Originally Posted By Labuda O M G ! ™MNG Some idiot Texas Congressman named Joe Barton has *apologized to BP* for the way the White House is treating them. This sickens me. I see NO issue with the White House wanting to threaten a criminal case based on how much damage is being done to our natural environment. <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38665.html" target="_blank">http://www.politico.com/news/s...665.html</a>
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Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan This clown should be impeached. What a.... This is where the tea party leads, folks. And this guy is running for Mad Hatter.
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Originally Posted By Labuda So, noted that Michelle Bachmann is ALSO an evil person. Good grief. HOW can ANYONE support BP right now?
Originally Posted By Mr X How can anyone be REPUBLICAN right now? That's the bigger question, I think.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper My guess is that BP will be LUCKY if the final tab is a mere $20 billion.
Originally Posted By MrDisneyGeek this man is an idiot, it looks like they are just using any excuse to attack Obama and the current administration regardless of what position they are protecting. as to the impeachment a congressman’s job is to represent the people of his district so it’s pretty much up to them if he is doing that or not. given that they elected him in the first place they probably don’t disagree with him overly much i am guessing anyway.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <this man is an idiot, it looks like they are just using any excuse to attack Obama and the current administration regardless of what position they are protecting.> That became clear long before this statement, but this statement is a great example of it. <And this guy is running for Mad Hatter.> Don't let's be sthilly!!
Originally Posted By DAR <<HOW can ANYONE support BP right now? >> I still go to the BP in my neighborhood. I don't buy gas but maybe for a soda or snack. Get the car washed. I've gotten to know the people who work there over the past six years, nice Indian family. Carry on a little conversation with them. It's not their fault this happened so why punish them.
Originally Posted By gadzuux For once I (kinda) agree with you. The individual small business owners have no culpability in this mess, and it's unfortunate that they're on the front lines of the pubic's ire.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Local gas station owners make almost nothing on the oil. They make their money, as you said, on the car washes, snacks, beer, etc. Continuing to support them in that regard in the short term is a good thing. But, if the oil sales really plummet at those stations it will eventually hurt the independent owners as BP decides to cut off underpermoring stations. Can they rebrand like a hotel might do? I don't know the answer to that. BP has created a case study in poor public relations. I mean, it would be laughable if it weren't so sad.
Originally Posted By MrDisneyGeek its a lot of boycot anyway <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP#BP_corporate_and_retail_brands" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...l_brands</a> somone suggested (and i dont remember the exact figures) that retail gas sales are only something like 10% of there bottom line (it may have been less) and thats the entire company not just the US market
Originally Posted By DAR By the way did anyone see the story about Kevin Costner helping with the spill. Not him personally but years ago he invested money in a company that would create machines to suck up any oil spills.
Originally Posted By gadzuux And yes - Michelle Bachmann is being even crazier than usual these days. Saying that BP are "chumps" for paying into the escrow accoount that "Obama will use as his personal ATM", Bachmann comes down squarely on the side of BP, and against the US. Other startling quotes - “We don't think it's a good idea for the federal government to see private industry as essentially a piggy bank for the federal government” “This is a complete difference in the way that the United States was run 18 months ago. But today, it seems like the automatic effort from the government is let's have the federal government take over private industry,” Bachmann said. “We don't want that to be the automatic response of government, because we're a free-market economy. And unfortunately, the Obama administration hasn't been making any efforts to unwind the government out of these private industries. We're still deep into GM, deep into Chrysler, et cetera. And I just think we don't want to have the federal government take over effectively the oil industry either,” she added.
Originally Posted By DAR <<But, if the oil sales really plummet at those stations it will eventually hurt the independent owners as BP decides to cut off underpermoring stations. >> The one by me still does pretty good business.
Originally Posted By fkurucz Everyday I am more and more glad that I deregistered with the GOP. Unbelievable!
