Gulf Oil Spill: An Enemy With Many Asses
**Written by guest-blogger Doug Powers
Crisis of not knowing whose ass to kick: Day 50
A short time after telling high school grads in Kalamazoo, Michigan “don’t make excuses,” President Obama told Matt Lauer: “I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar, we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick.”
Sigh. You ask for John Wayne and you get the Apple Dumpling Gang.
One would hope Obama would be consulting experts so daddy can plug the hole, but if he’d rather utilize the education and time of engineers and oceanographers to figure out whose ass to kick, hey, he’s the president.
All Obama has to do is look around his administration and maybe even in a mirror — if he can’t find multiple asses to kick there, he’s just not the attentive, observant and thoughtful genius that the media advertised all through 2008:
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So he lectures these young folks about being responsible but he wants to use experts to make sure he knows exactly who to blame and kick their ass?
So its okay to blame others if an expert tells you who its safe to blame?
Does he really think this ass kicking rhetoric is Presidential and will have a positive impact on people’s view of him?
How about kicking Iran’s ass?
Strange times. Our President goes to a devastated area of our nation to look for asses to kick and travels the world looking for asses to kiss
He should start by kicking his own butt. The Great Pretender still hasn’t measured up to the office of the President, an I doubt he ever will. He might be able to organize the rabble rousers but he doesn’t have the foggest idea of how to run a country.
“asses to kick and travels the world looking for asses to kiss”
That’s pretty good. A President who is embarassed by and needs to kick ass on his own country men but bows to communist leaders.
Is it 2012 yet?
It’s BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH’S fault!!!
There really is only one conclusion you can come to on the oil spill. The President WANTS this to be THE biggest ecological disaster ever, but he wants you to think he has done everything possible to keep it from being just that.
Somebody please tell me how he has been proactive in this crisis? He knew on day 2 the possible magnitude. Please, tell me what he has done except to enable it to become just that.
He wants the disaster video and pictures to be etched in people’s minds forever and simply use it for his and the progressive’s/marxist’s political gain.
Interesting observation. As long as there’s an ass involved, he’s the guy for the job.
Basil Fawlty: Everything’s bottom with you, isn’t it?
Well said. I think we all agree our nitwit leader is in over his pay grade. Sounds like he’s organizing an oil summit..
It’s a tightrope he’s trying to walk.
He needs the disaster to show that he’s doing something to lead the country. But, he needs to do as little as possible because the affected states have republican governors. And…it’s an oil spill so he has to ride it out to make all oil companies look like the disaster is solely their fault.
You have to admit, he’s doing a good job of doing nothing and the liberal press are doing a good job of lying about how effective he is.
I have a reasonable vocabulary of profanity, and am by no means afraid to use it at the appropriate time and place, in the appropriate company.
That an individual occupying the Oval Office would use that expression during a television news interview tells you right there how deep into the sewer our culture/society has descended.
It is likely just my opinion, but such an individual would not inappropriately be called a pig, pure and simple.
Bingo!!
Obama is looking for an ass to kick? If I were picking someone to put my money on in an ass-kicking contest, I would pick My Cousin Vinny long before I even considered Mr. Obama.
He would have to call in someone else to do the ass kicking, he’s far too much of a metrosexual to do it himself.
His focus is on fixing the blame,
rather than on fixing the leak.
That’s what you get when you elect a Community Agitator rather than a Leader.
Ok, we get it – you are one tough hombre! And so “street”!! Especially when you are wearing your MOM-jeans.
America’s new slogan:
If you’re looking for toughness and leadership, you’ve come to the wrong place.
Chris Matthews: Woah! I got the “Jimmy” legs real bad now!”
Spike Lee: “Now that’s what I mean”!
Waiting for the libs on this site who told me last Fall that Obama’s lack of experience was irrelevant to show up and defend his leadership to date on this issue.
He is in a word impotent.
He didn’t send engineers and scientists to the Gulf. He send the DOJ lawyers. I guess the “experts” he talked to specialized in something other than plugging holes and didn’t need to be on site.
#20–Flyoverman, you’d better stock up on food, drink and things to read while you wait. Sadly, the libs are still trying to spin the impotency of Duh-Won as Bush’s fault.
Problem is, he can’t get a bead on the one that’s right behind him…
Obama is deliberately allowing this issue to escalate to a true ecological crisis to support his anti-oil agenda. This is no mistake or total incompetence – it is a calculated stance.
Like the Senators and Congressmen that fell on their swords with the stimulus and health care bills – advancing the progressive agenda transcends individual political careers.
Can’t they just stuff the pipe with Obamas massive ego and plug the leak?
