Congressional Report Claims Administration Misled About Efforts On Oil Spill
Friday, July 2, 2010 at 8:52AM More lies from an administration that knows nothing but lies. Of course, deception is the go to play of communists, so we shouldn't be surprised. This from CNS News:
Billy Nungesser, president of New Orleans’ Plaquemines Parish, sensed that a chart showing 140 oil skimmers at work -- a chart given to him by BP and the Coast Guard -- was “somewhat inaccurate.” So, Nungesser asked to fly over the spill to verify the number.
The flyover was cancelled three times before those officials admitted that just 31 of the 140 skimmers were actually deployed.
The incident is detailed in a report released Thursday by Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Republicans say the report provides evidence that the Obama administration misrepresented the assets devoted to the cleanup, misrepresented the timing of when government officials knew there was an oil spill and misrepresented the level of control the government had over the matter. It also claims the Obama administration seemed more interested in public relations than cleaning the mess and plugging the hole.
The report, which relies on interviews with several local officials in Louisiana, goes on to quote Nungesser, who had been on local and national television enough so that the White House became concerned. Two White House officials visited him on Father’s Day and said, “What do we have to do to keep you off TV?” His answer was, “Give me what I need.”
Other Parish officials said the administration did not provide as many assets as it claimed. One Parish official called these “phantom assets.”
The report also states that the people in the Gulf do not support President Obama’s six-month moratorium on offshore drilling, and also criticized Obama’s delay in allowing international assistance until 70 days into the spill.The rest HERE
Reader Comments (6)
Where is the mainstream media on any of this stuff? How can we ever be the country we were with a media that openly supports one party and attempts to tear the other down?
Totally agree Commander. Those swine have sold their souls to the devil. Like many conservatives, I believe if we fall, the media are to blame as much as Democrats themselves. They set the table for the socialist policies we are now seeing.
31 skimmers instead of the 140 claimed to be "somewhat inaccurate".
I'm sure the same excuse will be used for Obamacare when the facts are revealed.
Same can be said for Cap-and-Trade, Global Warming, and all progressive programs.
Don't let them get away with it. Vote for conservatives in November!
For the life of me, I cannot see the advantage the liberal media gets when they so boldly support the the regime in their lies to the American public. Do they think people are that stupid? Are there enough people that stupid to put these thugs back in office come November2010 and 2012? I hope and pray we can get these crooks out of control of our country before it's too late.
Obama bin lying, lying, lying and lying...This whole administration along with the Media
and press should be run out of our country and banned forever...The liberal media is
more corrupt and a much to blame as this craphole in Washington, filled with slithering
vile vermin that's like a infected wound that will never heal until the arm is removed...
These bums must be destroyed politically and ran out of our country....
This behavior by the media is what drives Breitbart. He passionately believe the entire MSM complex is corrupt and needs to implode, I concur. If he gets the Journolist he'll do some damage. Go Breitbart.