Exxon asks for reduction in Valdez award

[raysr]

Exxon asks reduction of Valdez damage award
$5 billion meant for those harmed by spill

By DAVID KRAVETS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO -- Exxon Mobil Corp. urged a federal appeals court Friday to erase the $5 billion in damages an Alaska jury ordered the oil giant to pay for the 1989 Valdez oil spill.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/257410_valdez28.html

And the monkey and his minions will make sure they get their break!

[pitohui]

1. they're never going to pay it anyway

i mean, this happened in the freakin 80s and they're still appealing it

it is most discouraging

[Lasher]

2. Typical corporate strategy

Drag it out in court until everybody dies.

[Aristus]

3. That's right, Your Honor, we hired a drunken Captain who fell

asleep at the switch, ran aground, and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil into a pristine environment and wilderness habitat...and...and...and...we don't think we should pay for that! Accountability, sir? Oh pshaw! That's for poor people!......I know Mr. Bush talks about it a lot but it's just TALK! Accountability? Us? C'mon!

[raysr]

4. Let that MF-er

Ted Stevens pay the balance. He didn't want them under oath. I read a great story on that SOB at "Counterpunch" last nite but it's down now. What a POS he is.

[Sal Minella]

5. From the news yesterday.......

WASHINGTON - January 26 - While Americans suffered through hurricanes Katrina and Rita and sky-high spikes in oil prices this year, ExxonMobil netted the largest profit in the history of corporate America.
http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0126-02.htm

[roguevalley]

6. there aren't words of hatred that I can express to tell you what I

feel about this and Exxon. They are the most satanic bastards ever.