Oil Spill Continues To Wash Ashore In Gulf, BP Deep-Cleaning Beaches In Response

A reminder of what Obama said after the DeepwaterHorizon blowout in an exchange with reporters following a tour of TheodoreIn­dustrialPo­rt in Theodore, Alabama on June 14, 2010:

"It turns out that if the oil hits the beaches, that's actually probably the easiest to clean up. So it's a concern obviously for tourism, it's a concern for an entire Gulf region that economically depends on the tourist season and this period of time when people are out of school. But those beaches will recover because those big globs of oil, when they hit the beaches, we can send a bunch of people out there and scoop them up, dispose of it properly, and those beaches will look pretty pristine a year or two years from now."

Obama really said that.

Really.

In 1969, a blowout on a UnionOil platform six miles off of SantaBarbara "spilled" an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil onto the beaches, fouling the coastline from Goleta to the Rincon & all four of the northern Channel Islands. 

Forty years later, hotels around SantaBarbara include Tar-Off Towelettes ("Pleasantly Scented Tar Remover: Removes Tar, Grease & Oil") in their baskets of complementary bath products ("Once the gooey stuff gets on your shoes or feet, it’s almost impossible to get off. We recommend that you don't go barefoot, & you may want to take an old pair of shoes or buy some inexpensive ones that you won’t mind throwing away").

Tar is a known carcinogen & should be removed from your skin ASAP; easier said than done. Some swear by Vaseline, Baby Oil, mineral/vegetable oil, kerosene, GOO Gone! to get the tar off. I've never had much luck getting it off with anything but nail polish remover (acetone), which while helping to get the clumps of tar off, still leaves a tar stain or residue on your skin that just has to wear off over time (1-2 weeks).

Nail polish/ace­tone/keros­ene doesn't work to remove the tar from shoes. Throw them out (& do it before you get home & walk inside your home -- You'll never get tar out of carpeting or wood floors without destroying the finish).

This here is what sticks to your feet/shoes after you walk on a SantaBarbara beach today, 2010 -- You won't see it; it's just below the surface of the sand.

So the question is: Is Obama, with the best and the brightest advisors surrounding him, just horribly misinformed?  Or is he a corrupt Iiar?
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