What to do when you are totally inept and in way over your heads? Call in Hollywood and turn a disaster into a disaster film! At least, that’s what our illustrious federal government does now, under the king of all things scripted and illusionary, President Obama.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse than Shakira interjecting herself in Arizona’s illegal immigration policy, the feds swoop in and do one better. Sadly, this isn’t from The Onion. It’s for real:
Federal officials are hoping film director James Cameron can help them come up with ideas on how to stop the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The “Avatar” and “Titanic” director was among a group of scientists and other experts who met Tuesday with officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies for a brainstorming session on stopping the massive oil leak.
The Canadian-born Cameron is considered an expert on underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies.
“Avatar” and “Titanic” are the two highest-grossing films of all time.
Brainstorming. With James Cameron. Isn’t that an oxymoron? I wanted to title this “Obama, Starring in James Cameron’s The Oil Spill”, but the article doesn’t specify whether Obama was in attendance or not. So, I somehow doubt that he was, it being a brainstorming session and all. That’s not his forte, as he’s made painfully apparent. Over and over.
I just hope Obama doesn’t start adding the soundtrack to The Titanic now or speaking in Na’vi, whenever talking about the spill and it’s progress. No one needs to be subjected to that; his own total fabrications and overwhelming smug are bad enough.
At least they didn’t call in Kevin Costner as well. That would just drag the leak on and on; never-ending with the added insult of a tedious narrative, to boot.
The EPA’s new slogan: WWJCD? (What Would James Cameron Do?)
(cross-posted from NewsReal)

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Did Shakira (in that linked article) just admit to being an illegal alien?
RedBeard Tuesday, June 1st at 8:13PM EDT (link)“If this law was already in effect today, for example, I could be detained and arrested and taken away because I don’t even have my driver’s license here. I ‘m completely undocumented here,”
Either she’s here illegally, or she’s a certifiable idiot. I think I’ll vote for idiot, given the rest of her illogical comments. Of course, it could be both.
Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.
Rich entertainer
SteveLA (Diary) Tuesday, June 1st at 8:22PM EDT (link)RedBeard
She’s a rich entertainer, most likely here on a formal visa. No chance in heck that Obama and co would revoke her visa…none.
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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests
Of Course he wouldn't revoke her visa
Richard Mullins (Diary) Tuesday, June 1st at 8:31PM EDT (link)She does her bidding for Obama. She was a Obama supporter in 2008 and now he’s just gladhanding her.
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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.
Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.
I assumed she was here legally
RedBeard Tuesday, June 1st at 8:36PM EDT (link)So we’re back to her being a simpleton, and worse, a simpleton with a microphone and adoring sycophants.
Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.
♫ Wherever, Whenever....
Return to Revolution (Diary) Tuesday, June 1st at 8:58PM EDT (link)….Le lo lo le lo le
Can’t you see ♫
the lyrics agree with your findings.
Out of hand Constitutional fetishist
Well, Cameron also directed the original
throwback59 Tuesday, June 1st at 8:32PM EDT (link)Terminator. So maybe the Feds should meet with both Cameron and Arnold
and they can come up with a method to terminate the leak.
I can see it now; The Leakinator.
LOL
smitch61 Tuesday, June 1st at 10:20PM EDT (link)Literally, I laughed out loud…. You totally made my day!
I love the American people and what we come up with.
Now wait, y'all
RedBeard Tuesday, June 1st at 8:42PM EDT (link)Cameron is an arrogant man who loves to boast, and who creates fictitious scenarios by employing writers and technology. Of course Obama wants him close; they are twins, separated at birth.
Standard-bearer for grouchy curmudgeonry since, oh, 1975 or so.
Cameron was on CNBC a few weeks ago
hones Tuesday, June 1st at 8:47PM EDT (link)talking about this and beclowning himself in the process.
The first thing that popped into my mind was Dana Perino fielding a question about Oliver Stone, to which her response was “Oliver Stone is known for being
about as accurate a historian as Gilligan was a navigator.”
Remember "Dead Ahead," Hollywood's version of the Exxon Valdez?
Achance (Diary) Tuesday, June 1st at 8:53PM EDT (link)Those of us actually involved saw it all a lot differently. But, the screenplays are already being written. Maybe that’s what this is about; Cameron can be a big money guy for the Dems so they’re going to give him up close and personal views of the “Ecological Disaster of the Milenium.” Never mind that the millenium is only a decade old.
In Vino Veritas
Come on, people – you gotta think like these narcissists do. You just know that Barry sees himself as the hero in every single one of his fiascos, right?
Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (Diary) Tuesday, June 1st at 8:53PM EDT (link)I’m thinking the real reason they’re bringing Cameron in is so that he can document how noble and intelligent the entire BamBam administration was during this whole crisis that captured the world’s imagination. Of course, it will have to be filmed in 3-D so that everyone can feel that they are right there with our governmental heroes when the film finally hits theaters just weeks after Barry saves the world.
And since it is in 3-D, you will be expected to shell out the additional $$$ for the privilege of seeing it. If you’re really lucky, perhaps there will be some clever marketing tie-in on the popcorn bucket and/or the commemorative cup that your beverage comes in. Maybe there will be an entree with some clever name just for the occasion in the theaters that offer dinner and a movie….
Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride…..
Excellent point. His co-star, The Teleprompter, can appear offscreen
spainishirish (Diary) Tuesday, June 1st at 9:49PM EDT (link)with this one.
Cameron does have some relevant experience
therealmccoy Tuesday, June 1st at 9:20PM EDT (link)Cameron spent a big chunk of the time after Titanic and before Avatar filming the actual Titanic wreck, which is more than two times deeper than the spill.
Filming the spill is pretty crucial, especially now that everyone doubts the veracity of information coming from BP. If the federal government is to take over, the first thing they need to do is investigate and figure out exactly what type of spill and how many spill we are dealing with. Also filming will help determine if there are any plumes of oil suspended underwater as some scientists have suggested.
"I'm a director, not an engineer, Jim!"
blooch Tuesday, June 1st at 9:45PM EDT (link)schools out!
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
The Titanic Option
Repair_Man_Jack (Diary) Tuesday, June 1st at 9:59PM EDT (link)1) Sink luxury cruise ship in vacinity of wreck.
2)???????
3) Hope it works better than top kill or junk shot..
Mr. Obama is pretending that an economic “recovery” is underway when he knows damn well that the banking system is just blowing smoke up the shredded *** of what’s left of that economy – James Howard Kunstler
Cameron will sell tickets
america1st (Diary) Tuesday, June 1st at 10:21PM EDT (link)while 0b0z0 will spin Kool-Aid from crude oil then market it as liquid pixie dust to the drooling drones of the hopey-changey cult.
Logic in the mind of a liberal is like a snowflake in the desert: lost, alone and soon destroyed by a hostile environment.
OH MY GOD...
smitch61 Tuesday, June 1st at 10:22PM EDT (link)Between this and the media knocking Israel, all in all it has been a bad day.
Plume!
Tbone (Diary) Tuesday, June 1st at 11:09PM EDT (link)Can I copyright that?
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
Success
livefreenh Wednesday, June 2nd at 5:41AM EDT (link)Cameron is successful because he knows how to make a profit. It is not because he knows how to stop oil spills. Obama, on the other hand, doesn’t know how to do either. He has made it clear that he is either unwilling or unable to stop the leak, and/or for BP to make any profit. Therefore, Obama has shown again that he called in the wrong man for the job.
On a side note, does the “P” in BP stand for the word “plus”? That is the grade that Obama gave himself way back when he was competent.
HUh?
astrolite Wednesday, June 2nd at 7:17AM EDT (link)Exactally how long ago was Obama competent?
South Park did it!
burgerkang Wednesday, June 2nd at 6:05AM EDT (link)If you are a fan of South Park, you’ll remember the Imaginationland episodes where the government was asking famous movie directors how to deal with the terrorists. Life imitates art.
Perhaps the Feds will ask Cameron to go down to the leak...
anotherindyfilmguy (Diary) Wednesday, June 2nd at 3:17PM EDT (link)All scuba geared up and with a special team of experts… you know, to inspect and fix it with whatever they have… and they have a pamphlet that explains why he should avoid fluffy woodlands creatures along the way courtesy of South Park…
The Feds won’t mind the fact that the sheer pressure at that depth would kill them all and stuff…
But then I don’t think Cameron would bite… he may be a driven egomaniac with a flawed worldview like most leftists but I think he is probably one of the smarter people in the room he’s at, especially when filled with people ideologically inclined with him…
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Why would Obama waste his time with Cameron
romeg Wednesday, June 2nd at 8:16AM EDT (link)When the REAL brains belong to his ex-wife. Katherine Bigelow. The working title would be “Squirt Locker”
“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” – C. S. Lewis
hollywood is his base
Doc Holliday (Diary) Wednesday, June 2nd at 8:26AM EDT (link)I think Bruce Willis aka Harry Stamper from Armegedonn would be the call, but I think he is a Repub.
Molon Labe!
Obama the great
darjon38 Wednesday, June 2nd at 9:32AM EDT (link)Czech newspaper- the Prager Zeitung of 28 April 2010.
“The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting an inexperienced man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.”
We has met the enemy and they is us, we elected this inept fool.
