Obama on the Florida Gulf Coast: 'Our job is not finished' - The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidency

Obama on the Florida Gulf Coast: 'Our job is not finished' - The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidency:

President Obama began a weekend on Florida's Gulf Coast today by saying that while the BP oil spill has been capped, 'our job is not finished and we are not going anywhere until it is.'

'I made a commitment in my visits here that I was going to stand with you not just until the well was closed, and not just until the oil was cleaned up, but until you have fully recovered from the damage that's been done,' Obama said after meeting with Coast Guard officials, residents, and business officials in Panama City, Fla.

The president, first lady Michelle Obama, and daughter Sasha are also visiting Florida to show that Gulf Coast beaches are 'clean, safe and open for business,' Obama said.

President Obama and family take a 27 hour vacation in Panama City, Florida on their way to their real vacation in Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts. While in Panama City, Obama is taking the time to bash BP about the cleanup that the federal government obstructed for almost two months.

Series tie-in: In Suki IV: Finally a Vacation, John and Suki vacation at Eglin Air Force Base just a few miles to the west of Panama City while recovering from their brutal assaults in Suki II and Suki III.

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About that BP Oil Spill

Let’s get a couple of things out of the way first. British Petroleum would not exist in a truly free market. Neither would most of the other corporate actors in this disaster.

If we had a true free market, including actual private property rights, nobody would be drilling in the Gulf of Mexico anyway. Remember the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)? We probably wouldn’t even be up to that with all of the oil and gas easily accessible in more hospitable locations, but blocked by government restrictions.

The fact of the matter is, BP is a creature of overregulation, rent-seeking (I know, redundant) and a host of other ills that socialistic government gives us.

As far as land use goes, the US federal government should not own anything the Constitution does not specify that it should own. Nothing like ANWR is provided for and all of that should be private property. Same with many of the other places that are federally owned and leased to others.


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