The Obama Equation...

(a) (y) - k = x (oil allowed to leak into the Gulf)

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Now it has been a few years since high school algebra class with Mrs. Resnick, but if I remember correctly it is possible to calculate a unknown result if you are able to find and use other known factors of the equation...

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Let us take the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico as an example...

Let us also take a look at the "Obama factors" in this equation...

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The Deepwater Horizon incident is an unfortunate accident that has resulted in 13 members of the Deepwater Horizon rig being killed as well as large damages to the coastal environments and economies. This will be a event that will take decades to know the actual costs to communities, individuals, economies, wildlife, and direction the country takes towards energy independence...

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There has already been much written about how this event will highlight the evils of fossil fuels, their effects on the environment, global warming, and how the country must switch to "renewable" or "alternative" forms of energy to save the world...

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With that there has also been much written about the 40+ years since the last large oil spill like this type and the impressive track record during this time. Also how efficient and productive oil and Natural gas is compared to many of the "alternative" forms of energy and how Oil\Gas has powered and continues to power the worlds economies....

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There has also been much written about how BP is at fault and how BP must pay for the whole incident clean-up and damages to the environment and working communities. In fact the Secretary of the Interior has stated that they (obama administration) must keep "their boot on the throat" of BP to ensure they stop the leaking well and Pay for Everything...

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It is also apparent that the Obama administration took its time in initially responding to this incident. But let us also look at other algebraic factors we can incorporate into the "Obama equation" to determine the amount of oil allowed to leak into the gulf as the result of the administrations inept handling of this incident...

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a = flow rate at well head

y = actual days allowed to leak

k = amount of oil skimmed off surface by ships

b = amount of oil burned off by using fire booms

d = days it took to get the fire booms to the site since the fedgov

did not have them as required by their own law

q = number of days that the Obama admin refused foreign offers of help

j = the Jones act that Obama refused to suspend thus keeping foreign ships from helping

h = number of hours wasted by Fedgov incompetence and infighting

f = results of the Fedgov in actually doing anything that stopped the leak

bs = Obama's visits to the Gulf and actual action to stop the physical leak

r = days it took the Obama admin before they even acknowledged the incident

m = jobs and production lost due to the Obama admins moritorium on offshore drilling

c = concerts held to aid the coastal communites effected by the spill

w = the number of times that Obama blames this whole thing on George W. Bush

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Jimmy Buffett... Stick with what you know, Music!...

Jimmy, do us all a favor and do what you do best... Music & singing....

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Can't blame you much during the Obama campaign when you came out supporting the "Change" that Obama was promising, for many of you who have made it BIG in showbiz and the music industry have done that possibly out of guilt, but why do you still support this President after what you have seen in the last 18 months?...

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In fact now you come out with this attack on President Bush regarding the oil spill in the gulf while disregarding Obama's inept actions and mis-direction...

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"To me it was more about eight years of bad policy before (Obama) got there that let this happen. It was Dracula running the blood bank in terms of oil and leases," he said. "I think that has more to do with it than how the president reacted to it."

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Dracula running the "blood bank"?

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Was it not the Obama administration running the show for 17 months before this happened?

Is it o.k. to take credit for good things that happened during the previous administration but yet blame bad things on the prior President?

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The next bad thing that happens will also be Bush's fault?

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Why has not Obama suspend the Jones act and allowing foreign countries to use the skimmers and other equipment they offered days after the incident?

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Is it the Labor Unions keeping Obama from suspending the Jones act?

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How much oil and precious wetlands could have been recovered\protected if Obama had acted right away?

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Thanks for doing the concert to help the people effected by the spill, but how much of the expenses will your taxguys write off from the show as a charitable donation?

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You may not take any $$$ directly from the concert, t-shirts, Live CD's, posters, programs, but what will be the value of the "face time" and publicity that your "image" will gain?

or will that be considered as a "in-kind" donation towards Obama's next election fund?....

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Your marketing guys have done you well and I am sure you will do well from this concert in the end as well. In fact you might be able to raise the price of the "Cheeseburger in Paradise" in Key West past the $10 it already is...

.You have done some great music (old stuff) in the past and please get back to doing some more but when doing your concert howbout ask some of the above questions regarding the current President?...

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Six years I lived in Key West but never saw you down there but I was asked by many tourists where you were during that time... Another great function of your marketing guys....

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