Drill, Baby, Drill!

Somebody needs to find some Stimulus money and start offering classes in Spanish and Portuguese down in Port Fourchon...

My friend Jackie over at Stand Firm, the Anglican / Traditional Episcopal website, notes that Obama - despite all of the criticism he has taken from us conservatives - is using billions of American taxpayer dollars to support oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and off of Brazil.

Now, don't you feel better, dear readers? I know Charlie Melancon does...

I'm Shocked! Shocked!

Fraud in Louisiana.

To quote the Sicilian in that movie about a princess bride: "Inconceivable!"

UPDATE: RSR Daughter (tm) reminded me of the correct Sicilian quote. Revisions have been made.

Have A Coke And A Slick.

After 80-plus days down here of this:


This doesn't exactly evoke thoughts of summer fun:


I'm just sayin'.

(Top image from USA Today. Bottom image from a carton containing 'Summer Collector Series Cans', found in my office. It's a Limited Edition!)

UPDATE: Be glad it didn't accidentally spell out "Allah" in Arabic. Then the Coca-Cola Company would REALLY be in marketing trouble!

An Effective Leader Organizes His Community.

And not a Telepromter in sight.

Hattip: Instapundit.

Have Bias, Will Travel.

Well the damn hole isn't the only thing spewing something crude and smelly all over south Louisiana. There's this from a Colorado travel agent.

Hattip: Opinionated Catholic.

Channeling Westmorland.

The Obama oil spill plan: Destroy Louisiana in order to save it:

Mass layoffs. Double-digit unemployment. An economic recession reaching depths not experienced since the oil bust of the 1980s.

Two months into the worst oil spill in U.S. history, deepsea drilling remains stuck in neutral, and fear abounds that South Louisiana's economy could be heading toward a steep decline.

Even as oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico 40 miles off the Louisiana's coast, state government and industry leaders are calling for an end to a federal drilling moratorium, arguing that the effect of a six-month stoppage could be worse than the leak itself.

I guess Obama decided the ass he had to kick, was ours.

Related note: For those of you on the Twitter, "the damn hole" is now tweeting. Can a publicist and book deal be far behind?

UPDATE: Louisiana does not appear to be part of Obama's "recovery summer" plans.

Ass... U... And An Another 'U'.

When you ignore those experts you claim to rely on to see whose "ass to kick", the only ass that should be kicked... is yours.

Of course, expect The Left/Mainstream Media to either 1) ignore this completely; or 2) do their best to propagate the Administration's excuses.

Its as if Obama and Team Hopenchange want to kill the oil industry in Louisiana, not save it. Oh, yeah.

New BP Ad? (UPDATE: Please Read.)

A friend emailed me this. I have no idea who created it, but whoever did pretty much captured the moment down here:



UPDATE 10JUNE10: While the spoof ad above reflects our frustration over this disaster down here in Louisiana, the spoof ad would be equally effective - and equally right - if one replaced the BP logo with the Obama 'O' logo. We need to remember that BP isn't the only big player here. And it seems they are being used by the other big player, Obama - and his allies from The Left/Mainstream Media - as a scapegoat (I guess the British are learning what that Yank term "under the bus" means... -ed.) to deflect criticism of Team Hopenchange's huge ineptness in dealing with this crisis.

Remember, too, BP isn't exactly a Texas-style oil company. It appears to be on the same side of the ideological fence as Obama and his fellow travellers.