# What should Obama do about the BP oil spill? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 2, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-obama-do-about-the-bp-oil-spill/541638 "2010-06-02T13:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-obama-do-about-the-bp-oil-spill/541638/22 "2010-06-02T15:37:49Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > Agreed. If anyone wants to criticize the administration for not doing enough, which they are of course entitled to do, they should also at least have some suggestions as to what they should be doing. Otherwise I’d suggest shutting up. > > Just yelling ‘DO SOMETHING’ isn’t a valid criticism. Yes and no. Obama was elected on platitudes about “change” and when pressed for what that meant, his critics said that he had no real plan and it was all talk. This BP oil spill looks like more of the same. 1. Get in front of the story. The Holder speech should have been on day 10 not day 40. At some point, we Americans should be assured that somehow BP is not going to get away by not paying for the cleanup and will be still allowed sucking money out of the seafloor to _not_ pay for the cleanup. The President is our political leader and he needs to act as such. 2. Get the US Navy involved. If anyone can assistwith an oilwell 5000’ deep it would be the Navy. Get DHS (FEMA) involved. 3. Start a review of offshore practices. If it is so difficult to fix a problem 1 mile deep, should oil companies be allowed to drill there? Why were the out so far? If we should allow it, what contigencies are in place in case this happens again. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-obama-do-about-the-bp-oil-spill/541638)._