Fix It!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/13/AR2010061304232.html

Why are we not taking people up on their offers to help? Instead of dicking around and dicking around and dicking around for weeks, the government could have been taking advantage of the skills, equipment and resources of these various countries.

Instead, we set up yet another committee/subcomittee/working group to study this or that or something else.

Fix the problem!

The question every day should be "Is this going to help fix the problem?" If the answer is "no" then whatever it is should be tabled. We don't have time for committee hearings and speeches and photo ops and nonsense. Fix. The. Problem.

Eugene is a lot more eloquent than me, but I agree with everything he says:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061404481.html?hpid=opinionsbox1\

This should be treated like a war, where failure is not an option. If you're not here to help, get out of the way. Put someone in charge and FIX IT. Call in the troops, call in the army corps of engineers, call in NASA and everyone else that is smart that is at our disposal and FIX IT. Take up all these countries' offers to help, get this crap cleaned up and then send BP the bill when it's all done.