From: bknight on 17 Jun 2010 14:56 On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:42:28 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > ><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message >news:7vok16179ev5gq8i2lvhjjb76j9r0lupho(a)4ax.com... >> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:55:26 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> >> wrote: >> Surely you aren't saying that BP has operated properly? Whether or >> not the government has been remiss doesn't give them a pass for the >> things they've mismanaged...especially this latest Gulf Coast >> disaster. >> >> BK >>> > >For the most part they have. > They haven't. You didn't even take the time to check out their history. You're the only person that I have heard that is apologetic for BP. Unbelievable. BK
From: MNMikeW on 17 Jun 2010 15:00 <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message news:nork16dh14dnrrcugt5aik1galo0ra29vp(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:42:28 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> > wrote: > >> >><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message >>news:7vok16179ev5gq8i2lvhjjb76j9r0lupho(a)4ax.com... >>> On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:55:26 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> >>> wrote: > >>> Surely you aren't saying that BP has operated properly? Whether or >>> not the government has been remiss doesn't give them a pass for the >>> things they've mismanaged...especially this latest Gulf Coast >>> disaster. >>> >>> BK >>>> >> >>For the most part they have. >> > > They haven't. You didn't even take the time to check out their > history. You're the only person that I have heard that is apologetic > for BP. Unbelievable. > > BK Apologetic? I don't believe their history is as bad as you make it out to be.
From: Jack Hollis on 17 Jun 2010 20:06 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. $20 billion may not cover it.
From: Jack Hollis on 17 Jun 2010 20:17 On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:39:33 -0700, "Bobster" <bobster(a)nospam.com> wrote: >Even liberal outlets like MSNBC >are saying the same thing. Last night Rachel really let Obama have it because of his lack of action in the Gulf crisis. Apparently she thought his speech didn't make it. Now I ask you, if a raving left wing radical like Rachel Maddow can be critical of Obama, why can't the lefties around here do the same?
From: Jack Hollis on 17 Jun 2010 20:23
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:05:14 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: >You don't know what you're talking about Mike. > >Here is some history, which you probably won't take the time to read, >so here's a quote from the Forbes article. > >"It's been rough few years for BP. Allegations of illegal propane >trading. Massive oil spills in Alaska. A deadly explosion at a Texas >refinery. All this since 2003. Such catastrophes would cripple or kill >most companies". > >This doesn't even take into consideration the criminal charges in the >past. I can't deny that BP has a terrible safety record and they are to blame for the Gulf oil spill. However, they clearly aren't bad enough that Obama wouldn't accept their campaign contributions. |