GOP congressman apologizes to BP for '$20 billion shakedown'

Did they ? This could be a $20 bil.insurance policy on their survival. The President may have just made a foreign company too big to fail. After all ;the cash cow dries up pretty quickly if their undevalued stock and vulnerable position leads to a hostile takeover by ...oh ,let's say Gazprom ,PDV ,Sinopec . Good luck collecting on the legitimate settlements then.

Hello tom:

He did? Filthy communist...

excon

Another example of looking out for the "poor people of the gulf .
BP Oil Spill: Against Gov. Bobby Jindal's Wishes, Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard - ABC News

From the article:
Didn't seem to be the big issue that you made it out to be.

That takes about 5 minutes and doesn't have to shut the operation down to accomplish . It's nuts to shut down a clean up effort ;one of the few so far that actually is working .

Double post

Hello again, tom:

I must admit, I'm dumbfounded by you guys.... You are pissed at Obama for apologizing for, say TORTURE, or KILLING civilians .... But, APOLOGIZING to BP for making them PAY for what they DID is cool...

Really... You guys are something else....

excon

PS> Did I see Barton BOW to Hayworth? I think I DID!

You know ... I don't believe Obama actually apologized for "torture" . It was more like he apoligized for our existance.

He apologized for things like the US “failed to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world”. “Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.” [/i]

On Al Arabiya ,broadcast to the whole ummah ,he compared the US to a colonial power .

He apolgized to the UN for our "acting alone " ,and for "opposition to specific policies "

I'm sure there are many more I can't immediately recall.

No I don't accept that he is speaking for me when grovels.

Nor do I say that BP deserved to be apologized to . I only say that Barton was correct when he described what happened at the White House as a "shakedown ".

What would've happened if BP didn't agree ...a horse's head in the bed of Carl-Henric Svanberg, and Tony Hayward Would Obama take over BP ala Hugo Chavez ?

You are the one who complained about abuse of executive authority when the President is defending the nation against jihadistan .And evidently you don't think he should exercise them to expidite the cleanup .But you are ok with the President going around the law and arbitrarily deciding how much money a privately owned company has to give the government and then tell it there is no choice other than to do it.

Who made him the judge ,jury and executioner ?

Hello again, tom:

Again, what I call a settlement, you call a shakedown. It WAS agreed to, of course. That would mean it WASN'T mandated, and WASN'T arbitrary as you would infer. I'm surprised you didn't use the popular smear of the day, and say he "rammed it down their throats"..

And, before a lawsuit is filed, there is NO law that says the president CAN'T negotiate on our behalf. If I'm wrong, show me the law that he went around... You can't, of course.

Look. This is real simple... If somebody crashes into your car, are you allowed to negotiate a settlement with them, or MUST you file a lawsuit? You can settle? Really? Who made you judge, jury and executioner? Dude!

excon

Yeah that's the language of someone looking to negotiate a settlement . Sounds more like an "offer he can't refuse" .


you can tell me right now that the Holder criminal investigation has ceased ? That there will be no prosecution , grand jury indictment ,trial (beyond the ridiculous Congressional Stalinist show trial) I don't think so .By what authority does he demand that BP suspend divident payments ? This is worse that what happened to GM and Chrysler .

I still have heard no denial about the claim that BP will have to pay compensation to workers who are unemployed right now only because the President declared a moratorium on drilling.

You the civil libertarian should be appalled at the lack of due process. Just because the President was able to strong arm and intimidate Bp into caving to his demands doesn't mean he had the legal authority to do so.