Admiral Allen mismanaged the Coast Guard bady

[eridani]

Why is he in charge of dealing with the BP catastrophe?

http://www.washblog.com/story/2010/6/16/03124/5349

Admiral Thad Allen, who's running the show on the Gulf Coast, spent the past four years as Commandant of the Coast Guard, and before that as Coast Guard Chief of Staff...which means, for good or for ill, he's covered in Deepwater all the way up to his Cutterman Insignia.

The question now is: was he the reformer who fixed this stuff when he finally got the chance, or was he part of the problem in the first place?

I could not get the answer to this most critical question, so all I can tell you is to watch very, very, carefully--and don't be afraid to assume the worst, until we truly do know better.

[madrchsod]

1. one of the problems with the coast guard is they are no longer navy...

it`s in the homeland security dept. no one in the coast guard or the navy wanted th CG to be in homeland security but they were forced there. i get the feeling they are getting pushed around by someone in the homeland security that is buying BP`s bullshit. i don`t think any admiral in our navy would be their lackeys unless it was a direct order from the president

[Stinky The Clown]

2. The USCG was under Treasury, not Navy

[madrchsod]

3. thanks for the correction

i read about the problems when the coast guard was being put under the control of homeland security. none of the articles i read were favorable to the change