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BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates over the past 20 years, with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
On top of that, the oil giant has spent millions each year on lobbying — including $15.9 million last year alone — as it has tried to influence energy policy.
Originally posted by kinda kurious
You'll get no argument from me. I am known around these parts as a staunch Obama defender. Make that former. I have renounced his administration as a result of the Gulf catastrophe. (I'm pro-environment and anti-war.)
I'm not jumping over to the neocon / birther / TPM clan though, just refusing to continue to stick up for what I consider to be gross negligence. Yeah, me and James Carville. I've got slighly more hair.
I live in Florida (native) and although it hasn't arrived on our beaches yet, it is inevitable. I've already lost tourism related projects in my business.
Great thread albeit disgusting.
[edit on 25-5-2010 by kinda kurious]
Originally posted by butcherguy
Originally posted by kinda kurious
You'll get no argument from me. I am known around these parts as a staunch Obama defender. Make that former. I have renounced his administration as a result of the Gulf catastrophe. (I'm pro-environment and anti-war.)
I'm not jumping over to the neocon / birther / TPM clan though, just refusing to continue to stick up for what I consider to be gross negligence. Yeah, me and James Carville. I've got slighly more hair.
I live in Florida (native) and although it hasn't arrived on our beaches yet, it is inevitable. I've already lost tourism related projects in my business.
Great thread albeit disgusting.
[edit on 25-5-2010 by kinda kurious]WOW!
I know Obama is screwing up now.
Originally posted by Blanca Rose
Perhaps Obama is waiting for more, before he can get his own government to do a job, that BP cannot do?
What will the gain be, before he can kick them out of cleaning up their own mess, and not cost them any further? Ahem?
Government is owned by corporations.
Originally posted by ISHAMAGI
The only jobs that will be left is military, police, service industry, and corporate slave labor.
Don't like it? Tough. That's why its imperative to do something now!
If we don't there will be no country for our kids to inherit.