So BP is challenging the government's numbers re the

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oil spill in the GOM. Word is that they accept only half of the government's numbers which should reduce the fine by something like half.

This should be fun to watch. The corporations are running the world,

[wtbymark]

1. I could see this one coming when they started using dispersants

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2. Yep you were correct - here's a link

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gGPFl9Nhe4aHDYRRgmKMzKsRO4gA?docId=a0247f07d96e48239ed148314b7c6d7e

[gratuitous]

3. Well, what a surprise

And what do you bet that BP's far smaller numbers carry the day? I hope we apologize to them again when Joe Barton is running things on the Energy committee in the House. This has been just the worst thing for BP! Haven't those poor dears suffered enough? Tony Hayward's been put right off his enjoyment of yacht races! It is to weep.

[AlabamaLibrul]

4. Fuck BP

[somone]

5. Just as predicted