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From: BAR on 7 Jun 2010 07:52 In article <6hmp06tnmdr6fpqjc5k3s0610emog1u62h(a)4ax.com>, howard(a)brazee.net says... > > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:04:29 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > >>>>The blame for this mess will be shared by BP and Obama. When you're > >>>>in charge, there's no way to avoid blame. It's not fair, but that's > >>>>the way it is. > >>> > >>>Not with any intelligent people. > >> > >>Intelligence is over-rated in politics. > > > >Who said anything about politics? I mean the intelligent people of > >the populace. > > "The intelligent people of the populace" participate in politics as > voters. But looking at them, we find the same voting patterns as we > see elsewhere. If that is an interesting indictment of intelligence.
From: William Clark on 7 Jun 2010 07:54 In article <MPG.2675f78cbf2cabdb98a005(a)news.giganews.com>, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > In article <4c0c295d$0$14414$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, > nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says... > > > > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:51:24 -0400, BAR wrote: > > > In article <wclark2-DEAC86.18384706062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- > > > state.edu>, wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says... > > > > > >> You would have preferred a tortoise over Obama, as long as it had > > >> "GOP" written on its back. > > > > > > Yes > > > > Behold, the True Believer. > > When faced with an empty suite like Obama and McCain. The lesser of two > evils is McCain or any other GOP candidate. An "empty suite" is it? Haven't seen one of those since my last stay in a Marriott.
From: BAR on 7 Jun 2010 07:53 In article <ekmp06tn5jg0s68hcl6fu47rvvvf68q0su(a)4ax.com>, howard(a)brazee.net says... > > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:07:13 -0500, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > >>Wow. Where do you start? Obama shows no leadership. he should have > >>had James Cameron there on day one. He should have had the director > >>of Transformers there putting underwater robots plugging the hole. > > > >Ridiculous. The government has no reason, wherewithal, or the > >experience in deep sea recovery or drilling. The very idea of idiot > >conservatives wanting the government to get involved with private > >business is hypocritical, but expected. > > Did you notice the words "Transformers" and "Cameron"? Your > response didn't appear to recognize the joke. That is Bobby's problem. He reads into things what he wants not what is there. Bobby has lost the ability to read and comprehend and connect the dots on a broader scale.
From: William Clark on 7 Jun 2010 07:54 In article <7oao065mvjvv6g8k7jta4u23554g8mn7ca(a)4ax.com>, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:14:25 -0700 (PDT), "John B." > <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >> In any case, it looks real bad for Obama right now to have a major oil > >> spill disaster at an offshore drilling site right after he proposed to > >> expand off shore drilling. > > > >I think you're incredibly naive to think that a $71,000 contribution > >to a campaign that cost hundreds of millions would have any effect at > >all. > > BP was Obama's #1 contributor. If you don't think that counts for > much, you're the one who is naive. Of course other Democrats got > plenty from BP. As is usually the case, the party in power gets more. And 60% of BP's political contribution went to the GoP and its candidates. Grow up, Jack.
From: William Clark on 7 Jun 2010 07:55
In article <MPG.2675f139d651dd3798a003(a)news.giganews.com>, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: > In article <wclark2-65014A.18350006062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- > state.edu>, wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says... > > > > > Do you think that Obama's plan to expand off shore driulling was > > > > > connected in any way to these contributions? � > > > > > > > > > > In any case, it looks real bad for Obama right now to have a major oil > > > > > spill disaster at an offshore drilling site right after he proposed to > > > > > expand off shore drilling. > > > > > > > > I think you're incredibly naive to think that a $71,000 contribution > > > > to a campaign that cost hundreds of millions would have any effect at > > > > all. > > > > > > I think you are incredibly stupid to not understand how politics works. > > > > I think you and Jack are incredibly duplicitious not to acknowledge that > > big oil splashes money around to both parties like a Gulf oil leak, just > > to keep in with all sides. > > > > The split from most industries, not all, usually runs 60/40 or 70/30 to > the party in power or the ascending party. BP contributions were 60% GoP. |