Now on GEM$NBC - BP Executive - We'll take help from

[malaise]

the Military. No lobbyists lining up against Big Government this time around.
Fuck you BP.

[havocmom]

1. One more big example of privatized profits and socialized risks

When the shit hits the fan, the people have to bail out the capitalists who exploit, abuse, neglect them.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. yup

:mad:

[Ian David]

5. President Obama says BP will pay the cost of clean-up.

Dare we hope that includes the cost of the help from the Navy and Coast Guard?

[malaise]

7. There will be a briefing with Janet Napolitano

sometime today.

Obama better cancel the shitty drill meme.

[Ian David]

9. If he does, the wingnuts will accuse Obama of blowing-up the oil rig himself. n/t

[havocmom]

12. and when they don't and say they won't, they can't?

I will have to see it to believe it. Saying something does not make others do it. Would love to be wrong, but how in the hell does ANYBODY walk this one back?

[Smashcut]

15. Exactly right.

:grr:

[BeyondGeography]

3. You'll pay for it, asshat

[Captain Hilts]

4. Get the Royal Navy here, too. nt

[SpiralHawk]

6. Republicon socialism

Send the military in by all means, and solve the problem. But can the whiney Republicon freeper teabaggers please shut their hypocritical yaps.

[City Lights]

8. I second your "fuck you."

Fuck BP, up, down and sideways.

:nuke:

I want to see the government charge them an arm and a leg for their assistance. Let the US treasury make a profit.

Fuck you, BP!

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. Unfortunately, I don't think all of the oil companies

put together have enough money to cover the potential damage. They say it will be $1 billion. I say that is way too low. It's not just clean-up.

Consider the damage done to people's livelihoods and everything else. In addition, as it keeps spewing oil, the potential for it to grow exponentially is high. Add the oil to existing currents, and who knows where it will end up.

[BeyondGeography]

11. BP just posted a 300% increase in annual profit to $6 billion

http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/27/energy-earnings-bp-valero-marketnewsvideo.html

They can afford it.

[robdogbucky]

13. Nationalize

the energy companies and the banks.

Wouldn't that massive profit look good in the US Treasury's coffers?



Just my dos centavos


robdogbucky

[MadMaddie]

14. Don't forget the fisherman

The LA shrimp season was to be a boutiful one and it looks like they may lose $$$$$$$$ BP should be sued to cover their losses too. We need to stand up for the fisherman too.