Editor's notes: It has just come to light, as of Obama's recent sit-down with the Today host, Whimp Matt Lauer, that he has not talked to BP's CEO since the beginning of the Gulf disaster. We are into the 51st day of the Gulf Oil Crisis and Obama has not taken the time to discuss the matter with the head of the company responsible for what is going on in the Gulf. His reasoning? "I don't want to talk, I want action."
Sounds good. Action is always preferable to talk but that doesn't mean you can have one without the other. It was in this same interview, with the Whimp, Matt Lauer, that Obama talked of searching for "whose ass to kick." One would think BP's CEO would be at the top of that list.
Look, any other administrator would have started the day in discussion with BP's most important employee but, with Obama, not a single phone call, not a single meeting. What is scary is the fact that this is not an oversight on the part of Obama, it is a deliberate function of his administrative philosophy. Understand that he moved into politics with but few qualifications - none of which were "administrative" in scope and nature. He graduated from college magna cum laude, or so we are told (understand that "magna cum laude" designates the top 10 to 15 percent of a graduating class - all seven of my kids fit into this category ). He taught at Columbia (three classes during the summer months) but did not write any papers or participate on any panel discussions and was never "full time." He championed poor black causes (a good thing) using the thuggery of a community organization called ACORN (a bad thing). And . . . . . . . . well, that's just about it.
His lack of experience shows up in his methodology for governance - in a word that methodology is called "delegation." The problem with that is found in his selection of those who serve as his delegates. Less than 8% of them have actually held meaningful positions in the private sector. All previous Administrations have selected at least 30% of their appointees out of private enterprise, including Bill Clinton. Virtually everyone in the Obama Administration is an academic with a significant number of them coming from a Marxist/Mao/Collectivist perspective including Obama, himself.
The failing of this approach to national management is proving to be monumental. The Tuesday elections found most Democrat candidates campaigning away from Obama and his radicalism. Elections are one thing. real life is quite another and it is here that we are most concerned. The BP oil crisis is his first test in dealing with a "real life" crisis and he has failed the test. We all know that he is not in charge and has no clue to do next. This is not just our opinion - some of his own see the problem, here. Just yesterday, Representative from New York, Charles Rangel made this very public statement:
“I don’t think the administration has the slightest clue. We’re bringing in experts now, in and outside of government, to see whether or not BP will do more. We should have had the answers to that long before we even drilled. Now we’re trying to find the answer after the problem. The potential danger was always there."
"Slightest clue" is the most significant aspect of Rangel's criticism.
Understand that we are just days away from another serious test. Iran has decided to escort two ships from Turkey through the Israeli blockade. Apparently, this flotilla is on its way. Obama must know of this situation and is doing nothing to mitigate its effect. This situation is being mishandled and the consequences of this failure could be profound, far worse (on a different scale) than the Gulf Oil Crisis.
(text by jds)
There are other tests coming.
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