In what was defined as a "contentious" meeting with federal officials, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal said he wants priorities for the BP (NYSE:BP) oil spill cleanup to come from the bottom up, and not from the top down.
Jindal defined what he was talking about, saying, "What we suggest is that they allow each parish to come up with their own detailed plan, parish by parish."
Some of this came from the typical ineptness of the federal government and its multi-layered bureaucracy, which in the recent case of Tropical Storm Bonnie, evidently removed booms and other equipment used to fight oil far too soon before the storm hit the area, according to parish presidents.
This was where a lot of the contention in the meeting revolved around, that the local and regional people in the area now what's best for them, and not the federal government.
Jindal is right in his suggestion. Each region does know what's best for them, and they're the ones with everything at stake. That makes them think through their decisions and the reasons behind it much more efficiently, thoroughly and accurately, than their federal counterparts.
Federal government front man Thad Allen, evidently wouldn't have none of that, rather stating the many government agencies would cooperate closely and "jointly" work on cleaning up the coastal areas.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
BP (NYSE:BP): Jindal Declares State of Emergency as Bonnie Approaches Gulf
In light of the second named storm of the season, Tropical Storm Bonnie, heading toward the Gulf, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a State of Emergency, as fears mount much of the cleanup work done to this point in the region could be threatened.
Concerns are the tropical storm will become a hurricane, as warm waters can cause that to happen when they meet.
Either way, the drilling on the relief well will stop, and boats taken from the area for safety.
The threat isn't so much to the well, unless something happens which can't be monitored during the storm, which is highly unlikely, now that BP has been cleared to keep the containment cap on. More threatening is the potential damage it could do to the shorelines, where oil from the past storm, Alex, more than doubled along the shorelines after it left the area.
Wind direction is expected to come from the southeast and east, which would drive the oil right into the shoreline of Louisiana.
Concerns are the tropical storm will become a hurricane, as warm waters can cause that to happen when they meet.
Either way, the drilling on the relief well will stop, and boats taken from the area for safety.
The threat isn't so much to the well, unless something happens which can't be monitored during the storm, which is highly unlikely, now that BP has been cleared to keep the containment cap on. More threatening is the potential damage it could do to the shorelines, where oil from the past storm, Alex, more than doubled along the shorelines after it left the area.
Wind direction is expected to come from the southeast and east, which would drive the oil right into the shoreline of Louisiana.
Friday, June 18, 2010
BP (NYSE:BP): Coast Guard Orders Oil to be Left in Ocean
The Keystone Cops of the water, the U.S. Coast Guard, ordered barges sucking up oil from the BP (NYSE:BP) spill in the Gulf to stop, against the orders of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
"It's the most frustrating thing," Jindal said today in Buras, La. "Literally, yesterday morning we found out that they were halting all of these barges."
The idiotic reason for allowing the oil to permeate the area for a day when it could have been removed? The Keystone Water Cops said they had to confirm whether or not there were life vests located on the boats, as well as fire extinguishers.
Only a bunch of bureaucrats covering their cowardly rear-ends would even make that the priority as measured against the oil staining the waters and environment.
"The Coast Guard came and shut them down," Jindal said. "You got men on the barges in the oil, and they have been told by the Coast Guard, 'Cease and desist. Stop sucking up that oil.'"
Without the authority to overrule the Coast Guard, Jindal had to watch the oil spread across the Louisiana coast while the Keystones made phone calls to see if the life vests and fire extinguishers were on board. It took them over 24 hours for that difficult task of making a phone call, while the oil-extracting barges sat there doing nothing.
Gulf Governors are in agreement that there is absolutely no one in charge of the situation, and the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.
Alabama Governor Bob Riley said he has had problems with the Coast Guard as well, as when important decisions need to be made by them from their command center, other Federal Agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service weigh in and things are then stopped in their tracks.
It seems these latter two Federal agencies have been infiltrated with environmentalist, who even attempted to stop the berms being built to stop the oil from devastating the coast of Louisiana.
They will of course need to be investigated for potential crimes committed against the American people as they hinder, or stop in its tracks, the battle to keep the oil from doing more damage and removing it from the Gulf.
