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Hardball Tries to Blame Spill on Obama
The way it sounds in the media, it would appear that President Obama is an oil man! Headlines such as ‘Obama heads to Gulf; govt defends spill operation’ and ‘Political patience wanes as Gulf oil spill grows’ garnish major newspapers saying as much. From what this humble blogger remembers is that President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were oil men and that every move they made was for the benefit of Oil companies and their base.
Even some staunch democratic supporters of Obama, such as James Carville, lashed out at the President for not ratcheting up the recovery effort in the Gulf of Mexico fast enough! Carville’s commentary was a hoot, but he did it with feeling! Carville’s facts, however, were incorrect; the Obama administration was on the ground immediately when it was known on April 22nd that the explosion that occurred on April 20th on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform was in fact gushing 5,000 barrels of oil and hour!
On Chris Mathews Hardball news program on MSNBC, June 2, 2010, Chris tried to push his guests, Senator Bill Nelson (D) Florida, and Bernard Charbonnet, former New Orleans Port Authority Chair into saying Obama was to blame for the spill – it didn’t work. The native Louisianan, Charbonnet and Sen. Bill Nelson told the truth: BP is to blame.
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Both Charbonnet and Senator Nelson held their ground. Fancy that! View the transcript here
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dawilliams replied on 2010-06-03 09:37:00.0
BWP staff No Obama is no oil man but what is exposed once again is the apparent choke hold that corporate America has on the govenment. There was a lawyer on C-SPAN this morning who worked on the Exxon Valdez oil spill which occurred in 1989. He only settled up the case in 2008 and the people who were actually hurt got very little money. He predicts the same thing will happen with BP. The people who are actually going to be hurt will get very little compensation. BP like Exxon is answerable to the Federal Government and not the average Americia citizen. This lawyer says that the Supreme Court in 2008 stepped in and cut the damages that Exxon was supposed to pay the people who were hurt. The oil companies have billions of dollars to fight any case in court for years. In the meantime people die, go broke, file for divorce, families disintegrate, depression, etc. etc. Punitive damages have been in the law sense the code of Hamarabi. But the U.S. Supreme Court led by John Rob ... more 4105 -
dawilliams replied on 2010-06-03 14:02:00.0
BWP Staff There is talk that the South American countries that are going to be affected by this disaster are going to sue the U.S. Federal Government. The talk is that the U.S. may even try and pull a quid quo pro deal that will allow illegals to stay in this country in exchange for the dissatrous damage this oil accident will cost. Some have even speculated it may be no accident. At any rate it will take billions to repair and years to get the region back in order if there is such a thing. The eco system is going to be destroyed. Thousands of animals will die. Many gulf coast people will loose their livelyhood. Obama cant be blamed for this accident if it was an accident. However he is the man sitting in the White House. Where else are the people supposed to go? Some of those people who got a settlement from the EXXON VALDEZ oil accident in Alaska got between $8 thousand to 10 thousand dollars. After 20 years! The Supreme Court led by Roberts and Uncle Thomas saw to ... more 1313 -
dawilliams replied on 2010-06-03 14:57:00.0
BWP staff Bribery and corruption are taking their usual place in American politics. Front and Center. The reps of BP are already trying to con and buy their way out of this hideous mess. One should keep a watch dog unit on every politician they approach to bribe. Any politician caught accepting bribes or political contributions of any kind from BP should resign immediately. You know they will try and be slick about it so you gotta really keep an eye on these characters in Washington. It is estimated that between 50 to 60 thousand barrels of oil are lost per day because of this accident. This is the equivalent to Exxon Valdez every three or four days. Dayum thats a lot of oil. Who will wind up paying for this? Look in the mirror! ------------------------------------------------ BP And Halliburton Try To Buy Off Government Officials Investigating Spill By Alex Seitz-Wald Facing possible jail time for their roles in the largest oil spill in American history, BP and Hallibu ... more 4655 -
Melana60 replied on 2010-07-04 02:06:00.0
You have to ask yourself, why are the oil prices so high? Think about it, how many gallons/liters is coming out this one hole per min/hour? Then ask yourself why should we be paying higher prices for something coming out of the ground in your own country.