Billy Nungesser

He has got a bigger problem than a loose-lipped general. He better take a soul-search and look at the people surrounding him, because the job ain't getting done here and it obviously ain't getting done over there.

Does it look like we're doing everything? This isn't doing everything. This is bureaucratic bull, finding reasons. And it's not even a good reason.

He needs to take a step back and say, I've got some problems up here in Washington, and I better address them.

Two to three weeks is unacceptable. If we're ordering equipment, if we're bringing it in from overseas, I don't care. But I want a plan, two to three days.

We're not going to be shut down because the Coast Guard wants to inspect. We're not going to be shut down because we can't get approval. As we said, this is a war. The president said it. We're not acting like it.

For him to say there's no hotel rooms -- is that reason to leave those birds out there to die?

You know, when you go to war, you throw everything at it you have got.

The problem has been the contractor that's been hired by BP not wanting to give up any control or expand their operation.

We can't wait until 1,000 birds come in and say we don't have the capacity to help them. We have to ramp up in anticipation.

We need many more locations setup. Be proactive, not reactive to a crisis in which we're in right now.

We have to ramp up in anticipation. We know there's more oil coming ashore. We should be ready to accept those birds, be ready with the teams to go out there.

I think it's time for the government to bring some people in a team, and say, let's come up with some other ways, and let us decide. Let's take control of the situation. We -- we can't leave it in BP's hands anymore.

We have got to catch up and keep it from coming into the marsh. We're playing -- we're reacting, instead of being proactive.

It does. You know, what we're dealing with here in south Louisiana could destroy our livelihood. And to hear those things makes me -- how can we trust them to close off the spill? How can we trust them in anything?

We've got to catch up and keep it from coming into the marsh. We're playing -- we're reacting, instead of being proactive.

We've got to see more action out on the water quickly. We're getting in a hurricane season. We need this oil cleaned up, be out there waiting for the next oil to come in.

I don't want to fight with anybody. I want to be on the same team, but it hasn't worked that way, except when the President came down.

That's not a mistake. That's misleading.

We need somebody on the ground that can kick some butts and make this happen.

The president's doing the right thing. This is going to cost a lot more than $75 million.

The President's doing the right thing. This is going to cost a lot more than $75 million.

We can't get approval from BP to put four skimmers in the water to save our marsh, which wouldn't cost what he's spending on trying to tell everybody what a great job he's doing.

It's going to go somewhere else. And if we have a storm, it will be inside the levees. I mean, it has got to be picked up. What are they waiting for?

What do those officials at BP meet about when they see this kind of destruction, and not want to do everything physically possible to stop it? How do you get to them? How do you get inside their head?

We need to demand tomorrow that they get off the pot and give us the money, or sign the contract, and let's get started.