The Gulf oil spill has illuminated chilling realities about our federal government's incapability to handle genuine crises. Without a doubt, local officials in the Gulf region have been quicker and more resourceful in their handling of the disaster and the federal government has been a huge impediment. Dick Morris explained how the federal bureaucracy has greatly harmed cleanup efforts:

The Obama administration is having a very bad week. Today, federal judge Martin Feldman issued an order barring the administration from implementing its six-month moratorium on deep-water oil exploration in the Gulf. Judge Feldman reviewed the order under the Administrative Procedure Act. Applying the APA's standard, Judge Feldman found that the administration's action was arbitrary and capricious.

Judge Feldman was influenced by the fact that the Obama administration's order relied heavily on a lie:

It was Michael Barone who first used the phrase "gangster government" to refer to the Obama administration's lawlessness. Today he expands on that thought, describing the administration's actions in the Gulf as "ineffective thuggery."

Thuggery is unattractive. Ineffective thuggery even more so. Which may be one reason so many Americans have been reacting negatively to the response of Barack Obama and his administration to BP's gulf oil spill.

This really has to be seen to be believed. We all know that MSNBC--Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, etc.--is in the tank for the Obama administration, but I think this is the first time an on-air MSNBC personality has confessed to "working with the White House" on talking points; here, regarding the Gulf oil spill. The MSNBC employee in question is Mika Brzezinski, the daughter of Jimmy Carter's national security adviser. It's really pretty funny to see her reading the White House talking points on air:

View from the porch early morning, with Bunker Hill Monument visible through layers of bureaucracy infrastructure, the McCardle Bridge between Chelsea and East Boston in foreground and a secondary span of the Mystic River Bridge in the background. By Sissy Willis of sisu

The definition of a tough crowd? When Obama sycophants like Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews and Ezra Klein all give the President’s speech the worst reviews since the latest Ben Affleck movie, there’s not a whole heckuva lot for the MWU to add. Perhaps Olbermann said it best (didn’t think you’d ever see that line, did you?

Here’s a list of things a community organizer never has to do. He doesn’t have to: Make tough decisions Make payroll Hire and fire Do the actual work Live with the consequences Here’s a list of things a president must do: Make tough decisions Hire and fire Do actual work Live with consequences *funding optional and dependent on Congress aka The Board

57 days after oil spill began, President Obama, along with his most trusted advisor, Ted Teleprompter,  will address the nation tonight about the horrible situation in the Gulf. We’ve read that much of the speech will have absolutely nothing to do with fixing the leak. Right now, people across the country are unanimous in their desire for the leak to be plugged and the mess to be cleaned up, period. Diverting attention and resources to other ideological or reactionary pursuits is not the answer right now.

Not all oil execs are corrupt and/or cowardly enough to play along with the war on economic freedom and prosperity being waged behind the smokescreen of the global warming farce.