Douche Bag of the Day: Jeff Goldstein

Jeff Goldstein accuses Obama of manufacturing "an environmental crisis." Was all the oil and workers killed on the Deep Horizen rig manufactured. I suppose Goldstein will blame Obama for threats and personal information about progressive bloggers posted on Protein Wisdom.

Actually, what the BP spill evidently taught you is that you could manufacture an environmental crisis, shake down a private company, cite false authority to get a drilling moratorium, withstand the consequences of having that massaging of the facts revealed to the public, and — after a “shellacking” at the polls — continue business as usual, depressing the economies of several states, keeping gas prices artificially high, and helping out international companies who are happy to fill the vacuum created by this cynical maneuvering disguised as environmental solicitousness.

Facts:

13 workers on the Deep Horizon rig were killed.

6,814 dead animals.

6,104 dead birds.

609 dead sea turtles.

100 dead dolphins.

The death caused by the spill was not manufactured by Obama. BP did not follow proper safety guidelines. Obama is not responsible for BP dumping sand to hide spills on beaches. None of this matters to Goldstein. There is no deep policy analysis to be found on Protein Wisdom. The blog is a place where Goldstein can safely attack others. If Goldstein behaved in a public establishment the way he behaved on the internet he would get his ass kicked. I tremble in fear at the prospect of Goldstein sicking the 101st Keyboard Brigade on me.