Will BP Get Away With Murder – Yes
Remember Exxon?? Well it is my humble opinion that we are seeing a careful coming together of minds with the particular goal of having a repeat of the Exxon result. We have seen in recent days a large amount of donations targeted to the Republican party’s hopefuls in the coming elections. Haliburton is going all out to pad the pockets of Republicans and they are already reaping the results of their hard spent dollars in the form of some vociferous complaints by Republican party hacks, about the job that the Obama Administration is doing, as it has been left wanting of more action and better media coverage. While this is going on, the ball has started rolling in the direction of getting the BP lawsuits to be conducted in Texas. Why would they do that? Republicans have always spent much of their efforts in office to pad the courts with dishonest judges in my opinion… At least Judges who are sympathetic to the Corporations instead of the public. Like Exxon and countless other cases, these judges are experts at circumventing the processes that exact justice upon these Corporations and their causes. Many Asbestos victims have never been paid one dime for their troubles after being exposed to the silent Killer in the line of their duties for the same Company who is denying their claims.
Mike Papantonio is now saying that BP will possibly try to have the various lawsuits consolidated into one big, oily, sticky, stinky and messy glob and put into the hands of one of these “professional” stalwarts of the Republican agenda…an agenda of Corporate over Country, powerful before people and money instead of morality. One just has to look once at the countless animals that are dying as a result of Corporate greed in BP’s latest spill, to become outraged at the issue. We all know that the Republicans shredded the regulation requirements which in turn was key in BP being able to not have better safety and prevention methods in place before the accident.
If Mr. Papantonio is as correct in his prediction as I think he is, the end result will be …BP gets away…with murder, 11 human murders and millions of animals in the wild. Murder is a harsh and dirty word, but it barely describes the deeds that deserve the term. It actually consolidates the grievous acts that sometimes take a long time to plan and execute and puts it into a short, neat word…murder… that does not really give the horrendous act, the justice it deserves. Plan? Am I suggesting that BP planned this accident? No, but they planned the cost of everything from accident, to clean up, to restitution, to favorable advertising, to raising the price of it’s products globally, slightly and steadily, as little as a nickle raised on a gallon of gas… which will, over time recoup all their expenses. It won’t end up costing them a penny. So yes they planned some aspects of this. They planned that paying, amounts to less than the profits they make by cutting corners. In this case they did not predict the scope of this disaster and they may in the long run still lose out in many ways, I know that I personally have been boycotting their gas stations as I have boycotted Exxon’s since their spill in Alaska.
We have seen this many times before, Car companies choosing to leave defective cars on the road and instead pay some limited damages to the victims while reaping the Billions in profits. Shame on you, those Republicans who are responsible for this shredding of the regulations…this blood is on your hands. In my opinion, whatever microscopic payments BP will be required to make will in no way compensate for the widespread murder they caused.
Okay…God loves us all…who does he hate??? Noone.
Crap, where’d we put that dopazine?
I need not say more.
And u are?
Mark my words, as I am going on the record as posting it right now.
BP will not be paying for all of the damages. In fact, I will be surprised if they wind up paying 10 percent of what damages they have caused. Not including the damages that cannot have a monetary value.
Their asset values will quickly be overtaken by this cleanup liability, so they will start dumping shares, then put the whole thing into bankruptcy protection and court restructure.
Claims that are not quickly paid before will be waiting 20 to 25 years before they see 10 cents to the dollar.
I stated in a post about a month and a half ago that the US assets should have been seized. It now is probably too late.
10% As appossed to 100%? I’m assumming that the American community pays 90% of the damage?
I never posted that comment though I agree with it…who is hacking me?
I don’t like being hacked…:(
Thank goodness for the internet ofr I would be screwed right now…
Which comment Tim?
Bp will screw the consumers…They will get away with murder…a typical theme for oil companies. They will all ajust their prices in compliance with each other to show a profit… To hell with the consumer… They will find a way to make a profit from the golf coast disater…Those that lost everything won’t get much because Robin Hood doesn’t exist anymore…
Don’t lose hope on the interwebs yet. The generation making this mess and bribing the pols to look the other way are not web savvy like the one up and coming. Once they are out of power, and things are done perhaps grassroots (web roots) change can work.
We on the “internets” as blubber…er…dubya puts it, are the last and only line of defense. As Oso said, both sides are bought and paid for.
I hasten to point out though, the enemy does not realize that we sent a Trojan Horse in their camp, and he, President Obama, is doing a better job at getting us some small gains where there were none before. He has my best wishes, but as I learned a long time ago, an animal needs a stick on his back sometimes, so we my friends, with our sticks of technology (interwebs)will be keeping the pressure on them.
I hope someone is paying attention to “Teeluck”…
What’s your point?
Forrest is pretty much out of business, in the Gulf. I was reading the other day about fishermen and small charter boat companies going bust already. This is going to get a hell of a lot worse, and soon.
Yes, and Florida businesses are already seeing cancellations of trips and reservations going up!
I must sadly agree with Tee, Tim. I am cynical but through critical observation, not antipathy. Like you I thought the intermedia, the bloggers,the technology would bring us access to affordable healthcare and financial reform.
Instead we bailed out the health insurance industry and allowed lobbyists and purchased politicians to destroy any meaningful attempt to protect us from another economic disaster.
It will be the same with BP. Ultimately it will be business as usual.
My only further comment would be the Republicans are not to blame for the mess we are in. Both sides are bought and paid for. We cling to the memory of a Democratic Party that no longer exists.
Yeah I did think of that, the health care debacle. Perhaps this time we have more support, after all even Republicans live by the Sea. I’m thinking drill baby drill has lost some of the sparkle. (Some, I hope). The last poll I’ve seen, off shore drilling has lost some of it’s luster. I guess people like shrimp to much. Imagine putting Forest Gump out of business.
Tim, like you I hoped for the best and braced for the worst…read my post on MMA today.
It is titled Clueless Reagan vs Physicist Carter…
I’m sorry I have to disagree. I think were going to nail their ass to a tree. Why? Because of this new fangled media, the interwebs. Yes bloggers. We now follow every damn thing they do.
Back when, we didn’t have that technology. The Main stream media was our source for news. Not anymore. Hell we got Betty White to host SNL. We can do anything. Now if we can only straighten out baseball.
Tim, I for one certainly hope that we can do a good job holding their feet to the fire, I live one block away from the beach in NY, I sit by my window and see the beauty that I pay $1350 a month to enjoy…and wonder if it will end. I may very well get some oil here. We also have protected areas along the beach for wildlife to breed. There is nothing good that I can say about this whole issue. Lets keep up the pressure my friend…I’m there…all the way!
I live in upper michigan my friend and I pay 600$ to keep a house that needs a paint job and a roof…I make 32000 dollars a year without health care. R u some kind of terrorist? Because believe me!!! If u pose a threat to my little girl I will make u scream like one.