Public Pans Obama's Response to Oil Spill, But Gives Worse Marks to BP

they have tryed every thing, but they should dig were its coming out allaround weres its flowing from. they put a big heavy acrilic type pipe over it till they get to the serface . and then put thoses big yellow oil stoper bags around it and as they fill up have a barge atop to suck up all they oil into another boat, so it doesnt spread over the gulf keep it in a one area and that way they keep it contained till they can fix it , im sure they can put pipes like the water ones that are the big heavy plastic ones over it until it reaches the top were they block the spill with the yellow things then suck it up in another boat, just a thought nothing elses has worked for them , thank you

I wonder since all that oil is coming up from below the ocean floor. what will happen with the void it leaves as the oil gushes out? is there a vein that is running say....under a populated area? has anyone thought of this? and you might say...well, it is over 50 miles out to sea, but even that isn't far away enough to prevent damage that is being caused to beaches, birds and sealife right now.

I have been thinking that the military , specifically the Navy and the Army Corps of Engineers should be placed in charge of the effort to cap the well and clean up the spill, and that this effort should be fully funded by BP, with any necessary equipment and resources that the military does not already posess or have adaptable for the mission being provided by or purchased by BP , regardless of its cost. BP should step out of the way and allow dedicated men to fight this battle( and thats what it truly is) who posess plenty of expertise in their own right. The crux of this problem is that we don't have people involved in this effort who really have service to the American people and to the people of other nations at heart. As an Army veteran who served in Iraq, I can say that it is the charictar of the vast majority of soldiers that they would be willing to give their lives in order to stop such a disaster from affecting this country and our neighbors on such a massive scale, as surely as they would ,and have, given their lives for a few of their battle buddies. Indeed, people could very well die in the long term as a result of health problems caused by this disaster, and they need heroes right now to save them. At a time like this, when the enviroment, economy, and public health of this nation is being threatened, one does not turn to oil company scientists , engineers, and executives. This is a time for heroes in the service of the American people to be given the mission and the power to act.

I wanna know why BP didn't have a "plan B", accidents like this are bound to happen. All of these oil companies should already have a what if plan...

First I would like to know why Water Management for each state is not in charge of any of these issues regarding the wetlands (or did BP) buy land in the event of oil leakage and spills? There are mitigation suits regarding the wetlands trees, wildlife, water, etc. I know this first hand with a case I was involved in where someone dug 35 feet into the wetlands! I also want to know why there is no moritorium placed on BP free gas for everyone or no gas at all.....!! This is getting into all the water supply whether any government official wants to admit or not and it has effects on every person in this country. Wells, Rivers, Oceans, landfills, wetlands, runoffs for industrial businesses that are allowed to go privately and build it next to your home (ie Imeson City of Jax did next to me and only allowed to dig 25ft dug 75 ft destoryed my property and dumped right into the Broward River which goes into the Ocean) So here again is a small example of government getting away with corporate america and each and everyone of us suffers and the justice system doesn't work for the little people or the real people it only works for those who have the most money who can get away with the most damage control around them to hide the truth. Well, when will the truth be told? This should have never happened and with the hurricanes coming it is only going to get worse and they can fix this they only want to get to their physical original desitination and are being allowed too... no matter what I can not believe no one can't stop this leak GET REAL. When the lawsuits start and the attorneys start making all the money and the people get sick..maybe this is just an act of terrorism? Maybe an act of genocide? Two many Admirals and not enough Corporals...

It is clear that President Obama\'s hands are tied, as are those of ANY American President when our BIRTHRIGHT was given away or sold in the last 20 years, for a philosophy of \'Drill baby Drill\'...our country, and our future, and our childrens future was EQUALLY sentenced... to a philosophy of....SPILL BABY SPILL....

On a serious note... Hey all you \"GO Green\" heads... You are totally clueless! Take this FACT into consideration... ALL of the Wind Turbines combined with all the Solar panels in the whole United States of America don\'t produce the power of ONE, yes that is just ONE coal mine.... You sheep are just to easy!

I am astounded that those \"EXPERTS\" didn\'t find a way to contain more of the oil at the site. I\'m inclined to think their first concern was to spend as little money ads possible.

Katrina was about people who did not have a lot of alternative. As bad as this is you won\'t ever hear the wildlife being referred to as refugees in their own country. We never have to put our waterways in this must danger. Katrina didn\'t give us a whole lot of choices. Although it doesn\'t happen alot \'drill baby drill\' can always become \'spill baby spill\'. How many time is okay?

I have no issue with Obama other than being more of a presence. He was there three weeks ago and technology wise there is really not much else that he can do. The Katrina comparisons are unwarranted. Everyone knew that Katrina was comming and nothing was done to prepare for it. The restricitons that was eased on the oild companies came courtesy of VP Dick Cheney. There is always enough blame to go around. Rand Paul said \'accidents happen\'. Now Sarah Palin is supposed to be GOP expert yet she\'s has nothing to say. It\'s funny how everyone wants less government until something big happens.