Photos: Put up or Shut up. (The Obama Presidency, Day 513)

[Clio the Leo]

An activist dressed as death holds an oil covered globe June 16, 2010 during a demonstration in Washington, DC against BP for their role in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The protest comes as BP officials meet with US President Barack Obama at the White House.


GRAND ISLE, LA - JUNE 16: A mock cemetery highlights what�s been lost for the beach communities on the Gulf of Mexico following the BP oil spill







WASHINGTON - JUNE 16: British Petroleum Managing Director Robert Dudley (2L), Chief Executive Tony Hayward (C), Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (2R) and BP America President Lamar McKay (R) arrive at the White House June 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. British Petroleum Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chief Executive Tony Hayward, America President Lamar McKay and Managing Director Robert Dudley met with President Barack Obama and administration officials to discuss the oil spill caused by the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico, which was run by British Petroleum.







GALLIANO, LA - JUNE 16: Lawrence 'Chine' Terrebonne makes fishing net in Chine's Cajun Net Shop on June 16, 2010 in Galliano, Louisiana. Due to the bans on fishing in many areas of the Gulf, Terrebonne, who has been making nets for 61 years, has experienced a drop-off in orders for new nets.







http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/16/important-step-towards-making-people-gulf-coast-whole-again">Video: The President's Meeting with BP Executives: "An Important Step Towards Making the People of the Gulf Coast Whole Again"
WASHINGTON - JUNE 16: U.S. President Barack Obama walks into the State Dining Room before making a statement to the press following a meeting with executive from BP at the White House

















British Petroleum Chief Executive Tony Hayward (L) and Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (C) leave the West Wing of the White House















National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (C) and Carol Browner (R), President Obama's energy and climate change advisor, speak to the press during the daily press briefing at the White House












WASHINGTON - JUNE 16: President Barack Obama pauses while addressing the American Nurses Association House of Delegates

[PopSixSquish]

1. Hayward Looks LIke He Could Use a Stiff Belt

Yeah, it sucks to be you...

[Cha]

4. They look properply chastized..

I can't imagine them not being pissed royally that precautions and money wasn't well spent on regulations.

[Cha]

2. Thanks Clio..quite the day

after the Speech last night.

[gateley]

3. Boy, Clio, you should be on the WH payroll! You always find stuff that I've

missed and let me know what Obama was doing that I hadn't a clue.

I was impressed by Carol Browner at the presser today. I couldn't place her so thanks for the i.d.

:hi:

[Clio the Leo]

5. I'm always impressed with Browner....

... she and Thad Allen do always seem quite capable and knowledgeable.

It's like The Obama ONLY knows smart people!! lol (with Nobel prizes! ha ha)

[gateley]

6. Yeah, kind of like the Mensa crowd -- nice to hang with others who are

in the club!

[O is 44]

7. I agree Clio, Browner was great today! This administration

is really working hard. Thanks for posting the pics they really tell a story.

[AtomicKitten]

8. Pres Obama looks sassy in the last one.

Thanks for posting.

K&R

[Clio the Leo]

10. lol @ sassy...

... and he also looks like he just sunk a tre.

[asphalt.jungle]

9. courtesy of bp and the fed ... hmmm

so their right wing drill baby drill culture has nothing to do with it? they could find oil off the coast of mass and they won't be drilling there to get it.

[Jennicut]

11. Why is this man such an arrogant prick?

[Clio the Leo]

12. ha ha, I just noticed Tony's little stack of papers.....

... he's going to meet the President about the largest environmental disaster in the history of mankind that HE is responsible for and he's brining this TEENY little stack of paper! :rofl: