We know that this "CRISIS" is an example of Rahm Emanuel's suggestion, "not to let a CRISIS go to waste."

EPA is behind this one. As they have "HATED" oil drilling and have only worked to come to a "pristine environment" that is only a figment of their "Utopian minds". Satisfying "UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS" will have repercussions.

We, in America, can pray that their "stupidity, incompetence, and laziness" will be found out, before they do any more damage to our Beloved Country.

We must elect a Congress that has fortitude to REPEAL all legislation contrary to the Constitution, "down-size the "Office of the President" with it's huge "Federal Employment Agency" of UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS that eat out our substance daily.

God Save America

For God & Country

The American

Forget all that logical analysis, Charles. You had the reason for this disaster in one short sentence: Bush did it.

Now where have I heard tbat before? Is there an echo everywhere I go?

Remember, Republicans and Conservatives are in Big Oil's pocket. That's why this happened.

This from Obama, the largest recipient of PAC and private contributions from BP in twenty years!

No wonder BP got a "categorical environmental exemption" from this administration.

Amazing......

Obama should resign as soon as possible;as we knew he would be out of his league!

I have just read this A.M.'s news which said the oil 'leak' has been stopped... Who will get/take the credit?? Does Obama have that much power that could stop the oil with just this one visit? There are so many deeply important items on our plate and the oil is only one of them. When and how can we get these evil people out of D.C. and OUT of power. Obama has put an end to Space Exploration. Now we will ahve to depend on the Russians to get our people to the I.S.S. and home again. Not to mention a cost of abt. $50M a trip. How many people will this put out iof work. Now we have a bill thst allows the Gov't. to keep track of everything we do with our money, by having access to all our ATM transaction's, what we buy, anywhere. What we eat, drink,etc. Well, welcome to 1984. I hope the morons who voted for Obama are noticing all the negative's and here we will be: the second U.S.S.R. I had no idea we had so many socialists, communists, marxist and traitors in our country. Well, I guess they're satisfied, I haven't heard anyone say, out loud or in print "Boy, am I sorry I voted for Obama !" He really made suckers out of all of us.. When all those illegal aliens are "given" citizenship, they (the libs, democrats,etc.) will be in power forever and we will be in bondage forever!!!! WAKE UP !! We have a real fight on ourn hands and most of you can't/won't admit it...

Just keep herding all the sheepish and timid and cowards over cliff!!

It is the saddest of times and the worse of times. And if we want our country to be passive and take all their crap, then I guess I can't do much all by myself!!

Leave it to Charles Krauthammer to come at this mess from a completely different angle. His analysis is, as normal, spot on. Excellent article Charles and excellent addition to the Patriot Post Mr. Alexander.

To U.S.A.

You are not alone...

I dont have a World Globe, so I am not sure of the location of the well that is spewing crude,,,,So,someone tell me, is it on the fault line of the recent earthquakes in South America and Haiti? If so,,, then it IS Bush's fault,,because I heard they were going to re-name that fault line "Bush's Fault"! No joke intended!

Why ARE we drilling in mile deep water. Is it because there is no oil closer to shore - in water shallow enough to send divers to handle well problems?

Have we pumped all that dry.. or has government restriction limited drilling , and even exploration for new deposits in closer, shallow areas.

I realize the risks in offshore drilling -- problems are harder to handle... but since the greens do not want us to drill on land it seems that the drilling has been pushed farther out from shore where the technology is pushing the limits and the "problem management" skills have clearly not been rehearsed.

Are we drilling in mile deep water because thats where the oil is, or because the environmentalists have forced drilling out of safer oil fields and prevented the exploration of shallow waters near any populated coast. I would just like to know.

By the way, remember when Saddam set ALL the wells on fire in the dessert. It took months to stop the fires and cap those wells -- and barely a word from the greens criticizing Saddam. Shock, certainly. Outrage and condemnation, not that I remember..

Oh yea, while we are getting ready to make the case for criminal charges of negligence against the oil profiteers, just remember that the same profiteering and negligence in the mortgage industry at Fannie and Freddie, got those guys a bonus and the two worst culprits, Barney and Chris got put in charge of the "clean-up". Give me a break...