Yeah, we’ve noticed that.
First place to look is the mirror.
That last place to look is your predecessor.
The animated cartoon President.
He jumps around, he’s full of platitudes and says what his fans want to hear but he never does anything real, or beneficial.
I wish I knew which gentleman was on the news this past week (I was doing my hair again), because he said something similar, that went like this (paraphrasing)
He comes down here talking like John Wayne, then goes back to Washington & acts like Pee-Wee Herman.
My Facebook ‘status’ for today. Thanks tmitsss!
Could lifting the ban on whaling have anything to do with Obama’s next possible solution. A whale in the pipe could work!
Good idea!
Obama is like a socially inept adolescent. He never seems to provide the appropriate response to a given situation that involves the least amount of difficulty.
Gee, since the definition of an “ass” is a stupid,perverse, or obstinate person, will the phrase “I could kick myself” become the new rally cry for Obama?
My 8 yr old, “Why is the president cussing?” Me, “He wants to seem like he’s a tough guy.” My 8 yr old, “Oh, I think I could get him to tap out…”
Forget asses–I think he should kick Emanuel’s va jay-jay. You know; just for fun.
I don’t know, Phil. Sounds like a pretty good plan to plug the hole. What happened? Did they all just float away?
He’s the smartest President of all time. Hook his brain up to all the world’s supercomputers and he will solve all our problems in minutes.
The Pocket Lenin is in way beyond his pay grade. The Peter Principle demonstrated in spades. He needs to save us an impeachment process and simply resign.
tough talk from the excuse making master and incompetent in chief. what a pathetic excuse for a man the poser president truly is.
OBambi may be on to something, he’s so mad he’s holding his breath and turning Blue. I think he’s going after the Avatar vote.
Lawyers are too greasy to stay in place. It’s like trying to get those pot stickers to not squirt off of your chopsticks.
Chris Matthews @ss is tingling?
“That an individual occupying the Oval Office would use that expression”
Can you imagine that focus group? Mr. President, using the word “ass” gives you a plus 5 positive rating from the 19 to 34 demographic. Since you’ve already lost the 55 to 65 demographic the numbers suggest a green light on “ass”……
Obamao is definitely a GIRLY-MAN! Wussy! and is surrounded by girly-men small stature punks….Rahm, Steadman (Holder), Geithner, etc., that think they are tough.
As the “ass in chief” of the party that has an “ass” as its symbol he doesn’t have far to look to pick out an appropriate “ass” …
then he has to determine whether the one he picks should be “kicked” or “kissed” …
alas … decisions decisions decisions … a community organizer’s work is never done …
However Mr. President the focus group results show clearly that if you attempt any “brother” kind of moves from “da hood”, you immediately swing to unfavorable across all demographics. So greenlight on “ass”, red light on any clinched fist in the air or “talk to the hand” kinda body language.
The Democrat[ic Socialist]s are like teenage boys who think they are so cool when they talk about “kicking ass”.
They even made their party logo into a “kicking ass”.
They are the “Beavis and Butthead” party.
The job of President is above his pay grade.
And that secret from da hood handshake you do with Press Secretary Gibbs, PLEASE do NOT do that on camera…..
I got me a can ‘o whoop ass open! Quick, someone find me a typical white man!
Hearing his message, I can’t get this image out of my mind:
The Cowardly Lion saying “Put ‘em up, put ‘em up!”
Puhleeeeze….does anyone here really think Obeyme could kick anyone’s a$$? He’d get beat up by (check out my arms) Michelle – heh! He’s a pushover since he’s always in the a$$ kissing posture.
They went straight to the bottom and began sucking scum instead…
Kicking ASS falls within the realms of Community Organizing, for sure.
Major pluses: no experience required for thuggery. The blame is always on others.
Without MSM carrying his waters, this guy, Obama, would be a race hustler extorting money in Chicago’s south side.
I know whose ass to kick. And I’ll do it every November for the rest of my life.
Obama misspoke about kicking ass, just like him referencing army CORPSE.
He meant KISSing ass.
One bends down in anticipation of being kicked in the ass.
We have pictures of Obama bending down to Saudi king, Chinese, Japanese, even American city mayors….
Obama et al. in the WH have missed out on a wonderful opportunity to minimalize Sarah Palin. They should have asked her to oversee the Gulf spill and cleanup operations. She’s been involved with managing the oil industry corporations before. Todd Palin’s been involved directly with drilling. Obama could have admitted that he really doesn’t know much about it and asked for someone that a great many people would respect to head up this effort from the WH.