TRUTH
superamerican (Diary) Wednesday, June 2nd at 11:34AM EDT (link)This is the truth and should be shouted from the rooftops.
http:///www.periodictablet.com
Czech Source for the Quote
Ausonius (Diary) Wednesday, June 2nd at 11:42AM EDT (link)Could you give us the link to the original Prager Zeitung article? I would assume it is in German, and would like to see the original article.
There is an Internet debate about where the article came from, i.e. some claim it is not authentic. If you have the link, that would end the debate.
Ausonius: 310-395 A.D. Teacher, Poet, Consul, General, Farmer.
Personal Tutor to the future St. Paulinus of Nola and to young Gratian, heir to the throne during the turbulent final years of the Western Roman Empire. When his former student Gratian was assassinated, Ausonius threw up his hands and retired to his farm in Gaul. Rome was captured by barbarians 14 years after his death.
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AND…Know Your Czars…Before They Hit BIG BRObama’s Unemployment Line in November: http://www.czarcards.us/
Czech Source for the Quote
Ausonius (Diary) Wednesday, June 2nd at 11:42AM EDT (link)Could you give us the link to the original Prager Zeitung article? I would assume it is in German, and would like to see the original article.
There is an Internet debate about where the article came from, i.e. some claim it is not authentic. If you have the link, that would end the debate.
Ausonius: 310-395 A.D. Teacher, Poet, Consul, General, Farmer.
Personal Tutor to the future St. Paulinus of Nola and to young Gratian, heir to the throne during the turbulent final years of the Western Roman Empire. When his former student Gratian was assassinated, Ausonius threw up his hands and retired to his farm in Gaul. Rome was captured by barbarians 14 years after his death.
Cato@rock.com
AND…Know Your Czars…Before They Hit BIG BRObama’s Unemployment Line in November: http://www.czarcards.us/
WHERE IS THE E P A WHEN THEY R NEEDED
hollymarcyoniak Wednesday, June 2nd at 9:55AM EDT (link)WE GOT ATTY. GENERALS, WE GOT ENTERTAINERS, WE GOT MOBS CLEANING WHILE AKA/OBAMA SPEAKS BUT NARY A ONE WITH ANY ANSWERS OF HOW TO STOP THIS DESTRUCTION OF THE GULF
THIS IS SIMPLY PITY ABLE !!!
Please, all CAPS is shouting.
gekster (Diary) Wednesday, June 2nd at 10:14AM EDT (link)We don’t need to be shouted at.
We will hear you.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”
what James Cameron brings to the plate
talgus Wednesday, June 2nd at 10:18AM EDT (link)He knows how to hire people that can do the job and doesn’t need them to be true believers in the Qbami vision. As opposed to the current federal gov’t run by all those Obami clones.
cameron is a FILM MAKER....
chuckie (Diary) Wednesday, June 2nd at 10:49AM EDT (link)…. his job is to make you believe things that ARE NOT REAL…
….and now he’s working with/for obama……
……..i think the obvious is being very obvious here…….way more obviouser than usual even……
……blockbuster of the summer oil spill videos coming soon !!!…you WILL believe your eyes !!!!…..amazing scenes!!!! astounding heroisms!!!!!
…….especially the part where obama snorkels in and “plugs the damn hole”…..
For Real?
superamerican (Diary) Wednesday, June 2nd at 11:32AM EDT (link)What? Is this for real? Why, yes of course it is. I recommend Obama givie Cameron $50,000,000,000 to get started on a solution that will make this ignorant, unwashed country believe that the Obama Administration is solving the problem. I thought last week that Obama would go there to the Gulf and stick his finger in the dike, thus stemming the flow. Result: failure. Solution? Call Cameron, and of course have Holder investigate BP and Bobby Jindal to pave the way for massive trial lawyer lawsuits.
No, Fellow Americans, this is not the America I once knew.
http://www.periodictablet.com
Superamerican
NEWS FLASH
wildbillfromalaska Wednesday, June 2nd at 4:40PM EDT (link)It has been reported this morning that first lady Michelle Obama is pregnant.When asked for a comment president Obama stated “It is bush’s fault,—er–wait a minute,what was the question again?”.
Wild Bill
Alaska
“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.”
Thomas Jefferson
Jessica Alba...
colony14author Wednesday, June 2nd at 5:40PM EDT (link)…has been asked by Obama to turn invisible so she can infiltrate al-Qaeda and find out where Osama is hiding. Ed Begley, Jr. has been commissioned to invent a solar-powered car. And Megan Fox will replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of States because, well, she travels better than Hillary Clinton.
Read The Obama Timeline to learn how we got into this mess and for daily doses of similar wisdom.
Obama was going to...
colony14author Wednesday, June 2nd at 5:52PM EDT (link)…stick his finger in the dike and stop the leak but Rachel Maddow was nowhere to be found.