tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post8990020642327000507..comments2024-03-29T05:03:05.347+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: The Crisis DeepensJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-71168819543414168452010-06-15T16:16:24.313+03:002010-06-15T16:16:24.313+03:00Cool! Thanks. If he doesn't show up in a day...Cool! Thanks. If he doesn't show up in a day or two I'll alert him that it's there.....avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-58677726087426697412010-06-15T16:14:16.301+03:002010-06-15T16:14:16.301+03:00I sent Parsons an invite. Hopefully, it didn'...I sent Parsons an invite. Hopefully, it didn't end up in his spam box.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-79115408275849545742010-06-15T16:07:12.688+03:002010-06-15T16:07:12.688+03:00I just wrote that I'd be a little more generou...I just wrote that I'd be a little more generous and give him a B-, since hindsight is 20-20. But a C is probably fair. He does seem to have lost his footing on this one, even though there's nothing that he can do to "fix" it. <br /><br />This appears to be the great irony of Obama's presidency -- great orator and educator who hasn't been able to apply those tools avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-87136049150011112010-06-15T10:46:17.735+03:002010-06-15T10:46:17.735+03:00Apparently much of the initial information on the ...Apparently much of the initial information on the size of this spill was misleading, and I think the White House erroneously thought BP had it under control. <br /><br />In the beginning they were talking about 40,000 gallons of oil seeping into the Gulf each day, now experts place that number at 800,000 to 1,6 million. <br /><br />It took weeks to really figure out the enormity of the crisis James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-4902884243632928162010-06-14T16:32:38.343+03:002010-06-14T16:32:38.343+03:00As big a supporter as I am of Obama, he does seem ...As big a supporter as I am of Obama, he does seem to have let this go too long without forcefully stepping in. Not that there's anything he can do about it -- and he does seem to have been dealt a stacked deck on just about all fronts, but ... <br /><br />I caught a segment of Bill Maher last night and a writer from Newsweek made the point that other presidents have turned tragedies into avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.com