning quarterbacking, FTL.

Until the well is capped, this is all ""pissin' in the GoM"".

Going forward -----> remote-controlled shut-off valves and in-place relief wells (kinda like the Rest of the World, huh?)

Since our "Gov't is made of Laws" I'm a leetle leery in imposing legal provisions that concentrate considerable power in our 'chief executive' to spank the private sector without judicial oversight.

There should be, however, more effective administrative/legal/criminal/civil procedures to squeeze the balls of BP to 'make this right'.




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[SP33Demon]

1) Take BP off the cleaning effort
2) Hire the best oil industry consultant to form a team to formulate strategy to stop the leak and the plan for the clean up
3) Get the military to provide man power and equipment to do the job
4) Bill BP for all the effort
5) Fvcking don't involve politics like try and sell political agenda like cap and trade. Deal with the emergency at hand first and not use the disaster for political gain.

This, and then make BP pay for R&D for new battery and solar technology conducted at our fine Ivy League Universities. They will pay indefinitely until a new viable solution to oil has been discovered.