Posted on 08/14/2010 8:29:54 PM PDT by Libloather
Obama urges tourism to aid Gulf economy post-spill
14 August 2010 Last updated at 16:01 ET
President Obama has urged Americans to "come on down and visit" Florida to help revive the economy stricken by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Mr Obama said oil was no longer flowing into the Gulf but "our job is not finished and we are not going anywhere until it is."
The president is visiting Florida with his wife and elder daughter.
On Friday, US incident commander Adm Thad Allen said work would continue to seal the leaking well for good.
The president paid tribute to the US Coast Guard and others who had "toiled day and night" to plug the leak.
'Clean, open, safe'
He urged Americans to take their holidays in Florida, saying: "As a result of the clean-up effort, the beaches are clean, open and safe."
Tourism is one of the mainstays of the Florida economy. This year, however, much of the coastline is deserted, says the BBC's Andy Gallacher in Miami.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Lets get real here: Its not the Gulf economy he wants to help, its more the Golf economy he has in mind.
lulz, more like: Does $hit walk on water? Apparently, not.
Hey OBAMA, blow me
I can remember how the liberals and the MSM mocked and laughed at President Bush when President Bush told the people to go out and go shopping and help keep the economy going after 9/11 .....
“President Obama has urged Americans to ‘come on down and visit’ Florida to help revive the economy stricken by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.”
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And why don’t you life the drilling moratorium A$$hole!
Did Oblamer take a private meeting with the politically and sexually confused Charlie Crist in a Mens Only Bathhouse during his brief visit? Oblamer’s “body man” Reggie Love should have been able to arrange a tension reliever for the overwrought POTUS.
ya and Amelda Michelle could have vactioned for a lot less cash than what Spain cost..strange that that lavish trip was during O’s birthday.
The Survivors Club
Synopsis...
According to Sherwood, two questions are central to this book. What does it really take to survive a catastrophic event and what kind of survivor are you? You might be surprised at the answers. While there are tactics and strategies to surviving life tragedies, unforeseen accidents, and other catastrophes, many of these are instinctive (some, like exhibiting transitory superhuman strength, are manifested physiologically, without conscious planning). Some of us, Sherwood explains, are better survivors than others—in prisoner-of-war camps, for example, the people most likely to collapse are the eternal optimists who believe rescue is imminent and fail to come to terms with the possibility of long-term imprisonment. The book is a useful, insightful exploration of the nature of survival, the resilience of the human mind and body, and the ways in which we can all use our natural gifts to maximize our chances of coming through catastrophic situations. --David Pitt
Will he also tout Martha’s Vineyard to us little people as well? After all, one day in the Gulf, ten in the Vineyard?
I didn’t know Spain was on the Gulf Coast.
Sharky’s missing all the fun this weekend (post 7)... his relatives are in the water though.
He might sound more believable if he’d spent more than 27 hours on the Rednick Riviera.
Hey, I would let it go if the e and i keys were close together.
That's my story, and I'm stickin to it! ;o)
If you spilled milk, you’re stickin’ to SOMETHING!
Whereupon, he promptly left.
-PJ
It would have been a lot more useful if he had done his "encouraging" at the beginning of the summer. Now it is time for kids to go back to school and most people have already taken their vacation (or just stayed home).
Apparently, nobama resisted his urge to say we should build mosques all along the coastal beaches. All praise nobama.
If he only were a seal......
SHARKY’S BACK!! Now get out there and get him !!! :0))))
Mistake, but he kinda looks like that seal........but it's his ears that are big, not the flippers.......
:-)
*Toothy, sheepish grin*
omg.... rolling....
Maybe another good target would be the big, broad rear.... I have to ping you to another thread where the photos are. Someone is wearing mommy pants and someone looks like a whale.....
The end of the Shrek movies....after the credits (I hope you saw them)? They do this sing along....
Donkey (Eddie Murphy) does this rap while the dragon turns around and shakes it......
"I like big butts, and I don't lie."
Hysterical. Moochelle could be the dragon......
I didn’t see the movie, but we collected the glasses when we were driving through TX and LOE in May... then we found out the Sharky had added lead paint to poison the snake, and had to take the glasses back. Anyway, so I know what you’re talking about because all the characters were on the glasses...
She’s a disgusting moocher, talk about jiggling jello rolls.... Dragon Lady is even too nice for her! lol
You didn't drink ffrom the glasses?
*Mutters about the bad luck*
:-)
LOLOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
No, I’m still here to bother you.
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