So why exactly is this administration NOT allowing international experts that have expertise in precisely this type of massive oil spill to help with the clean-up and reduce the destruction?
If you guessed UNIONS, ding, ding, ding, ding ... you would be correct! Besides being incompetent, and a progressive, socialist, Marxist, liberal, this man who is unqualified to be president, is he so indebted to the unions for his election that he stands idley by and prevents international assistance with the clean-up of this oil spill and "passively destroys," or "passively allows to be destroyed" the economy and the coastline of this country ... minute by minute, hour by hour, day 55 to day 56, to placate the unions and to pacify his progressive "friends?" Was this his intent all along? I believe it is.
"The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (P.L. 66-261) is a United States Federal statute"[1] "... sponsored by Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington, governing the workers compensation rights of sailors and the use of foreign vessels in domestic trade ..."[2] and "... that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters and between U.S. ports.
Section 27, also known as the Jones Act, deals with cabotage (i.e., coastal shipping) and requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships, constructed in the United States, owned by U.S. citizens, and crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents. The purpose of the law is to support the U.S. merchant marine industry, but agricultural interests generally oppose it because, they contend, it raises the cost of shipping their goods, making them less competitive with foreign sources.[3]
In addition, amendments to the Jones Act, known as the Cargo Preference Act (P.L. 83-644), provide permanent legislation for the transportation of waterborne cargoes in U.S.-flag vessels."[3]
The Jones Act
Updated: 03/12/2007
"The Jones Act was written to help injured seamen. Additionally, the Jones Act ensures that the U.S. keeps and maintains a fleet of ships staffed by U.S. crews and owned by U.S. companies. [emphasis intentionally added]
... Prior to the passing of the Jones Act in 1920 ... [M]aritime law or admiralty law is a mixture of common law, traditions and practices adopted by ancient seafaring nations, and incorporated into the American legal system ... The Jones Act is extremely complex. Few attorneys are familiar enough with the issues and benefits of the Jones Act to effectively represent injured seamen.
Jones Act judgments are typically for much higher amounts than other traditional injury actions, so the selection of a competent attorney is essential for an injured seaman."[4]
Trial lawyers ... isn't that another group that supported the election of this idiot to the presidency?
The only thing required is for this idiot and inept president and his idiot and inept staff to waive the 1920 Merchant Marine Law. Instead, this administration continues to allow, and almost facilitate, the complete annihilation and destruction of this United States of America, her wildlife, her coast, and her economy. Where are his activist, loud-mouthed, tree-hugging Hollywood liberal idiot friends now? Where's Al Whore on this? And when do we as Americans finally say we've had enough? Or is this just another line we have drawn in the sand; one without any teeth. Do we really lack the backbone, as Americans, to stand up and to say, "No more?" And are we so afraid of the Chicago thuggery to demand that they either waive or repeal this Act, since it obviously allows unions to interfere with the best interests of the United States of America and her citizens, both now and in the future?
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_Act
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920
[4] http://www.shipguide.com/the-jones-act.html
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