Oil spill inaction (de)motivational video

[BadShot]

This is moderately frustrating to me. While the video has a good degree of validity, speaking as someone who is providing direct support (IT wise) to US Fish and Wildlife responders, of which we have more than 400, only behind the EPA and US Coat Guard for deployed personnel, We are doing a shit load of work down there. We've got folks tracking the oil, cleaning up where it lands, "Keeping our heel on BP's neck"... what I can tell you for sure is that BP is not running the show. Admiral Allen is doing a kick ass job of keeping those greedy bastards in check in more ways than the haters and press want to tell you all.

So yeah, its frustrating, I know that internally many of us feel like our own PR folks are failing in a huge way to get the word out about just how much (and how much good) our folks are doing. These guys and gals are working 14-18 hour days, 14 days straight, with only 2 days off before doing it all over again. They are away from their families and children, they are setting aside their lives to take on these tasks and all most folks want to do is bitch. Maybe some gratitude towards the actual folks doing the work would be nice for a change. The people responding to this didn't cause the problem and have gone above and beyond what many would even begin to understand or do themselves.

Yeah, screw the administration, they aren't doing the best of jobs here (or in just about any facet), but the .gov folks with boots on the ground are doing an incredible job. While I'm not a huge fan of Salazar and the way he's run his mouth about many aspects of this event, things like the break up and restructuring of the Mineral Management Service (MMS) are parts of solving many of the problems that the Department of Interior faces. While there is a shit load more going on, I imagine you guys really aren't interested in how at least my facet of the government is actually doing things right. Believe it or not, we are not the Administration, we are the people that keep things going in the right direction despite the common belief.

[Hoosier]

Seems like people always color the entire federal government the shade of the current administration. Happened under Bush too. The vast majority of people who work for the government are salaried people with a job to do, and who is in the White House doesn't usually factor in.

H.