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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 745827" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">Even if you, yourself can't solve the problem, you would think you would have some idea of who to call to be on your panel......you'd think!!</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Gerri Willis</p><p>- FOXBusiness</p><p>- June 21, 2010</p><p><strong>The President's Lackluster Oil Team</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>My two cents: </strong>Let's use the Gulf oil spill as an excuse to fix the Gulf oil spill -- not as cover to pass more ]important legislation that will put taxpayers on the hook.</p><p></p><p>The president promised to bring the smartest minds to bear on diagnosing the reasons for the Gulf oil disaster. So when he chose a panel to investigate the origins of the spill, I was prepared to be impressed.</p><p>No such luck.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong: There are lots of smart folks on the panel. People with big-time degrees and big-time resumes-but they are short on the one thing needed in this crisis: technical expertise.</p><p>Let me give you some examples. One member is an environmental activitist who says the disaster stems from America's addiction to oil. Hmm...sounds like political analysis to me.</p><p></p><p>Only one of the seven commissioners has an engineering background, but it's in optics and physics - not too useful in this case.</p><p>The other commissioners are experts in policy and management.</p><p>Choosing someone who has actually been involved in drilling a well might have been a good idea.</p><p>But as has been the case throughout this crisis, the appearance of action has always been more important than actually getting something done.</p><p></p><p>I've got an idea: let's use the Gulf oil spill as an excuse to fix the Gulf oil spill -- not as cover to pass more legislation that will put taxpayers on the hook.</p><p>But that's just my two cents!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 745827, member: 1246"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]Even if you, yourself can't solve the problem, you would think you would have some idea of who to call to be on your panel......you'd think!![/COLOR][/SIZE] Gerri Willis - FOXBusiness - June 21, 2010 [B]The President's Lackluster Oil Team[/B] [B]My two cents: [/B]Let's use the Gulf oil spill as an excuse to fix the Gulf oil spill -- not as cover to pass more ]important legislation that will put taxpayers on the hook. The president promised to bring the smartest minds to bear on diagnosing the reasons for the Gulf oil disaster. So when he chose a panel to investigate the origins of the spill, I was prepared to be impressed. No such luck. Don't get me wrong: There are lots of smart folks on the panel. People with big-time degrees and big-time resumes-but they are short on the one thing needed in this crisis: technical expertise. Let me give you some examples. One member is an environmental activitist who says the disaster stems from America's addiction to oil. Hmm...sounds like political analysis to me. Only one of the seven commissioners has an engineering background, but it's in optics and physics - not too useful in this case. The other commissioners are experts in policy and management. Choosing someone who has actually been involved in drilling a well might have been a good idea. But as has been the case throughout this crisis, the appearance of action has always been more important than actually getting something done. I've got an idea: let's use the Gulf oil spill as an excuse to fix the Gulf oil spill -- not as cover to pass more legislation that will put taxpayers on the hook. But that's just my two cents! [/QUOTE]
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