From: MNMikeW on 17 Jun 2010 11:45 <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message news:n8ri16dif85gtr1s8a4f1ci7iek1imealj(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:33:17 -0400, "Frank Ketchum" > <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > >> >>"Alan Illeman" <noway(a)nowhere.ca> wrote in message >>news:B_qdnbL_q708fIXRnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d(a)supernews.com... >>> According to Forbes BP shares are already shaky, so >>> wouldn't you have thought that Obama would have had >>> his meeting with BP CEO Tony Hayward (and reached >>> an agreement) prior to the White House speech? >>> >>> 60,000 barrels/day (3300000 US gallons; 2100000 UK >>> gallons; 9540000 litres) - that's a hell of a lot to clean up. >> >>Clearly you are confusing Obama with someone who has executive experience. >>Please try harder next time. >> > He has enough to wring $20 billion out of them. > > BK BP had stated they were going to pay for all of it far before the meeting.
From: MNMikeW on 17 Jun 2010 11:48 "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:d0d22723-28ab-4b91-8425-e1999a05235b(a)x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... On Jun 16, 8:55 pm, "Alan Illeman" <no...(a)nowhere.ca> wrote: > bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:33:17 -0400, "Frank Ketchum" > > <nos...(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > >> "Alan Illeman" <no...(a)nowhere.ca> wrote in message > >>news:B_qdnbL_q708fIXRnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d(a)supernews.com... > >>> According to Forbes BP shares are already shaky, so > >>> wouldn't you have thought that Obama would have had > >>> his meeting with BP CEO Tony Hayward (and reached > >>> an agreement) prior to the White House speech? > > >>> 60,000 barrels/day (3300000 US gallons; 2100000 UK > >>> gallons; 9540000 litres) - that's a hell of a lot to clean up. > > >> Clearly you are confusing Obama with someone who has executive > >> experience. Please try harder next time. > > > He has enough to wring $20 billion out of them. > > He didn't wring anything out of them, that's what they offered. You really believe that? ============================================= They offered to pay for everything a couple days after it started.
From: MNMikeW on 17 Jun 2010 11:50 "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:wclark2-D306EF.21520116062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article <dcui16lnki9q3erta5215n5bajeu3claqa(a)4ax.com>, > Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: > >> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:01:23 -0400, "Frank Ketchum" >> <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: >> >> >If he were a republican, impeachment hearings would have already begun. >> >> For the war? For the corporate bailouts? For zealous prosecution of >> leaks? >> >> Are those impeachable offenses? > > For being black? I suppose when the only card you have left in your deck is the race card......
From: MNMikeW on 17 Jun 2010 11:51 "Bobster" <bobster(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:uIOdnZPAOvXbr4fRnZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > news:n8ri16dif85gtr1s8a4f1ci7iek1imealj(a)4ax.com... >> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:33:17 -0400, "Frank Ketchum" >> <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: >> >>> >>>"Alan Illeman" <noway(a)nowhere.ca> wrote in message >>>news:B_qdnbL_q708fIXRnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d(a)supernews.com... >>>> According to Forbes BP shares are already shaky, so >>>> wouldn't you have thought that Obama would have had >>>> his meeting with BP CEO Tony Hayward (and reached >>>> an agreement) prior to the White House speech? >>>> >>>> 60,000 barrels/day (3300000 US gallons; 2100000 UK >>>> gallons; 9540000 litres) - that's a hell of a lot to clean up. >>> >>>Clearly you are confusing Obama with someone who has executive >>>experience. >>>Please try harder next time. >>> >> He has enough to wring $20 billion out of them. >> > > Wringing money out of people is something Obama learned in Chicago. > He taught Blago well.
From: bknight on 17 Jun 2010 12:07
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:45:49 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > >BP had stated they were going to pay for all of it far before the meeting. > Empty rhetoric until they were pressed. BK |