SWAT Teams being sent to oil rigs?

I think Eric makes a good point. Obama my have made a Freudian slip I am not saying he did but may have so Liberals don't get your man panties in a wad.

Edit: JW B SWAT means Special Weapons and Tactics. What would inspectors need with special weapons or special tactics?

So before you go blaming Rush maybe you should stop and think about why they chose to use the word SWAT in the first palce.

I went back and listened. What he said is that they are sending SWAT teams to inspect the oil rigs. Not SWAT teams of inspectors. I was more surprised when Janet Napalitano said she did not know the military could help in an oil spill. She should have called me.

Jeez

"Swat teams" of inspectors...not armed police. JEEZ./...

"The Interior Department said it has assembled a "SWAT team" of inspectors to review safety at offshore drilling rigs."

http://english.capital.gr/news.asp?id=958068

But Rush just runs right with it and his followers do too

" Ladies and gentlemen, I didn't hear this myself, but I have been informed that President Obama is sending SWAT teams to the Gulf oil rigs. SWAT teams? I'm waiting on audio sound bite confirmation of this, but why in the world would you send SWAT teams to Gulf oil rigs?"

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_042910...

They need to clarify this. Is SWAT figurative or literal?

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/white-house-...

"He (Napolitano) also said the Interior Department is sending SWAT teams to the Gulf to inspect all platforms and rigs."

"Mr. Obama said SWAT teams were being dispatched to the Gulf to investigate oil rigs and said his administration is now working to determine the cause of the disaster. " - CBSNEWS.com

They are not real Special Weapons And Tactics teams and even if they were it would be good training for a possible attack on our countrys energy resources.

Also with all the people fretting about "Government Takeover" of oil rigs and the oil industry like Chavez did..What is REALLY so wrong with that?

Are you on the board of directors of a large Oil company? (No you're on Yahoo answers and THEY are on a yacht or in Vegas or a beach in freaking tahiti for the weekend.)

What is with all the teabaggers "Rah Rahing" big industry? Big industry,ANY big industry has ONE goal and that is the profit margin they don't give a damn about you individually. The government has a vested interest in your welfare their bottom line is productivity/population = Taxes.

So I apologize but I would not shed a tear that the Multi-millionaires only makes 50 million a year instead of 200 million.

Sure limited government is the ideal (I don't like them dictating how much salt to put on my fries) but big industry has and IS crippling our society for the sake of profit and sheer freaking greed. Enron anyone? Madoff? Bear Stearns AIG THESE are the entities you teabaggers are defending!

Yes PLEASE charge me exorbitant rates for health care and if I develop an illness kick me off my plan I have been paying 20 years to be in!

Wake UP get the bags out of your eyes and look around!

the wsj reported this

"The Interior Department said it has assembled a "swat team" of inspectors to review safety at offshore drilling rigs across the U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency said separately that it has launched a network of monitor systems to evaluate air quality amid concerns that plans to burn off the oil slick in a controlled process could pollute the air."

so the inane bloggers, who do NO RESEARCH, leaped to "swat team" and regurgitated it over and over

let's fabricate something about "network" too - perhaps obama sent fox to monitor the situation

pathetic!!!!!

I didn't know the president had the authority to send a SWAT team out.

No, Obama has intelligence that this was an act of sabotage. So he sent the swat team to protect the other oil rigs. Those eco-crazed liberals would do anything to push their B.S. agenda especially when it comes to oil and the Global Warming Hoax.

Some people are now saying he arranged for this accident to be able to seize control of the platforms. He will claim that they are national interests and that they are terror targets.

The intent will be to put the means of production under Government control.

Mike you're a moron. Real SWAT, or not you obviously are just stupid. Watch the video, and change your quote. You morons are something.