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From: Jack Hollis on 8 Jun 2010 10:06 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:18:07 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: >BP hasn't allowed anyone's suggestions to penetrate their >stubbornness. Cameron has more experience at greater depths than this >drilling, and they ignored him The fact is that I don't find that >funny. The guy is a film director, you've got to be kidding me. The Idea that he could come in and help BP is laughable.
From: William Clark on 8 Jun 2010 10:09 In article <shjs06ld571ab51jn6cbmtkharga77s1ji(a)4ax.com>, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:18:07 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > >BP hasn't allowed anyone's suggestions to penetrate their > >stubbornness. Cameron has more experience at greater depths than this > >drilling, and they ignored him The fact is that I don't find that > >funny. > > The guy is a film director, you've got to be kidding me. The Idea > that he could come in and help BP is laughable. No more laughable than the notion that BP could a) fix it themselves, or b) tell the truth for once.
From: bknight on 8 Jun 2010 10:24 On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:06:56 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:18:07 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > >>BP hasn't allowed anyone's suggestions to penetrate their >>stubbornness. Cameron has more experience at greater depths than this >>drilling, and they ignored him The fact is that I don't find that >>funny. > >The guy is a film director, you've got to be kidding me. The Idea >that he could come in and help BP is laughable. Not he, his undersea crews with excellent equipment. Try not to become Bert. Think a little first. K
From: Jack Hollis on 8 Jun 2010 10:26 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:09:28 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: >I just can't imagine anyone thinking that the gov't could have done >anything about this that they didn't do. > >BK They already are. That's why 69% of people said the federal government's response was inadequate.
From: Jack Hollis on 8 Jun 2010 10:29
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:59:16 -0700 (PDT), "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Financial institutions have done well under Obama? Which ones? Do you >regard being subject to financial reform legislation as "doing well?" The banks got away with hundreds of billions of taxpayer money and still took their huge bonuses home. The financial regulation bill is a joke. No banks were broken up and if in the future one of the big ones fail, the government will be there to bail them out again. The banks run Obama. |