Great article, Mr. Krauthammer. The Emperor has no clothes. Big surprise: Elect an unqualified, zero-executive experience, marxist, egomaniac as president, and this is what you get. Hire a bunch of unqualified, marxist department heads, and again, this is what you get - a fumbling, hands-off "management" of the crisis. Letting your big campaign contributor (BP) run their unprepared, experimental Chinese menu of "remedies", with your Government overseer bureaucry paralized with indecision and lack of any helpful knowledge. Please, please, someone save us from the boring "Bush is responsible" mantra, because we "ain't believin'your excuses anymore. And Mr. President, how about giving up your weekend basketball game to excercise some on-site leadership until at least your agencies are releasing the stockpiles of protective booms, barges, and personnel to the Louisiana authorities, who at least seem genuinely convinced we are facing a disaster of potentially epic proportions. P.S., on your way to Louisiana, how about stopping by Arlington National Cemetery to place the wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? It would sure help show that your support of our troops, veterans and their families are top on your list of concerns, wouldn't it?

You said you were accepting responsibility for the spill response and "the buck stops with you". Well how about staying on scene for a week or so to demonstrate your unequivocal support for the devastated communities of Louisiana.

Still Waiting.........

Mr Krauthammer is right again. The eco-Left is far more culpable than BP for this so-called disaster. It was the eco-Left's self-defeating and narcissistic policies that drove the oil companies to drill in these places. But like all Leftist con artists, when their terrible policies result in terrible consequences, they don't admit they were wrong; they simply blame everyone else. It wasn't their fault the oil companies obeyed the Leftists' insane requirements.

Really, what would the Left have these companies do? Stop drilling entirely? Why, yes. That's EXACTLY what the eco-radicals want. Let's look at the facts.

They lobbied hard for years to force us to "invest" in hydro-electric power. Then when we spent zillions of dollars on massive dams with massive generators, the same eco-radicals complained the stupid fish couldn't swim upstream. Nobody thought to ask the eco-radicals why they didn't think of that BEFORE we spent all that money on dams. So we spent zillions more on ridiculous "fish ladders" to allow the fish to continue making their way upstream, but were the radicals happy then? No, they still complained that the ladders were too rough on the fish!

They lobbied hard for nuclear energy, but when one tiny little accident happened -- an accident in which nobody was seriously injured, nobody was killed, and the amount of radiation released was less than an average smoker doses himself with in one year's time -- they suddenly lost their minds and called nuclear energy a Capitalist enterprise bent on destroying the planet!

They lobbied hard for wind power, but whenever we try to build a wind farm some limousine Liberals come flying out of the woodwork to file lawsuits because the farms block their view of Nantucket Sound or something. Now that Teddy Kennedy is dead, the eco-radical Left has concocted a brand-new piece of insanity: the wind farms are supposedly killing BIRDS! And that doesn't even discuss the dishonesty inherent in these projects, as we're promised wind farms will pay for themselves in energy savings. But only AFTER we fund the projects are we told that the windmills pay for themselves 75 years down the road, yet the life expectancy of the windmills themselves is only 30 years -- so they cannot possibly pay for themselves and the whole claim was a lie from Day One.

They lobbied hard for electric cars and hybrid cars and hydrogen cars and every other damned thing, but they can't simply rely on the markets to produce affordable cars that people actually want to buy. No, they feel compelled to force people to buy these "green" cars because it turns out nobody will buy them on their own. That's because those of us who live in northern climes know that a Prius is useless in the snow and ice, whereas an SUV is sure-footed and dependable. Those of us who live in the South know that a Prius with AC is like a 500 lb woman with a diet soda -- it's a punch line.

Another columnist wrote a column lamenting Obama's lost "reputation for competence." I commented that in order to have such a reputation one must first have an accomplishment or even a whole string of them, in order to demonstrate competence. Otherwise, such a label is like a boxer who's called a great fighter when he hasn't won any fights. It's another punch line. And thank goodness Obama is totally incompetent. Can we even imagine what this country would be like today if Obama actually WAS competent?? Krauthammer, Sowell, Limbaugh, Beck, Malkin, Coulter and a slew of others would be dead. And that's just the main events of January 21, 2009. Things would get scary after that.