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In response to "The "political stupidity is unbelievable," -- (link)" by Strongbad

I'm torn. why should we (the US) be doing anything / spending anyy money on this.

Posted by ty97 May 26 '10, 10:35

BP should go bankrupt fixing it before my tax dollars should get involved.

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BP should go bankrupt fixing it - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:40 2
- disagree. they need to keep revenue coming until for a good long time -- cleanup will take decades. -- nm - workmanda May 26, 10:42 1
  - and make billions in profit for it's shareholders -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:43
We should do whatever we can to ensure we still have an ocean, and then bill BP after the fact. - TFox May 26, 10:38 7
- I don't understand what we can do that BP can't. - ty97 May 26, 10:40 6
  - we can add additional resources. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:41 2
    - My question wasn't if we can add resources (of course we can.) My question was what do those resources add? - ty97 May 26, 10:43 1
      - we can add a lot more cleanup resources. a *lot*. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:45
  - nuke it from orbit???? -- nm - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:41
  - BP has several patents in oil spill cleanup. - Beryllium May 26, 10:41 1
    - and was the main contrasctor in cleaning up after Exxon Valdez - Danedukenuuk May 26, 10:42
I was reading something this morning that was posted here that said the government can't really get too involved. - Krusty May 26, 10:37 10
- I have a hard time believing that. Has a state of emergency been declared? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:41 1
  - I don't know. Again, I'm only speaking about the law that prevents then government from taking over from BP. - Krusty May 26, 10:44
- If Obama wanted to federalize BP, he could. - Strongbad May 26, 10:39 7
  - I can't say, I don't know about that. Here's a clip from the article I was talking about. - Krusty May 26, 10:41 2
    - Hmmm... here's my source. -- (link) - Strongbad May 26, 10:43 1
      - To be fair, I was saying they're doing everything they can based on the law that is in place. - Krusty May 26, 10:48
  - Great idea! -- nm - Hugo Chavez May 26, 10:40 3
    - Way to read the IM. -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 10:41 2
      - I read it. Seriously, why have that header? -- nm - Roger More May 26, 10:42 1
        
        Because it's being talked about in the media? -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 10:44
because it will destroy the fishing industry, the wildlife, and tourism in the entire region. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:36
you mean other than the fact that it's the worst environmental disaster in our country's history? - wheezy May 26, 10:36 2
- The Interior Department waived NEPA provisions for BP -- nm - Strongbad May 26, 10:38
- and oh yeah, these happen to be states that don't have a lot of money. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 10:37

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