(Reuters) - The White House renewed its sharp criticism of BP CEO Tony Hayward after he attended a yacht race off the English coast on Saturday as his company struggles to plug its huge Gulf of Mexico oil leak. White House criticizes BP CEO over yacht race | Reuters
Meanwhile today.....
"Obama hits golf course with Biden on another hot, humid weekend
By Bridget Johnson - 06/19/10 03:37 PM ET
President Barack Obama hit the golf course Saturday with Vice President Joe Biden.
The White House pool report noted that Obama left at about 1 p.m. for the course at Andrews Air Force base, and his golfing parters included White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson and David Katz, the energy efficiency campaign manager at the Department of Energy.
Obama left the course shortly before 6 p.m.
Nicholson and Katz, along with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, joined Obama for four hours of golf last weekend. The Republican National Committeereleased an ad soon afterward taking aim at Obama's golfing during the ongoing BP oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico.
The temperatures in the Washington, D.C., area Saturday were similar to last weekend, in the low 90s and humid.
Obama attended the Washington Nationals game Friday night wearing a cap for his hometown Chicago White Sox. Sources told the pool reporter that Obama sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and left in the ninth inning, before the White Sox edged out the Nationals 2-1 in the 11th."
Obama hits golf course with Biden on another hot, humid weekend - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
=
Replies
45SoWal Insider
He's not allowed to have a life.
Beach FanaticAuthor
He's not allowed to have a life.
So you don't see the hypocrisy
Beach Fanatic
He's not allowed to have a life.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
Beach Fanatic
Amazing how Bush received such horrible press for playing 1/5 the amount of golf.
SoWal Insider
we're all so angry!
Beach Fanatic
Obama can play golf because this is .................................all Bushes fault!!!! 
Beach Fanatic
So you don't see the hypocrisy
Oh the hypocrisy is evident.
WikiAnswers - How many vacation days did george w bush take while president
George W. Bush took 977 vacation days, out of 2,923 days in office, roughly 33%
On the other hand, it's probably a good thing. :rofl:
Beach Fanatic
Oh the hypocrisy is evident.
WikiAnswers - How many vacation days did george w bush take while president
George W. Bush took 977 vacation days, out of 2,923 days in office, roughly 33%
On the other hand, it's probably a good thing. :rofl:
He didn't vacation or golf when our country was in crisis.
Beach FanaticAuthor
Oh the hypocrisy is evident.
WikiAnswers - How many vacation days did george w bush take while president
George W. Bush took 977 vacation days, out of 2,923 days in office, roughly 33%
On the other hand, it's probably a good thing. :rofl:
Buz - the point of my post had nothing to do with George Bush. The fact that the White House was critical of the BP CEO going to a yacht race while at the same time Obama was out playing golf (for the 8th time since the crisis began) seemed pretty hypocritical to me.
Beach Fanatic
Wrong Again - Sara
Wrong again Sallly.
He lied about giving up golf. Guess you didn't get the memo.
In fact, Bush went golfing two months after the bombing the UN headquarters,
Bush Lied About Giving Up Golf: Video Proof
President Bush said with a straight face this week that he gave up golf in honor of the fallen soldiers in Iraq, claiming that he quit after the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003:
President Bush said with a straight face this week that he gave up golf in honor of the fallen soldiers in Iraq, claiming that he quit after the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003
He didn't vacation or golf when our country was in crisis.
Wrong again Sallly.
He lied about giving up golf. Guess you didn't get the memo.
In fact, Bush went golfing two months after the bombing the UN headquarters,
Bush Lied About Giving Up Golf: Video Proof
President Bush said with a straight face this week that he gave up golf in honor of the fallen soldiers in Iraq, claiming that he quit after the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003:
"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."
Bush said he made that decision after the August 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, which killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the top U.N. official in Iraq and the organization's high commissioner for human rights.
"I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man's life," he said. "I was playing golf -- I think I was in central Texas -- and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, 'It's just not worth it anymore to do.'"
In fact, Bush went golfing two months after the bombing the UN headquarters, and Keith Olbermann found the video:Bush said he made that decision after the August 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, which killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the top U.N. official in Iraq and the organization's high commissioner for human rights.
