Part of me thinks Obama's folley in trusting oil companies will be good in thelong term

HEyHEY

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Thu Jun-10-10 12:50 AM
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Part of me thinks Obama's folley in trusting oil companies will be good in thelong term

We now know, well, have again learned, that banks and large corporations can't be trusted. Now we're learning, again, the same about oil companies. It reminds me of when my province got rid of the Ombudsman office. My father said, "Sweet fucking christ, do they forget why we needed this office in the first place?"

So, maybe the oil company's greed will be their downfall and responsibility will again prevail and they will no longer have free rides. It also gives us an "I told you so" for right wing delta bravos.

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laconicsax

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Thu Jun-10-10 12:51 AM
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1. You keep telling yourself that.

I disagree, but it's not worth arguing right now.

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HEyHEY

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Thu Jun-10-10 12:56 AM
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2. We'll see how the fallout from the financial crisis goes down.

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laconicsax

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Thu Jun-10-10 12:58 AM
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3. Sure, why not. n/t

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Fumesucker

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Thu Jun-10-10 01:07 AM
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4. Apparently the government knew within hours that the gusher was far worse than they let on..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8526966

Trust had nothing to do with it, the government lied, just like they did about the air quality at the WTC site in the aftermath of 9/11/2001.

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autorank

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Thu Jun-10-10 02:11 AM
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5. " Obama's folley in trusting oil companies" means there won't be a long term n/t

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SemiCharmedQuark

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Thu Jun-10-10 02:42 AM
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6. I disagree. Who in their right mind would ever trust oil companies?

It's like saying "I didn't know I couldn't trust that used car salesman"

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HEyHEY

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Thu Jun-10-10 02:58 AM
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7. Well, more in the sense of trusting them to clean it up.

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lamp_shade

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Thu Jun-10-10 04:37 AM
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8. Obama trusts oil companies? What? Where are you getting this?

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HEyHEY

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Thu Jun-10-10 11:57 PM
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9. He trusted them to clean up the mess

Figured they have the expertise and such.

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