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Not long ago, Barack Obama was pilloried for being too activist, too meddlesome and too inclined to see himself as the messiah. He was forcing health care reform down our throats, running General Motors, wrecking the financial system and promising to make the oceans recede.
But that was a different guy, from a parallel universe. The President Obama we all know is a passive, detached do-nothing. Or so we have been hearing since the British Petroleum oil spill gained our attention.
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I was unaware that Obama was actively dealing with any of these things. As regards the wars, he is largely following the path of least resistance because he cannot get away with total indifference. Regarding all else, I'm not aware of any engagement on this president's part.
And why has the Jones Act not been waived, as it was during Katrina? How much omnipresent, active engagement would it take to remove the barriers to cleanup? Let us not forget that offshore drilling...