Joe Barton - Libertarian Hero or Desperate Shill?
 

Pick one

Disgrace, but he always has been.

He did correctly identify the shakedown that BP is being subjected to.

Under the law, BP is liable for all cleanup costs, and a maximum of 75 million over and above that figure, and they have already agreed to surpass that liability limit.

But the idea of a president telling a corporation what they owe, or that "20 billion is a down payment" is unconstitutional, and frankly sounds like an element of a fascist dictatorship more than a constitutionally federated republic that we are, or were.

BP deserves to get the crap kicked out of it -- in the market, in the courts, by the regulatory agencies, but not by the president or his staff, or members of Congress trying to get raw footage for their next campaign ad.

Agreed. He is so far up the ass of Big Oil, he can taste what Hayward ate for breakfast six months ago! Guy makes me wanna puke!:mad:

BP is a corporation, not a person.

BP is not an American citizen.

BP is a lessee. You completely wreck the house you're renting, and the block it stands upon - and literally kill the neighbors in the bargain - you pay for it.

Salt Lake City - Unconstitutional shakedown of Chevron oil
 

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City attorneys expect Chevron Corp. will quickly agree to a financial settlement related to last weekend's pipeline spill that dumped 33,000 gallons of crude oil into city waterways, a spokeswoman for Mayor Ralph Becker said Friday.

Becker has vowed to make Chevron pay for the cleanup, and the company has repeatedly pledged to cover the city's expenses, as well as damage or reimbursement claims from others.

A deal could be announced next week, said Lisa Harrison Smith, the mayor's spokeswoman.

"We won't be satisfied until it's done," she said.

San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron believes an improbable series of events led to last Saturday's spill, which sent crude oil into pristine Red Butte Creek.

Top con on that energy committee, eh

Too funny

What a hanging curveball this doofus served up to the dems…