‘Bout Time! Obama Finally Allows Foreign Skimmers to the Gulf

Obama, who will forever be famous for dismissing the oil spill by saying “Whaddya want me to do, suck it up with a straw?” has finally allowed foreign skimmers to the American shores to assist with the cleanup.

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From HotAir here, there may be some problems:

As you’ll see, it’s designed to vacuum up fresh oil, which means it’ll have to be placed near the leak, which is a problem because it’s gi-normous and that area’s already congested. To which I say: Clear a path.

The A-Whale can do 500,000 barrels a day. To borrow a phrase, this is the moment when the rise of the oil in the ocean begins to slow and our gulf begins to heal. The bureaucracy will find some way to screw it up, right?

I hope they find a way to allow the A-Whale to do its job. But if its left up to Obama to call the shots, the only way that tanker is going to move anywhere is if its blocking the fairway of the 14th hole.