Jim Dandy: You're probably right. I don't think we get the straight story from anywhere. I don't think the main stream media reports accurately, nor the left wing blogs, and it would be crazy to believe that right wing blogs are any more credible. I have to admit I do think Fox is the best. The shows I watch ALL have both sides of any issue represented. Still, it's hard to sort out conflicting stories. So many different slants on the news.

But I think it's clear that Obama has botched many things in his reaction to this spill. And I'm very confused with his latest action. Explain this:

"Feds halt work on LA sand berms
Jeannie DeAngelis
Sand berms are an insurance policy meant to protect the Louisiana coastline from oil spill damage. The Louisiana sand berm venture involves moving "sand from a mile out in the Gulf of Mexico and pumping it closer in to shore to build manmade barrier islands."

Nevertheless, lacking a more formidable idea and one week into the project the federal government decided to shut "down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico."

Louisiana's Republican Governor Bobby Jindal staunchly supports protecting the coastline with a sandy barricade, which may explain why the "berm issue has created its own toxic friction between Louisiana and the Obama Administration."

It seems that ever since Obama took over the reins of reason the government's first-and-foremost effort is directed at implementing the illogical, obstructing progress and public wellbeing and placing the vulnerable at risk."

It's an emergency crisis. Why halt anything that will help? That's a part I don't get.