Like millions of gallons of oil landing on our beaches isn't an environmental concern?
http://www.wdsu.com/news/23997498/detail.html
The federal government is shutting down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico.
The berms are meant to protect the Louisiana coastline from oil. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department has concerns about where the dredging is being done.
"Once again, our government resource agencies, which are intended to protect us, are now leaving us vulnerable to the destruction of our coastline and marshes by the impending oil," [Plaquemines Parish President Billy] Nungesser wrote to Obama. "Furthermore, with the threat of hurricanes or tropical storms, we are being put at an increased risk for devastation to our area from the intrusion of oil.
So the Federal government has halted the oil cleanup efforts in that area because of environmental concerns!
No offense intended with this question, but are they even bothering to think in the White House these days? Or are they just mesmerized by the jerking motion of the left knee?
The dredging operation will help keep the oil off the coast. Maybe shutting it down for a week while they relocate the equipment isn't the best idea at this time.
MAYBE???
So next time PresBo talks about how dedicated he is to fixing the oil spill, remember this incident.
What you see here...is a federal government making up rules as they go along...and they had no plans in place to implement as you might with the military.
ReplyDeleteIf you go to a military commander of a base and say a fuel spill has occurred...they have the book sitting in the command post and they activate the plan that hour. They don't invent rules out of thin air. The book is reviewed each year and they have practice to ensure that the initial parts of the plan are known by the teams involved.