Comments on: Bachmann On Stealing From BP

By: Dan Jeffreys

Dan Jeffreys — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:10:39 +0000

Yes Mike, we now live in a society (and have for some time) where the government completely flouts any and all laws (i.e. the constitution) that pertain to it. Us commoners however are expected to obey the countless pages of laws they hand down to us.

Dan

By: Gringo Malo

Gringo Malo — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:01:46 +0000

Aside from its dubious constitutionality, the gesture seems meaningless. I expect that $20 billion will prove to be pocket change by comparison to the actual damages and cleanup costs.

By: Mike Marks

Mike Marks — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:00:51 +0000

I find myself asking the following question at an alarmingly high rate. “By what authority does he (the president) take fill in the blank this action”? If he president weren’t prepared to strong arm the CEO of BP why did he have the attorney general, Eric Holder, in the room?

By: tdm

tdm — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:32:56 +0000

For now the Progressive train is running smoothly. Hopefully in November there will be some change. It’s probably our last chance, if there is any chance left, to derail it.

By: james huggins

james huggins — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:43:41 +0000

The fact that BP has flummoxed up the deal from the get go is not up for debate. I think their biggest sin was the financial suck up job with millions going to Democrats and Lord knows what else to placate the pols. But, even with that in mind the absolute incompetance of the Obama administration, if it is incompetance and not deliberate, is the story of this debacle.

By: John Danforth

John Danforth — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:05:00 +0000

BP has stated repeatedly that they will pay all costs and damages associated with the cleanup.

This is the administration trying to take credit by ‘forcing’ them to do what they already said they would do.

Ever had someone order you to do something you were already doing, so they could demonstrate their authority over you?