So Shelby said the regulators were asleep - bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[malaise]

They've been sleeping from 2000 Shelby
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704858104575232610208583340.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories
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"A lot of this could have been prevented," said Sen. Richard Shelby (R, Ala.) on CNN's "State of the Union." "Where was BP? Were they trying to do this on the cheap? ...Sooner or later there could be a gusher."

Sen. Shelby also criticized the U.S. government's role, saying, "I don't know where the regulators were on this. Certainly they were asleep."

Sen. Bill Nelson (D, Fla.) said oil companies, with their lobbying power, have made it difficult for Washington to crack down on them. "Big oil has had its way among the regulators," he said.

In Congress, when there have been attempts to rein in offshore drilling or tighten regulations, "we could never get to first base because Big Oil would flex its muscle and call in its votes and we could never get anything done," Sen. Nelson said.

[bluerum]

1. Talk to Chainy Dick about the oil companies shelby. Remember the closed door

meeting at the beginning of the first four year nightmare?

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Sneer." - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R)

"We republicons are guilty as hell for drowning government in the bathtub and scrapping all regs and oversight, but we will blame this epic SNAFU on lib-rul envrionmentalists. Bwaaaa ha ha ha. Sneer."

- xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R)

[malaise]

8. He should demand that we see those documents

to find out the truth.

[gratuitous]

3. Make up your alleged minds, Republicans

Do you want more regulation, or less regulation? You fuckers just handed the Gulf over to oil companies witout so much as a "play nice," and now you have black seagulls and tar balls floating on the beaches. Go up to the North Shore of Alaska some time: What did you think was going to happen? Unmonitored oil companies in your environment are like having an entire house full of puppies who aren't housebroken.

[lonestarnot]

5. That was a fucking low blow!

to puppies! Dick shooteminthefaceCheney is a fucker who went on a hunting trip with all those oil fuckers and complained because there weren't enough ducks.

[malaise]

7. They want less

Indeed they want no regulations. You know the market regulates itself effectively wink wink nod nod!!!

[Hubert Flottz]

4. "Big oil has had its way among the regulators,"

The bastards admit that bribery is just part of the every day program in Washington. In other words, if you have enough money you write your own laws. All we the tax paying people get, is the greasy end of the stick.

[malaise]

6. Did you hear Shelby say a single word when that

MMS sex, money and gifts scandal erupted in 2008?

That said Shelby was the only RETHUG to vote against Glass-Steagall.

[Hubert Flottz]

9. Shelby is a walking shitbag.

Too scabby to have EVER been a REAL democrat.

[Solly Mack]

10. Shelby acts like he isn't a friend to the fox

(henhouse)

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. No, they were dead. You euthanized them, remember?

Welcome to Norquist's paradise.

[MadMaddie]

12. WOW!! The nerve of these guys!