In one of the New York Times Opinion section a columnist named Paul Krugman explains the way he feels about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “Obama’s Katrina” is line from some pundits and news sources. Krugman also talks about how the Associated Press review of the Obama administration had very “little resemblance” to the response given to the Katrina disaster.
As a person who fully supports President Obama, I would have to agree with Paul Krugman 110%. Obama has seen what needs to be done, and has many troops, volunteers and environmentalist out helping with the devastating oil spill. And the fact that he jumped right on it once it happened (instead of waiting) he was able to let us know exactly what is going on in the water.
Krugman later on says “… there has been nothing like those awful days when everyone in the world except the Bush inner circle seemed aware of the human catastrophe in New Orleans.” Although I was very young (well kinda) when Katrina happened I do remember not knowing how bad things were until after wards. I would see people just begging for help that the Bush administration would not give to New Orleans and its survivors.
I do agree again when Krugman states that the only common thread that connects Bush’s Katrina to Obama’s gulf spill is “the collapse in government competence and effectiveness that took place during the Bush years.”
What I disagree with Krugman is when he says “It failed to require a backup shutdown system that is standard in much of the rest of the world, even though its own staff declared such a system necessary.” The hose did have a back up system just in case something happened and it would need an emergency shut off. But because of the explosion that happened, it potentially malfunction the automatic shut off system.
Well that is all from this story, for now. For tomorrow!
*Remember! ewerstoblahg
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