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Originally Posted by John D Harris
Illumina where are you? at least you're Honest and can have an intellectualy honest conversation.
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I haven't done my homework on this issue, but I don't see any reason to bring a left wing/right wing debate into something like this; it all seems common sense-y to me.
I would like to assume that there's a valid reason to not deploy the Costner Oil Bubble Sucking Device. However, if there IS such a reason, wouldn't it be in the government's best interests, from a PR perspective, to let us know what it is?
If there is foot dragging, I would like to assume that the reasons for it are valid. Again, why have they not been known? As John pointed out, what's worse than oil?
In SW's defense, it's understandable to be a bit sensitive to attacks on the current administration. From 2000-2005ish, you couldn't say ANYTHING bad about Bush without hearing "THIS IS A TIME OF CRISIS AND YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE YOU STAND BY HIM." The pundits who were screaming that not too long ago seem to have forgotten that. I'm not a fan. But Fox News has pretty much conditioned an irritation response in a lot of us. Anyway, the point I was trying to make is that this isn't some artificial "issue" cooked up by Murdoch and Company. This is an actual crisis, and if the admin's not up to snuff, why shouldn't they be called out on it?