"I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man's life," he said. "I was playing golf -- I think I was in central Texas -- and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, 'It's just not worth it anymore to do.'"
President Bush said with a straight face this week that he gave up golf in honor of the fallen soldiers in Iraq, claiming that he quit after the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad in August 2003
Edited
Beach Fanatic
Buz - the point of my post had nothing to do with George Bush. The fact that the White House was critical of the BP CEO going to a yacht race while at the same time Obama was out playing golf (for the 8th time since the crisis began) seemed pretty hypocritical to me.
If you want to defend CEO of British Petroleum knock yourself out
No one should play golf Saturday either.
But if you want to defend a foreigner's right to stonewall Congress, then hopping on a $700K yacht go right ahead.
I am just a little person on the Gulf.
Edited
Beach Fanatic
The Huffinton Post is a most unreliable source of information and Olberman is seriously unhinged. We are in a critical time here on our beautiful coast and Obama is president and has been for the past 18 months. It is way past time for leadership. He has failed the Gulf Coast and all the birds of the air, fish of the sea, and those of us who live, love and work in the Southern United States of America. He has done it on purpose to manipulate this country into passing cap and trade. It's always political with him. That is why his 8th time to golf since the spill rankles.
Banned
Obama has kicked enough @$$ and taken enough names in the past week that I think he's entitled to a round of golf. He had me worried for a while, but he came through. Good job Barack!
Beach Fanatic
Banned
Biden lays it out in an almost inarguable fashion:
YouTube - VP Biden on Rep. Joe Barton's Apology to BP
YouTube - VP Biden on Rep. Joe Barton's Apology to BP
Beach Fanatic
Wake up folks. Or someday maybe you won't? Assoc. Press on Thursday reports this oil is 40% methane. Worthless to BP. hurry cap that well and move on. Oooppps can't hurry cement it quick bad pressure. BOOOOOOMMMM. down gies rig! Hurry lie lie lie. Disperse it heavy because methane is not only a greenhouse gas but combustable at certain air levels. The biggest H bomb in the world is on the bottom of the Gulf?
Dolphins breathe air yet they die from oily water. Be honest and ask hard questions. If the air is methaned they suffocate!
Same with birds, turtles and Small People!
I pray i'm wrong but if I'm not?
Dolphins breathe air yet they die from oily water. Be honest and ask hard questions. If the air is methaned they suffocate!
Same with birds, turtles and Small People!
I pray i'm wrong but if I'm not?
Beach Fanatic
Sorry I'm suffering from Gulf Spill Sydrome. Symptoms constant worrying for all walks and ways of life.
Should we trust the gov't same one that bails out buddies and cuts a 20 billion dollar deal for the death of the Gulf? Trust BP for restitution?
Yep I have Gulf Spill Syndrome and I'm paranoid.
Disperse it, thin it out to tolerable levels. For gods sake do not handle the oil say officials.Let BP pay Small People $10/hr to pick it up. Besides methane some report benzine and uranium too. All the minerals needed to fuel your day provided by the Feds and BP. No charge at all. In fact send us a claim. We will be right on it.
Remember Small People got what?
No Reason To Live
it's in a song. So is
I may be wrong but I may be right.
Should we trust the gov't same one that bails out buddies and cuts a 20 billion dollar deal for the death of the Gulf? Trust BP for restitution?
Yep I have Gulf Spill Syndrome and I'm paranoid.
Disperse it, thin it out to tolerable levels. For gods sake do not handle the oil say officials.Let BP pay Small People $10/hr to pick it up. Besides methane some report benzine and uranium too. All the minerals needed to fuel your day provided by the Feds and BP. No charge at all. In fact send us a claim. We will be right on it.
Remember Small People got what?
No Reason To Live
it's in a song. So is
I may be wrong but I may be right.
Beach FanaticAuthor
If you want to defend CEO of British Petroleum knock yourself out
No one should play golf Saturday either.
But if you want to defend a foreigner's right to stonewall Congress, then hopping on a $700K yacht go right ahead.
