Coast Guard Blocks Oil Cleanup
Based on a post on Outside the Beltway: — “Bureaucracy Standing In The Way Of Oil Spill Clean Up Efforts”
The governor of Louisiana sent out barges to suck up the oil and dump it into steel tanks then the bureaucratic buffoons from the Coast Guard made them stop.
According to the Coast Guard they needed to confirm that there were fire extinguishers and life jackets on board. –So? They couldn’t just board each of the vessels check that they were in compliance and let them go back to work? Oh yes. The CG also said that they were having trouble contacting the manufacturer of the barges.
The Coast Guard seems to be in competition with FEMA for the biggest cluster fuck in history. First they help BP prevent reporters from accessing things BP didn’t want the world to see, now they are preventing any unauthorized cleanup.
This is exactly like the fire marshal making you stop spraying water on a smoldering roof because your hose hasn’t been inspected.
Once again the pencil pushers have proven that paperwork is more important than life, property, or even the planet.
The United States Coast Guard: Now less popular than the IRS.
