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Barack Obama's "New Deal" of Domestic Violence: "Kick Ass"
Barack Obama has now proven himself to be a contemptible buffoon, as he intemperately seeks some “ass to kick” as a means of expressing his frustration with the British Petroleum oil catastrophe. He sounds like an alcoholic father, slurring profanity as he stumbles through the door, bent on releasing his anxiety on the subordinate captives he is sure are to blame for his failures and angst. While it may be true that profanity has its place in various areas of daily communication among a society such as America, its engagement will always prove to be an entirely irascible and ignorant medium with which to convey the will of authority. What stands as stark contrast to the assertive speech of a strong willed and determined leader, are the words of Barack Obama, employing profanity as a means of excusing all form of executive responsibility regarding response to the Gulf Oil Spill, and further exposed an utter lack of both direction and insight in the midst of crisis. In more than just this instance, Obama’s audacious behaviors have abused the position of President of the United States to a degree never before witnessed in American history. This latest display of a lack of decorum at the helm of the world’s most powerful office proves he has absolutely no business steering the course of this nation. For what reason, aside from incompetence, would any leader of the executive branch of the government find need to degrade the position in such a manner? What is astonishing is that most of his energies during the continuing crisis in the Gulf, have been focused on parties and rhetorical speeches. Even worse, in a recent speech to high school students -- where incidentally he opined longingly for those days when he used to “party too much” -- Obama exclaimed that “there are no excuses.” However, he has done little more than make excuses for why he has done almost nothing to address the BP spill. The office of the presidency not only demands a great strength of character, it also affords one the authority to command assistance and insight from a plethora of other viable sources within the various branches of government. With so many resources at Obama’s disposal, it is entirely ridiculous to excuse him for this deplorable and disloyal public outburst. Especially when it comes on the heels of obvious illegal politicking and shady quid pro quo deals that are nearly a mirror image of his largely denied involvement with the criminal organization ACORN. One must certainly begin to wonder why the Obama administration is so content to excuse its own contribution to the crisis in the Gulf, while simultaneously chiding BP for not doing enough. This administration neglected, or refused, to employ even those previously sanctioned strategies which were part of a pre-approved response to just this sort of catastrophe; the burning of the oil, which was one strategy the would have guaranteed that toxic sludge did not make land-fall. Furthermore, far too much energy was spent attacking BP, or determining just what the company’s liability was in the matter. Which likely caused undue stress upon those attempting to solve the crisis, and generated an environment where secrecy and diversion would become paramount ventures. Most, if not all, of the efforts should initially have been focused directly on stemming the flow of crude escaping from the well. However, since the Obama administration -- famous for claiming “never let a good crisis go to waste” -- was hell-bent on attempting to turn the spill into a fiasco for political gain, their efforts appear more geared to those of a Roosevelt administration, proposing a "new deal" era where the future is hinged only on the failures of the past, and therefore those proposing the cure are indemnified by excuses that it was not their doing which caused the crisis, so whatever is done to fix it cannot be expected to produce anything more than bloated bureaucracies with which to demonize any further private efforts...not sanctioned by them. Now this administration, along with its Marxist leader, is attempting to distance itself from the protracted environmental disaster it has helped to exacerbate, by claiming that none of them were made aware as to the actual nature of the threat. The people of Louisiana, weeks after the crude has soiled their beaches and estuaries, are still waiting for Obama to approve requests to build off shore dunes that would stop or re-direct it. Over 50 days after the initial incident booms needed for cleanup have still not been sent to the areas that need them. BP’s use of the pre-approved dispersants needed to reduce the oil’s impact has been prohibited. Now the oil is expected to affect the beaches of Florida and potions of the east coast around the Pan Handle. Given this administrations lack of foresight or engagement of the situation, who could expect anything more from Obama but to sound off with yet another bombastic and mendacious statement of self-efficacy. What is most inculpating of all however, is the fact that Obama, when stating “I need to know who’s ass to kick”, proves that the most debilitating portion of the crisis now evolving in the Gulf, is the person who had the power to both set the most people in motion to solve it, and influence the most people in the nation as to how the accident should be viewed. It appears that Obama did his very least to provide the people necessary to mitigate the effects of the disaster, and his very most to exacerbate the demonizing of it.