The implication is Obama and the Democrats are attempting to placate their special interest groups who supported them, and so at the expense of the Gulf of Mexico and the American people, are allowing them to do whatever they feel like doing, rather than battling to stop the oil spill and clean out the Gulf.
"It's the most frustrating thing," Jindal said today in Buras, La. "Literally, yesterday morning we found out that they were halting all of these barges."
The idiotic reason for allowing the oil to permeate the area for a day when it could have been removed? The Keystone Water Cops said they had to confirm whether or not there were life vests located on the boats, as well as fire extinguishers.
Only a bunch of bureaucrats covering their cowardly rear-ends would even make that the priority as measured against the oil staining the waters and environment.
"The Coast Guard came and shut them down," Jindal said. "You got men on the barges in the oil, and they have been told by the Coast Guard, 'Cease and desist. Stop sucking up that oil.'"
Without the authority to overrule the Coast Guard, Jindal had to watch the oil spread across the Louisiana coast while the Keystones made phone calls to see if the life vests and fire extinguishers were on board. It took them over 24 hours for that difficult task of making a phone call, while the oil-extracting barges sat there doing nothing.
Gulf Governors are in agreement that there is absolutely no one in charge of the situation, and the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.
Alabama Governor Bob Riley said he has had problems with the Coast Guard as well, as when important decisions need to be made by them from their command center, other Federal Agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service weigh in and things are then stopped in their tracks.
It seems these latter two Federal agencies have been infiltrated with environmentalist, who even attempted to stop the berms being built to stop the oil from devastating the coast of Louisiana.
They will of course need to be investigated for potential crimes committed against the American people as they hinder, or stop in its tracks, the battle to keep the oil from doing more damage and removing it from the Gulf.
The implication is Obama and the Democrats are attempting to placate their special interest groups who supported them, and so at the expense of the Gulf of Mexico and the American people, are allowing them to do whatever they feel like doing, rather than battling to stop the oil spill and clean out the Gulf.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Jindal and BP (NYSE:BP) Excuses from Obama
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is putting pressure on Barack Obama concerning BP (NYSE:BP) and their responsibility in helping pay for 24 barrier islands which would be used to protect the coastline of Louisiana from leaking Gulf oil.
The problem for Obama is he has said a lot of talk and rhetoric concerning BP in an attempt to protect himself and his administration politically, which is somewhat understandable, but the problem is his rhetoric and tough talk may not be legally backed up as to what BP should and should not pay for.
For example, building these barrier islands would seem to be under the blanket statement made by Obama that the responsibility for paying for the disaster belongs to BP. The problem is there is no determination yet as to the cause of the disaster and how far and wide the payments from BP will be allowed to go.
Jindal is rightly frustraed by this, as it seemed Obama had said whatever is legitimately needed to be done to take care of the consequences of the spill are on BP, yet the talk has continued but action hasn't.
"We don't understand why our federal government would be making excuses for BP." Said Jindal. "They're the responsible party. They're the ones that caused this oil spill... it is their oil that is showing up in our coast and our wetlands and our marshes. It just makes sense that they pay to clean up this damage."
Of the 24 barrier islands Jindal wants built, the federal government has only agreed to pay for a small portion of the cost, adding to the frustration and lack of decision.
The problem for Obama is he has said a lot of talk and rhetoric concerning BP in an attempt to protect himself and his administration politically, which is somewhat understandable, but the problem is his rhetoric and tough talk may not be legally backed up as to what BP should and should not pay for.
For example, building these barrier islands would seem to be under the blanket statement made by Obama that the responsibility for paying for the disaster belongs to BP. The problem is there is no determination yet as to the cause of the disaster and how far and wide the payments from BP will be allowed to go.
Jindal is rightly frustraed by this, as it seemed Obama had said whatever is legitimately needed to be done to take care of the consequences of the spill are on BP, yet the talk has continued but action hasn't.
"We don't understand why our federal government would be making excuses for BP." Said Jindal. "They're the responsible party. They're the ones that caused this oil spill... it is their oil that is showing up in our coast and our wetlands and our marshes. It just makes sense that they pay to clean up this damage."
Of the 24 barrier islands Jindal wants built, the federal government has only agreed to pay for a small portion of the cost, adding to the frustration and lack of decision.
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