crooks, thieves and liars that would not rise to the standards of Jesse James and his gang of desperadoes?
They lie, cheat, steal, cash in huge tax breaks, overcharge at the pump on the slightest provocation, pollute lavishly on cute rate drilling platforms and bribe public officials (oops I'm the sorry the politically correct term is lobby) at the drop of a hat.
And they've been like this since Woodrow Wilson was Top Swank.
And lets not forget Phat Oil is the primary funder of almost every book worshipping small gummint wingnut cracker demagogue from Sarah Palin down to Rick "Secesh" Perry.
Oh and the Supreme Court, just dyin' with luv for the poor helpless endangered multinational corporations just gave them the right to spend any amount any time anywhere on behalf of whatever screeching witchburner takes their fancy.
Given that, I have no fear that poor BP won't be able to secure it's interests in campaign 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 etc etc etc.
What brought us to this pretty pass in the Gulf of Mexico?
A misplaced faith in small government by way of a docile and compliant regulatory structure.
A worshipful attitude towards the corrective precision of the "free market" (A helluva "correction is now washing ashore in Louisiana).
These guys need to have a nice heavy regulatory hammer drop on them, they acted in that rampant fashion because they had NO FEAR of the consequences, they need to feel a bit of that now to prevent other spills of a comparable size going forward.
THAT is my proposal, simple and unadorned, put the living fear of God into all of them.
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