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Offline debk

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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #25 on: June 15, 2010, 02:46:27 PM »
Quote from: bkg on June 15, 2010, 01:54:48 PM

Tinfoil or awakening?

Not an awakening....I've thought it from the beginning. As I'm sure many other people have gone....Hmmmmmm?
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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #26 on: June 15, 2010, 03:46:29 PM »
Quote from: debk on June 15, 2010, 01:45:32 PM

I hate to sound like a  :tinfoil2:  but don't you think it's just way to coincidental that every safety feature on the entire system failed ... basically at the same time?

Also coincidental is the fact that BP has been using "Beyond Petroleum" for their advertising for quite some time.  They have diversified from just drilling for oil and and supplying petroleum products. As a company maybe they are better prepared to shift to other energy endeavors than other oil companies in the US.
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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #27 on: June 15, 2010, 03:54:32 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on June 15, 2010, 03:46:29 PM
Also coincidental is the fact that BP has been using "Beyond Petroleum" for their advertising for quite some time.  They have diversified from just drilling for oil and and supplying petroleum products. As a company maybe they are better prepared to shift to other energy endeavors than other oil companies in the US.
What about the fact that BP head guy sold all his stock in the company. Petrobass oil off of Brazil is getting the drilling equipment and US money to drill ... Soro's has money in that company... HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #28 on: June 15, 2010, 03:56:04 PM »
Quote from: cavegal on June 15, 2010, 03:54:32 PM
What about the fact that BP head guy sold all his stock in the company. Petrobass oil off of Brazil is getting the drilling equipment and US money to drill ... Soro's has money in that company... HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Just another thing to make you go hmmmmmmmm.
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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #29 on: June 15, 2010, 04:20:24 PM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on June 15, 2010, 03:56:04 PM
Just another thing to make you go hmmmmmmmm.


There are many things connected to this entire situation, that makes one go Hmmmmm.

I doubt much investigation will go on this summer by Congress....they are all to busy campaigning.

If the Congress becomes predominantly GOP, I bet we see more indepth (no pun intended) investigation than if it stays Democrat.
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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #30 on: June 15, 2010, 10:12:41 PM »

Is the investigation into the cause complete?

If not, hasn't the president just slandered BP by stating to 300M people they CAUSED the problem?

Where does he get the power to "make them pay," exactly?

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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #31 on: June 15, 2010, 11:37:18 PM »
Quote from: bkg on June 15, 2010, 10:12:41 PM
Is the investigation into the cause complete?

If not, hasn't the president just slandered BP by stating to 300M people they CAUSED the problem?

Where does he get the power to "make them pay," exactly?



According to what's been said on both O'Reilly and Hannity tonight...he DOES NOT have the power to make BP pay.
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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #32 on: June 16, 2010, 07:58:52 AM »
Quote from: debk on June 15, 2010, 11:37:18 PM
According to what's been said on both O'Reilly and Hannity tonight...he DOES NOT have the power to make BP pay.

10:1 it's in the financial reform bill...

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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #33 on: June 16, 2010, 09:49:40 AM »
You know, I just realized something. When Obama said he was going to kick some ass, nobody realized he meant the democrat donkey.
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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #34 on: June 16, 2010, 11:09:58 AM »
Quote from: debk on June 15, 2010, 11:37:18 PM
According to what's been said on both O'Reilly and Hannity tonight...he DOES NOT have the power to make BP pay.

thinking about this more... and happened to hear Beck for a few moments today.

He doesn't have the power, nor is he asking for the power... he's CLAIMING the power.

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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #35 on: June 16, 2010, 01:20:15 PM »
Quote from: bkg on June 16, 2010, 11:09:58 AM
thinking about this more... and happened to hear Beck for a few moments today.

He doesn't have the power, nor is he asking for the power... he's CLAIMING the power.




right.
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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #36 on: June 16, 2010, 08:46:20 PM »
Quote from: bkg on June 16, 2010, 11:09:58 AM
thinking about this more... and happened to hear Beck for a few moments today.

He doesn't have the power, nor is he asking for the power... he's CLAIMING the power.



You've got a good point.  BP would have been completely in their rights to tell him to get bent, and that they would respond to claims from an escrow account that they would administer.  There is nothing that 0 or the congresscritters could have done to increase their obligatory liability, since any law passed would have run up against ex post facto clause.  Because they caved, it sets a standard that every other company that is ever in that position will have to or run the risk of appearing not to care about people.
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Re: Obama to Address Nation Tuesday Night on Gulf Oil Spill
« Reply #37 on: June 17, 2010, 10:41:20 AM »
Quote from: docstew on June 16, 2010, 08:46:20 PM
You've got a good point.  BP would have been completely in their rights to tell him to get bent, and that they would respond to claims from an escrow account that they would administer.  There is nothing that 0 or the congresscritters could have done to increase their obligatory liability, since any law passed would have run up against ex post facto clause.  Because they caved, it sets a standard that every other company that is ever in that position will have to or run the risk of appearing not to care about people.

The highlighted is by far the most important part, IMHO... it is the nail in the coffin of the free market.
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