Obama's Gulf War –
The Vineyard's Jane Lubchenco
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrator

Why is Dr. Lubchenco once again weighing in?
She was wrong when it started and looks to be now.
Is Obama that anxious to soft-soap Martha's Vineyard
That the Gulf must look good? Irregardless? Somehow?

We'd love to believe that she's getting it right,
But think of the bind in which poor Jane is caught –
First lowball the flow rate to inconsequential,
Then deny that the spill's been as bad as we thought.

Let her tell the Brown Pelicans whose side she's on,
BP's Lisa Jackson's or hopefully ours.
But don't count your turtles before their eggs hatch –
Corexit and Jane might have hidden powers.

Jane may have snookered Obama's advisors
Into believing the Gulf's just as cold
As Buzzard's Bay and the Atlantic Ocean
Where tar balls can linger if the truth be told.

So if you are boating somewhere near Martha's Vineyard
And you spot BP's logo out on the horizon,
Prepare your torpedoes and hope they've not started
Dispersing where some fool advisor's advisin'.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
8/4/10

To 'The well is still leaking'
To '"U.S." Finds Most Oil From Spill Poses Little Additional Risk'
To 'Lubchenco: All clear'
To 'EPA's Lisa Jackson'
To 'Documents indicate heavy use of dispersants in Gulf oil spill'
To 'Obama's Milquetoast Advisors'
To 'British Petroleum Incompetence'