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They Told Me If I Voted For McCain, Volunteerism Would Count For Little… And They Were Right!

Posted on | June 21, 2010 | 6 Comments

by Smitty

Even the Huffington Post is wandering off the reservation on the cleanup efforts:

BP PLC has turned away Gunnoe and other would-be volunteers because the oil giant is using only paid and trained workers to clean up the mess caused by its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Instead, the retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and nearly 70 other like-minded citizens are helping in a less direct way as visitor information volunteers at the Gulf Islands National Seashore. They are being stationed at various National Seashore areas to answer visitors’ questions, report sightings of tar balls, oil or oil-soaked wildlife and offer safety tips – the oil is classified as a hazardous material.

One hopes that the retention of the Jones Act means that the magnitude of the disaster is overblown. It would be a shame if the need to save face, and make sure that everyone privy to the details of the situation was politically reliable‘properly trained’ meant that excessive harm was done to the ecology.
Concerned citizens, apparently, should also consider going golfing or yachting.

Update: Instalanche!

Update II: A gracious bow to Aleister @ American Glob for including us in his Top 10.

Category: Barack Obama

Comments

6 Responses to “They Told Me If I Voted For McCain, Volunteerism Would Count For Little… And They Were Right!”

  1. Instapundit » Blog Archive » WHY WON’T OBAMA waive the Jones Act? Because union interests are more important than the coastlines…
    June 21st, 2010 @ 9:29 pm

    […] They Told Me If I Voted For McCain, Volunteerism Would Count For Little… And They Were Right! They usually are . . . […]

  2. Joe
    June 22nd, 2010 @ 1:54 am

    Bush lifted the Jones Act temporarily for Katrina. Obama dares not upset the unions. Pelicans be damned.

  3. Joe
    June 21st, 2010 @ 9:54 pm

    Bush lifted the Jones Act temporarily for Katrina. Obama dares not upset the unions. Pelicans be damned.

  4. rain of lead
    June 22nd, 2010 @ 3:03 am

    more proof that this jerk in office has no idea
    what he is doing

    Florida senator: Obama told me we can’t deploy oil skimmers because they might be needed elsewhere

    http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/21/florida-senator-obama-told-me-we-cant-deploy-oil-skimmers-because-they-might-be-needed-elsewhere/

    this is waaaay beyond the jones act

  5. rain of lead
    June 21st, 2010 @ 11:03 pm

    more proof that this jerk in office has no idea
    what he is doing

    Florida senator: Obama told me we can’t deploy oil skimmers because they might be needed elsewhere

    http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/21/florida-senator-obama-told-me-we-cant-deploy-oil-skimmers-because-they-might-be-needed-elsewhere/

    this is waaaay beyond the jones act

  6. American Glob » Blog Archive » My Top 10 Favorite Political Bloggers (Men)
    June 22nd, 2010 @ 2:01 am

    […] 5. Robert Stacy McCain – Until you’re willing to travel the country on little more than faith, covering politics with wit, wisdom and a pair of brass balls, you’ll never equal the blogging power of Robert Stacy McCain. I first met Stacy when I emailed him after reading this. I’ve been corresponding with him ever since. His co-blogger Smitty is pretty awesome, too. […]