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So it's only been 72 days since the oil spill in the Gulf so what's all the commotion? Gees what do you people want from our President?

President Obama A.K.A. Robin Hood and his band of merry men had to wait until the oil hit the beaches before doing anything more than telling B.P. they were going to put a boot on their throat and also kick their ass. Good sound bites!!!!

This may come as a surprise to you but this is not the only underwater well in the world that is leaking, the only difference is there are skimmer ships in Dubai able to keep the oil from reaching their beaches.

As I stated before; The Dutch offered to supply 4 oil skimmers. Each system will collect 5,000 tons of oil each day. One ton of oil is about 7.3 barrels. 5,000 tons per day is 36,500 barrels per day. 4 skimmers have a capacity of 146,000 barrels per day. That is much greater than the high end estimate of the leak.

Now at day 72 this just in;
US accepts international assistance in dealing with massive oil spill in Gulf of Mexico. The United States is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

But wait did you know this? More than 30 countries and international organizations have offered to help with the spill. The State Department hasn't indicated why some offers have been accepted and others have not.

So just when will the help arrive? The State Department said in a statement Tuesday that the U.S. is working out the particulars of the help that's been accepted.

The identities of all 12 countries and international organizations were not immediately announced. One country was cited in the State Department statement -- Japan, which is providing two high-speed skimmers and fire containment boom.

This help could run in to trouble though just like Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal had with his homegrown idea that seemed to be effective at collecting the thick gunk.

What trouble? Well the Coast Guard Ordered Barges to Stop. Why? The Coast Guard needed to confirm that there were fire extinguishers and life vests on board, and then it had trouble contacting the people who built the barges.

Gov. Bobby Jindal spent a week and half fighting to get working barges to begin vacuuming crude oil out of his state's oil-soaked waters.

I wonder if who built the barges had anything to do with the Jones Act which prohibits foreign ships from working in our waters?

But I degrees, you want to know the real reason why President Obama A.K.A. Robin Hood and his band of merry men had to wait until the oil hit the beaches before doing anything.

My simple answer is, Obama or one of his merry men had dinner at one of Buba Gumps seafood restaurants and ordered a shrimp dinner which cost $17.95. From the price of that dinner they determined the shrimp boats that harvested the shrimp made to much money when they sold the shrimp and that they should share their wealth.

Allowing the oil to decimate the shrimp beds would mean the shrimp boats would be idle and the restaurants would have to import the shrimp from a foreign country at a lower cost.

Makes perfect sense don't you think?

I have to go now and drink another glass of that Kool - Aid.