OBAMA'S KATRINA - A BRIEF CASE STUDY

I just viewed some amazing photographs that tell the story of what happened in the Gulf of Mexico recently. I wonder whether BP or any company would have been able to keep the rig from sinking, considering that this thing was burning well into the second and third day. But, that being said, while this was happening, BP should have taken measures to stop the spill beneath the surface of the waters. This should have been their top priority, and the government should have been there from day one instead on the ninth day. Eight precious days passed without the US government taking any action whatsoever. They’re right calling this Obama’s Katrina. It’s worst than Katrina because the damage it is about to cause is much greater to the Gulf of Mexico, the Texas, Louisiana Mississippi, and Florida panhandle, and especially to the west coast of Florida. There is even talk that this will affect also the east coast of Florida and parts of the Caribbean Sea. But, consider also what it is going to do to the livelihood the tourist industry of the states affected, and the fishery, and how this will impact an already fragile economy teetering on depression?

Consider also that the first thing this administration did was to cast blame nine days later, and do nothing to stem the flow of the spillage, even though there were measures which it could have put into place on the first day which would have made a world of a difference upon what occurred later. Why is it that the only thing the Obama Administration seems to be adept at doing is casting blame to others rather than to take a leadership role and do something right for a change when something needs to be done in an emergency? Why is it that this president never takes responsibility for anything, and characteristically places blame on others with regards to issues where his immediate and direct action is needed? What does this say about his character and leadership abilities? What does it say about his effectiveness to address real crisis management when that crisis management is needed in an emergency?

This is what you get when you place a person who has had no prior executive experience in handling crisis management, and who makes people based upon political affiliations to sensitive and important positions of leadership and policy, who are needed to address problems during crisis when they occur. This is what occurs when executive appointments are made based upon partisan and ideological metrics instead of knowledge, experience, and track records working on the areas of expertise where such requirements are a must in order to get the work done when the work needs to be done effectively, timely, and with minimal cost to the tax payer and to the industry, because in the in the final analysis, when leaders bungle, the public and the nation pays for their bungling, as we will soon discover at the pump and in our homes and businesses. Is there nothing that this man (Obama) can do that is right for a change?