Chamber President Says His Group Will Find Way to Get Government to Share Cost of Gulf Coast Clean-Up

BP should be the primary source for clean up funds. They acted improperly, and should be held liable.

The right wing game plan in regard to the President is simply to abuse the leader of the free world until he missteps or falters. The right wing will distort, deceive, divide, delude, and abuse. Anyone who isn’t in their little right wing tent is subject to the continuing abuse of the GOP and talk radio and Clear Channel and the tea party bunch. It is standard operating procedure. The Republican right wing considers themselves superior and expect subservience from everyone else. Theyfeel themselves to be aristocratic and due the respect of which superior human beings are naturally entitled. They will distort, blameshift, abuse, deceive,and generally blow a smoke screen around the criminal negligence of BP. They are stopping legislation in the Senate to raise BP’s liability in this disaster from 75 million to 10 billion dollars. They are lobbying for a “federalization” of the Gulf response which will stick the taxpayers with a large percentage of the tab for the remediation and cleanup of this environmental catastrophe. The GOP is Wall Street. The GOP is big oil. The GOP is absolutely corrupted with the greed of Wall Street and the robber barrons. Don’t expect this to change. .

The MMS has collected more than 250 BILLION dollars in lease fees and royalties over the past ten years, not to mention income and other taxes collected from the oil industry. US citizens have a right to expect that the government does something for citizens with that money besides drop it in the general fund. Where’s the funding for scientific research on blowout prevention or oil remediation? Where are the booms to stem the flow of oil after a spill? Nothing on the entire gulf coast? That means no response plan AT ALL because no one can drill anywhere except the Gulf Coast. The feds make more on every ghallon of oil than any private company. We deserve something for our money!

Companies like BP either carry insurance or are self insured.
The royalties provided are not payment for insurance, but rather payment for permission to extract a limited natural resource and sell it for a profit. This arguement that the US Govt should pay for this clean up is absurd. Just because one pays the govt to inspect cars and provide roadways, that doesn’t make the govt liable when someone gets in an accident. The resulting damages are paid for by insurance or if the owner doesn’t have insurance, then the owner is liable.

We also have to consider that the oil extracted in the Gulf is not intended for U.S consumption but is sold on the open market, most likely to China and others. A fine kettle of fish. Damm the US Chamber of Commerce.

Lewis Black had it right. Declare war on PB, after all they are causing war time equivalent damage. Seize their assets to clean up the mess. Even every penny they are worth, won’t do the job, so let’s get 10 cents on our dollar by taking them over now. In World War II, assets were taken under the “Trading with the Enemy” provisions (i.e. Brown Brothers Harriman Union Bank/Prescott Bush). Use this type of logic to seize these assets and do the clean up and take care of those who’s lives have been ruined by BP. Once that’s done, the entire executive suite of BP goes to prison. Hell, they did more damage than Osama Bin Forgotten. In time, the toxic effects will kill more Americans than 9/11 did. I worry about the chemicals BP added, coming down on our farmland as Rain. 1/3 of our Seafood supplies are now gone. If that doesn’t amount to war on America, what does?

Hey I have an idea, le tthe chambe rof commerce clean it up. Then they would have done one useful thing in their sorry lieve.

Given the Chamber of Commerce’s vast connections, member resources and unquestioned patriotism, it should take the lead and contribute say, . . a billion dollars toward the clean-up. Such a splendid demonstration of leadership and responsibility could only perpetuate the unparalleled level of affection the American people hold for Mr. Donohue and his cronies, . . er, colleagues.

Hypocrisy raises its head, yet again. The Chamber shows what it really believes, that government must be there to protect big business, while the Chamber harps continually about reducing the size of government when it comes to doing something for the people of the US. Hypocrisy! ! !
Oh, and I’m sure they won’t want taxes raised to fund the bailout of BP which means more of that debt they continually condemn. Hypocrisy! ! !