Oil and Leadership

In my opinion, everyone would agree that the current situation in the Gulf of Mexico is an enormous disaster, and many will agree that the situation in Washington D.C. is a disaster as well. The Nation is now getting a first hand account of what happens when an unqualified liberal community organizer takes over as President of the United States of America. This Presidency was a disaster before oil started washing up on the shores of the Gulf States, the only difference is now more people realize it.

Throughout the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, Obama has shown everyone how a politician/community organizer, with no experience as an executive, reacts to a real emergency. It took over a week before the Obama administration even said anything about this situation, let alone respond to it. In the first few weeks of the crisis our Commander in Chief found time to vacation in Chicago over Memorial Day, entertain sports teams at the White House, and even attend private concerts. It was not until several weeks into the crisis, when Obama was watching his poll numbers plummet, that he finally started to act like he was concerned.

Soon after the oil slicks started to form, the Dutch Government offered the use of ships equipped to skim oil off the surface. Not only did Obama not allow the Dutch to assist us, he did not even allow the Governor of Louisiana to build protective sand barriers help stop the flow of oil onto his shores! Every time there is a great disaster somewhere in the world, whether it is a earthquake, tsunami, or flood, the United States is always there offering aid and assistance. What is happening in the Gulf of Mexico is a disaster. Why has Obama not suspended the "Jones Act" to allow foreign flag vessels to assist with the clean-up in the Gulf. Why would it be wrong for Obama to plead for assistance from the rest of the world? If other countries have technology and equipment to help us, we should be using it. The most likely reason that Obama has not suspended the "Jones Act" to assist in the Gulf clean-up has to do with his relationship with Labor Unions. The big Labor Unions would not want foreign governments assisting with in the Gulf because union jobs could be lost. We all know that Obama and the Democrat Party is in bed with big labor, which explains why Obama will not suspend the "Jones Act".

Besides the failures of the Obama administration, we have an apparent disappearance of key cabinet personnel. The Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has been absent to a point they should be considering putting out an APB to see where she is at. For those of you that don't know, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is one of the agencies under the direction Napolitano. I would think that FEMA would play a large role in this disaster, and therefore Napolitano should be directly involved. In addition, has anyone heard from Ken Salazar lately? You know, Ken Salazar, the Secretary of the Interior. Clearly both Napolitano and Salazar should be involved in this incident, but both are being hidden from the American people so we won't see how incompetent they both are. Instead, Obama throws Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen out in front of the crisis, to protect the inept Napolitano and Salazar. I wonder if the fact that Admiral Thad Allen could be near the end of his career has anything to do with his selection to command the response of a disaster that has been mishandled by the Obama administration from the word go.

What our Nation needs right now is a leader, not a liberal ideologue with no management or executive experience. We need a Commander in Chief, not an Activist in Chief.