The Associated Press: Obamas to vacation on Florida's Gulf Coast in Aug.

The Associated Press: Obamas to vacation on Florida's Gulf Coast in Aug.

Boy, would I love to be President! Then I could take at least 12 vacations each year, one a month. what a life.

Anyway, my hat's off to Michelle Obama, who alerted the nation recently to the simple, overlooked solution to helping the abysmal Gulf Oil Situation.

Forget about going down to Louisiana and nearby parts and putting on platex gloves and important-looking orange suits and trying to physically clean up oil with a corexit sponge and running into impossibly obese policemen with high blood pressure and bellies the size of east Texas.
(To understand this, go to this video)

It is sooo obvious. (Slap to forehead.) Why didn't I think of this? I could paraphrase, but it is far better to let Michelle explain her solution:

Here's Michelle:
Quote: "One of the best ways that fellow Americans can help is to come on down here and spend some money," Mrs. Obama said this month in Panama City Beach, Fla., where she strolled barefoot in the (clean) sand and bought a cup of chocolate ice cream.

"On their trips to the region, both the president and Mrs. Obama have made a point of encouraging people to visit Gulf Coast beaches that are open and oil-free to help boost an area economy battered by the sharp decline in tourism that followed the spill. end quote.
(from Google news & CBS news, although CBS left out Michelle's direct quote. I wonder why?)

Remember George Bush's advice to recuperate from the horror of 9-11? Go shopping. And he kept on it. Here's a quote from 2007:

As we work with Congress in the coming year to chart a new course in Iraq and strengthen our military to meet the challenges of the 21st century, we must also work together to achieve important goals for the American people here at home. This work begins with keeping our economy growing. … I encourage you all to go shopping more.

So go on down, as the President's wife suggests. All the merchants in the oily coastal areas are already screwed. But you'll be helping out the merchants in the open and oil-free areas tremendously.

If you can still find any.
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