3 Reasons Obama Should Kick His Own Ass
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President Barack Obama made news on The Today Show when he talked about kicking some ass over the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
If he is interested in punishing those responsible for what is shaping up as one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history, he should think about giving himself a boot.
While BP is ultimately responsible for the spill (and for cleaning it up), the federal government is a major player in the problem for at least three reasons:
1. It owns the property on which the oil well is located.
2. It regulates offshore drilling. And
3. In order to protect small players in the drilling industry, it capped economic damages from this sort of spill at just $75 million, a way-too-low cap that encourages risky behavior.
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One Response to "3 Reasons Obama Should Kick His Own Ass"
One of Obama's underlying problems is that he didn't get his pampered ass kicked enough as a child. BP is legally liable for damages for those who suffer damages proximately caused by their negligence, but the Feds, states and ultimately We the People are responsible for cleaning up the oil on our territory. We the People are also responsible for kicking ObamaDems' asses out of power and cleaning up the mess they have been making since the 1930s-present.
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