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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 05:52 PM Original message |
OpEd: BP Needs to Tell Whining Americans to Take a Hike |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Again, like I said in an earlier post: Put BP in recievership now to stop the looting. |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. ...and charge the corporate officers with 11 counts of Criminally Negligent Homicide. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. I guess they won't be needing any government contracts either then |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Somebody give me an onion, I feel the need to cry for BP. nt |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Better yet, how about BP just fuck off and die |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not as reviled as the deregulators who let this happen |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. No question, and I addressed that in my email to him posted below. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. yes |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. What makes the author think that's not precisely what's going to happen? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is capitalism at its finest |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You go girl! |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Email sent: |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. +1 nt |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. This author is an idiot and not for the obvious reasons |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. The contradictions are typical for the "free market" crew. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. ! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Wow... Just... Wow... |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Blows the mind, doesn't it? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. Wow, even for the Onion this is harsh satire...oh, wait... |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It showed up in my twitter feed. I too thought it was a satire |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is even more idiotic than it is just on its face... |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. But no one cares outside of our borders! |
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corpseratemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. what a cow he is |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. yes he's arrogant and inflammatory -- |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No question. The difference is he published it in major media |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Am I reading you right? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I am referring to the blatant manner in which he did this, but point taken |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. no prob Ruby |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. uhhhh... The USA is their biggest fuckin' market, dumbass |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Sadly, it will be there soon enough. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. The real culprit is our corrupt government and its total abdication of regulatory responsibility. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I am no where NEAR as mad at BP as I am about this cavalier "protect the shareholders" attitude |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. BP is legally obligated to maximize gains and minimize losses on behalf of their shareholders. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Yes regulation is absurdly inadequate at this point |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I do not disagree. By law, their obligation is first and foremost to the shareholders but |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Guardian, a newspaper I normally love, claimed the other day |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Hopefully just an "if it bleeds it leads" sensationalism |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. I have no ill will toward them either. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I was similarly shocked when I heard something of a kind from a British friend of mine |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. To be fair, they reported that claim, made by BP. They didn't claim it themselves. /nt |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'd like the Rude Pundit to publish a rebuttal. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Good idea! I'd like to read that too. Email him? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Good idea! Here's his email and facebook |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Ok, done! |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Cool! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
43. ttt |
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TheWebHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. there is a danger of banging down BP |
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