I am just a little person on the Gulf.
Please show me in my post where I defended the CEO of BP and stated that no one should play golf on Saturday. Go ahead - knock yourself out. On second thought Buz - just forget it - you completely missed the point of my post and I doubt you will put your political bias aside to have a rational discussion.
SoWal Insider
Frankly, I think it is pretty childish for anyone to be criticizing either one of these guys for taking a break, of any sort. They both are under incredible amounts of stress, and they are simply human beings, after all. Anyway, in their positions, all you can do is delegate and hope that your subordinates respond with intelligence and diligence. Hand-wringing doesn't help anybody.
Banned
Everyone relax, it will all be taken care of by the end of the day. If not does it means the man upstairs doesn't care about us?
Louisiana lawmakers propose prayer to stop oil disaster - CNN.com
Louisiana lawmakers propose prayer to stop oil disaster - CNN.com
]"Thus far efforts made by mortals to try to solve the crisis have been to no avail," state Sen. Robert Adley said in a statement released after last week's unanimous vote for the day of prayer. "It is clearly time for a miracle for us."[/QUOTE
Beach FanaticAuthor
Frankly, I think it is pretty childish for anyone to be criticizing either one of these guys for taking a break, of any sort. They both are under incredible amounts of stress, and they are simply human beings, after all. Anyway, in their positions, all you can do is delegate and hope that your subordinates respond with intelligence and diligence. Hand-wringing doesn't help anybody.
Exactly - thanks for actually getting the point
The White House should hold Obama to the same standard or keep their mouth shut.
Edited
SoWal Insider
Exactly - thanks for actually getting the point
The White House should hold Obama to the same standard or keep their mouth shut.
Yes, I think it was petty of Emmanuel to comment on Hayward's yacht fun with his son and everybody already knows all these BP execs need a smack upside their heads before they open their big mouths; but, golf is a work socializing game. Obama was with his Energy Efficiency Mgr. I've played golf with clients in humidity and it wasn't much fun at all. What's up with all the girlie-men in the media? Can't they find more substantial news?
Honestly, I don't care if either of them work from a sand reef, just plug that leak up so we can go on with our lives.
Beach Fanatic
Margarita, I agree with your point.
As someone who voted for Obama because of his intelligence, I am really pissed at him that he evidently isn't smart enough to realize the damage that his presence at baseball games, on the golf course, etc. is doing to folks' perception of him. Too much fodder for the media and his foes.
As someone who voted for Obama because of his intelligence, I am really pissed at him that he evidently isn't smart enough to realize the damage that his presence at baseball games, on the golf course, etc. is doing to folks' perception of him. Too much fodder for the media and his foes.
Beach Fanatic
Margarita you are entitled your opinion.
To me there is a big difference between grabbing your sticks and getting 18 holes in on Saturday afternoon and hopping on a jet to fly back across the ocean to ride around on your $700K yacht.
You don't. Difference of opinion, folks can disagree without being disagreeable.
Sara-
You are not entilted to your own facts.
Regardless of where the video was posted Bush DID play golf when the country was in crisis mode.
You are simply wrong.
To me there is a big difference between grabbing your sticks and getting 18 holes in on Saturday afternoon and hopping on a jet to fly back across the ocean to ride around on your $700K yacht.
You don't. Difference of opinion, folks can disagree without being disagreeable.
Sara-
You are not entilted to your own facts.
Regardless of where the video was posted Bush DID play golf when the country was in crisis mode.
You are simply wrong.
Beach FanaticAuthor
Margarita you are entitled your opinion.
To me there is a big difference between grabbing your sticks and getting 18 holes in on Saturday afternoon and hopping on a jet to fly back across the ocean to ride around on your $700K yacht.
You don't. Difference of opinion, folks can disagree without being disagreeable.
Sara-
You are not entilted to your own facts.
Regardless of where the video was posted Bush DID play golf when the country was in crisis mode.
You are simply wrong.
Agree to disagree Buz. There may be a big difference in theory but not in principle. I hope you have a great day!!
Edited
Checking your forum account
Please wait while we verify your forum account.