How do you rate Obama´s response to the BP disaster?

Created by: Catherine Esther :: 1 year ago

Comments Login to leave comment

Vote: +1

"I was pleased to hear Obama say that we have to stop our dependency on fossil fuel. Obama has been visiting the affected coastline on numerous occasions. He has been criticized and also has been applauded. What´s your verdict?"

By: Catherine Esther :: 1 year ago

Vote: +0

"I think he acted brilliantly and he showed real leadership. Anyone who is criticizing him is a jerk. What is there to criticise? He is helping the local community and getting BP to cough up the money."

By: Sergio :: 1 year ago

Vote: +0

"I think that the President, Obama has kind of dragged his feet when it comes to actually doing what needs to be done within a timeframe as far as letting BP know that not only are they responsible for the bill and cleanup, but also in being more stern in telling BP that they need to move much quicker and allow for more cleanup efforts from other countries and people who have offered their help. I also think that he needs to make BP be more transparent in telling the public exactly what and how many gallons of actual oil is being released from the well site, instead of approximations, which have been proven to be wrong. I think President Obama has to get stricter with BP and make them more accountable for what is actually taking pace and tell the truth about how much oil has been spilled and is still spilling into our gulf. So many people and wildlife is at stake and all I keep hearing is that BP is doing its best to get it all under control, which I believe to be a falsehood.

I live in South Florida and have seen the spill already entering the panhandle of Florida. And with the Loop Current, all of us who live in south Florida are on edge that it will pick up the spill and the shorelines of all of the gulf side of Florida will be involved and not only that, it will continue to carry the spill around to the Atlantic shorelines as well.

I do think that President Obama did the right thing when he said that all offshore drilling operations in the making should stop, however when a judge then came back and overturned his decision to let it continue, I must say I was surprised.

I think this catastrophe has told us in more ways then one that the time has come for us to look to other more safe ways to get our power and forget about fossil fuels. I mean we have one of the greatest of all means to give us all the power we could possibly need and that is solar power and wind turbines. Why aren't we concentrating on those things instead of still looking for oil in our ocean"

By: candeeb :: 1 year ago

Vote: +0

"Catherine, the question should really be "How do you rate Tony Hayward's response"?"

By: Anita Singh :: 1 year ago

Vote: +0

"I read somewhere that some of the local businesses along the coast are now making more money from BP compensation fund than they did before. That cant be bad..."

By: Martha Jays :: 1 year ago

Vote: +0

"While BP may be paying out some compensations to some of the coastal area residents now for the losses they have suffered thus far, they could never compensate these poor people for the losses they face for the rest of their lives. We still don't have any idea the extent of the long term damages to the ecology of these coastal areas. They may never come back. The people who live in these coastal areas and have made their lives here may never be able to go back to the only way of life they've ever known. I don't see how BP could ever compensate them for all they have lost and will lose once all is said and done. I don't believe that after this disaster, this area will ever come back to the extent that it can be used to provide a living from again. Not only has the Gulf been destroyed, but the fishing, shrimping, ouster beds, clanking and all the wildlife refuges have been destroyed forever. Even if by some miracle, the clean -up is satisfied, the longterm damage has been done and it will never be the same again.

I don't believe that BP can ever compensate the Gulf coast residents enough to give them their lives back or their livelihoods. The damage is too great and it's Too Little Yo Late by BP, the Us Government and The President."

By: candeeb :: 1 year ago

Vote: +0

"Candeeb, I guess you are right. My comment wasnt really thought through"

By: Martha Jays :: 1 year ago

Vote: +0

"Martha,
I just think from past experiences of both natural and othe types of disasters, that the pay/offs are only for the short term. I mean we have no way of knowing nor do any of the
scientists or anyone ele( government officials) of what the
long term effects are going to be. These areas that have been affected and are being affected may not ever recover. The whole entire ecological system has been upset and there's a huge possibility that these areas may never recover, and many people and species are on the losing end.

I hope that I am wrong about all this, but I can't help but to see the bigger picture, 5, 10, or 20 years from now and what are we leaving for our children and their children in the future.

We have to raise our voices and get as many of our friends, neighbors, and families to reach out and make everyone we come in contact with aware that we must change the political policies of dependence on fossil fuels and turn to the alternatives of solar, wind and other resources. We must be assertive, strong, make our collective voices heard and not stop until they are. I know we can make the changes necessary if we just keep hammering home the facts."

By: candeeb :: 1 year ago