Sure if she did a good job, it wuld help her out, but more importantly it would convey a veil of bipartisanship his administration is sorely lacking. And it would give him the chance to say he’s appointed someone who was actually qualified and did a good job (assuming she’d actually take the job and was able to effectively solve the problem).
Sadly, he doesn’t think that way.
I have to say that I do understand the DOJ lawyers being sent out. Preservation of evidence…
See, the assumption in the WH is that there was CRIMINAL ACTIVITY going on, not just someone who randomly happened to make a bone-headed decision while trying to save money. Why would they automatically jump to this conclusion though? Response to a disaster is not naturally ingrained in all people. Some handle it better than others. The first response to a crisis gives a pretty good indication of a particular person’s competence, and shows where their true values lie.
It does show that Obama has no training in disaster management of any sort. Where’s General Honore when you need him?
A thousand curses on you T-Bone!
Now I gonna hafta go home and pour a gallon of bleach in my ears to try to get that mental image outa my head!
“…who’s ass to kick.”
Who the hell does this arrogant, narcissistic ass think he is, king? Oh yeah, I forgot he is king, sawwey
This puke makes me sick…Marxist bastard anyway.
We’ll kick some donkey in November.
This is a very good point. All he has done in 50 days is to fire someone. And I think his statement of “kicking ass” fits perfectly; it means he has no idea how to fix the problem but he knows how to place the blame.
When the Challenger exploded in 1986, Chuck Yeager said to stop with the finger pointing and fix the problem so it doesn’t happen again.
So, come on, Obama. Stop the finger pointing (ass kicking) and fix the leak.
Hey, I have an idea! How about doing what the Republican governors of the affected states want done? Oh, wait. They’re Republicans.
Excellent point. TOO much of the media and the victims of science illiteracy have unrealistic demands of technology and how reality operates. Like this “second” oil spill, I always expect SOME oil leak when drilling oil or even from sailing ships and freighters. Happens on land too — and a lot in the old days (What do you think those “gushers” were that excites people so much?”) The question here is how much leakage is involved and fixing what cause. A thousand gallon oil spill is nothing — barely for a small backyard pool, just like a pint of mildly irradiated water seeping from some turbine pipe at a nuclear plant is no DEFCON ONE to chill about, so MSM, let’s get some perspective instead of knee-jerk exaggerated fears pushing oily birds as harbingers of Doom to shut down our economy and energy resources. May your hearts tug as much for servicemen dying keeping our energy sources open over there as you gasp and weep over a flock of oily gulls.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
He really doesn’t need to look any farther than his own mirror. The only time he has had anything to do about the spill is when he is on television trying to make people believe he is doing something about it. He promised not to sleep or rest till it’s stopped, yet since it began he has partied, had concerts, gone on two vacations, and blamed everyone he can other than his own incompetence. Finally, this nation is waking from their stupor to see that Obama wears no clothes and is the worst thing ever to happen to the Presidency. What a shame and a crime it has taken an environmental disaster to do so. And all his sycophants calling people “Racist” will not get him out of this mess. His Presidency is, for all intents and purposes, over. Bring on 2012 so we can get past this dark, horrible mistake once and for all. One can only pray the people of this nation will have learned a valuable lesson from this, and not be persuaded by smooth talkers and race-baiters ever again.
Again, our moron in chief betrays his level of maturity. He sounds like an angry high school bully looking to looking to hurt someone for looking at him the wrong way.
Perhaps when he grows up, he can stop looking to hurt someone, take responsibility for HIS ADMINISTRATION’S ACTIONS, and find a way to help solve the problem.
He finds new ways to embarass himself and this country every day.
Do not despair: He Who Has Won One is on the phone to Amy Carter at this very moment. Little Ugly Amy is an experienced Presidential adviser and will have the answers. Little Ugly Amy is as least as wise as Bambi’s current adviser Spike Lee.
If anyone is offended by my use of Little Ugly Amy please accept my half hearted apology.
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When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed.
Wow! Great headline Mr. Powers, that was the best laugh I’ve had all day! I’m not holding my breath that Captain Kick@$$, I mean President Obama will find that answer to that question any time soon.
He wears Mom jeans and throws like a girl. Michelle can take him.
I received this email from a friend today:
This is a very good explanation of what the moratorium on drilling will not only do to us in South Louisiana, but to America. Let’s get the word out. I have included links and information on LA Senators and Congressmen. And links on how to find your elected officials if you live in different states.
The reason for this letter is to ask you to write your congressman Charlie Melancon and Senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter. Or whoever it might be wherever you are. I know some of my contacts are out of state. We all know what’s going on in the gulf. But all our lives are about to change… drastically! Here’s how.
There is a Moratorium set in place for 6 months or until further notice. And this doesn’t just affect the oilfield, its going to change your life too. Let me explain.
With this “Moratorium” or ban of drilling in the Gulf, that means that 33 rigs are going to be put out of work. For every rig there are about 200-300 people per rig. That’s somewhere in the ball park of around 9000 people. There are an estimated 3 people for every person who works on a rig that indirectly work for each person on a rig (Crew Boats, Supply Boats, Chopper Pilots, etc.) So that brings us up to around 27000 people out of work in the next two weeks. That doesn’t include individual company layoffs. You all know I work for Chouest so let me explain.
ECO (Edison Chouest Offshore) has lost 350 million dollars this week and the oilrigs haven’t even pulled out the Gulf yet. Contracts are being paid off and companies are going to head overseas. Chouest is talking about laying off over 60% of its workforce in the next two months. That’s over 4000 people. And that’s one company among dozens.
Obama is pissing off these companies and they’re threatening to go overseas. Just like the Jones Act protects us in that non U.S. flagship vessels have to employ U.S. citizens in this country, they have the same rules wherever these boats end up. On boats, that means “ONE” American captain and “ONE” American engineer if they push the issue. The rest of the crew is foreign on “OUR” boats.
Well how is it going to affect you?
The oilfield has supported the economy throughout the entire country for a very long time much less South LA. They said that if all the southern Parishes in LA formed a single State, that we would be among the tenth largest economy in the world. That’s how much money is coming through here from the oilfield. What do you think has kept our economy going?
The major exports coming out or LA are sugarcane, seafood, and oil. Do you really believe that sugarcane or can support us while oil production is on hold? How many sugarcane farmers do you know? I don’t know any. They said that if a hurricane come through it will suck up the oil and it will rain oil. There goes the sugarcane. Pour some oil on your lawn and see what happens. What about seafood? Well we already know that’s shot, but even if it weren’t, go take a ride down the bayou. How many rich fisherman do you know? Ask any fisherman and they will tell you that throughout their life they have supplemented their income in the oilfield. That’s right. Most of them work in the oilfield in the off season.
So, let’s say you work in a restaurant. Where do you think all that money for people to eat in your restaurant is coming from? Who’s coming into your restaurant when there no work around. But more than just oil field personnel come in, right? Who’s going to be able to pay the taxes to pay our teachers, fireman, or police force? The sugarcane industry? Nope! The seafood industry? Nope! Well you sell cars. Not anymore. The economy is busted so no one can afford one. Who’s going to buy a car when they can’t pay their bills? Well I work in the medical industry so I don’t have to worry. How many people are you going to see when none of us have insurance. Public health care doesn’t go into affect for 3 years (I think). Well what if your retired? Well, Bobby Jindal (our Governor) said that if Obama doesn’t lift this ban on drilling, that he would put a moratorium on the Loop.(Which is a great idea BTW) [ The Loop is a facility where all the oil is coming into this country and processed.] That means no foreign oil coming into the country. And no domestic oil for that matter. So guess what? That’s means inflation, the likes of which we have never seen. Remember $4 a gallon gas? Wait until its $12-$15 a gallon or more. Then you will see the price of everything really skyrocket. So let’s see how far you can stretch your retirement savings then. Bet you won’t have as much as you thought.
Millions of dollars have been filtering through LA for decades and going straight into our federal governments pockets as “taxes” among other things. Louisianans have been lobbying for years trying to get some of the revenue back in this state. How do you think we pulled ourselves out of that little jam we were in a few years back. OIL MONEY! That’s the answer. Not solely but a very large part.
I’m the first one to say that we need alternative fuels but we can’t just cut off oil overnight. That fact is oil companies have been very safe over the last 50 years. They have among the fewest casualties, per amount of people who work there, in any industry. I realize the impact the this is having on our environment just as well as anyone. I’m right here in the middle of it. I see the birds covered in oil and I hate it as much as you. But we have to get our priorities straight. The birds affected are going to be affected whether we stop production or not. With a moratorium, not only are the birds going to be dying on our beaches, but now our kids will be starving in our homes.
The fact is BP messed up. Not us. We are having to pay for the mistakes of one man (or two men or ten men whatever the case may be) that made a tragic decision that’s impacting the lives of so many. If you think we were in a depression before, you don’t know what’s about to hit us. How much of oil revenue money has affected your life when you put it in perspective? People this is not an “oilfield” problem. This is a national issue.
Oh c’mon, it’s been many more days than 50 since he was immaculated.
Somehow I think the one-legged man at the butt-kickin contest would be more successful than Urkel.