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RE: Oil Spill. Don't bother reading if you are
Posted: Jun 10, 2010
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their pocketbooks.
June 10, 2010 Dear Friend,
Just imagine this: BP can get away with pouring millions of gallons of oil in our seas and I get arrested for dumping a half-gallon of oil on myself in protest! This is just outrageous. Please join me and call Senator Murkowski and ask her to:
"Hi, my name is _______ and I am from _______. Senator Lisa Murkowski wants to keep oil companies' liability cap at a pitiful $75 million. This is outrageous. How dare she side with BP over the American people who have been so devastated by this manmade disaster? I also think the charges against the Texas shrimper Diane Wilson should be dropped. And by the way, we want clean air! Tell your friends to call, too. Oh, and one more thing! Please join me and thousands across the United States for the Boycott BP International Day of Action on June 19. You can find and create actions in your area here. Diane Wilson |
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| As we protest the tragic oil spill, we can celebrate the end of one environmental disaster and war machine: The Hummer is dead. We will build a memorial in motor city, Detroit, during the US Social Forum in June. Join us in Detroit for the USSF or donate to create the Hummer art installation. Picture bicycles, butterflies, and a surrounding community garden! |
I am a fourth-generation shrimper from the Gulf of Mexico and 
BP will go bankrupt anyway. Then WE will pay, not them.nm - voter
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This person really shouldn't have done that - sm
[ In Reply To ..]but I see the point being made. It is ridiculous and the fact that this is still ongoing with no resolution in sight makes me madder than he!!. How can we put a man on the moon and yet we can't stop an oil leak? I mean seriously!!!
Also, I don't really know any of us who are BP sympathizers. This is their spill. They should take care of it.....although I'm sure taxpayers/consumers will get screwed in the end and end of footing the bill. ARGH!
There is at least one person on here who clearly - is and I had the misfortune
[ In Reply To ..]of having a "discussion" with her. Anyway, I certainly am not. The taxpayers will have to pay-yet again-not to mention the people who lost their homes and businesses and jobs and health and the effects it will have on the ecology and wildlife for decades-shameful. I want them to pay for the clean up. I hope there are many lawsuits against these folks. And, I hope we do something to make sure no other company tries to cut corners like BP when drilling so this does not happen again.
Nah. Just because someone disagrees with certain - points does not make them a sympathizer.nm
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Sure sounded like a sympathizer to me-or - someone who was just
[ In Reply To ..]so busy attacking and insulting and name calling that they never made any point.
Yeah, like when O blames Bush for everything..lol !.nm - please
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Knee-jerkers are on the rampage today! - Get a life!
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Yes, so why dont you cut it out finally? ! - voter
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You really, REALLY need to look in a mirror! - Not even getting into the
[ In Reply To ..]below-the-belt name calling and personal attacks, the drive-by, hit-and-run insults are coming probably 75% from you cons, so you should at least be honest with yourself. I don't expect any honesty on the board, but at least with yourself.
Bravo! We've been dealing with these drive-by - posts for months now.
[ In Reply To ..]We've tolerated them but the cons can't even take a few responses to the hit-and-run posts.
Keep up the good work. They're getting a taste of their own medicine and are whining already.
Thanks for the support! I will! Feel free to do - it for any I miss. Be sure
[ In Reply To ..]though to get the libs too. We don't do it as much, but we do do it. Let's call it to everyone's attention how often it is happening.
Anybody here see the movie Mean Girls? - Think "word vomit"
[ In Reply To ..]That is what the Lindsey Lohan character calls the baloney filled garbage that starts to just fall out of her mouth without thought, and that is what we have here. Tons and tons of "word vomit." Good name for it, especially since there is often a lot of regurgitation of talking points without fact involved.
So, by your definition, only a lengthy post is legit. - That is ridiculous. You guys play by
[ In Reply To ..]your OWN rules all the time. If a so-called drive-by posts three words you agree with, you would not complain. Get over yourselves. Its STILL a free country.
No, you need to actually READ my posts. - Just not a subject line
[ In Reply To ..]only remark that brings nothing to the discussion other than sarcasm, condescention, hate or personal insults. Does not need to be lengthy. Just some actual exchanges of ideas, not insults and nastiness.
And why is this so difficult and unreasonable? - It really should be the
[ In Reply To ..]norm, not the exception. Are people here just honestly more interested in venting anger and being nasty than in actually sharing ideas? If that is the case, let me know and I will go away and leave you to your hate fest. Just seems like a miserable way to live, think and deal with fellow human beings.
Oh, I get it. When people disagree, its a "hate fest", but - when agree, a "love fest". See,
[ In Reply To ..]it does not matter if message is long or brief, just as long as you AGREE. Please, at least admit that.
Please READ my posts before you respond!! - For the THIRD time, I
[ In Reply To ..]have no problem with people who disagree. And again, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WHEN PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH ME! It is a "hate fest" when people offer no information or contribution to the discussion but instead only give one-liner insults, sarcasm, condescention, and call names. That happens here constantly. Disagree, by all means, but do it respectfully! Drop the attitude. I am not suggesting a "love fest" either. I don't think that is possible here. I don't know, maybe I was right. Maybe too many people here only come here to vent and be nasty to strangers and not to have an actual discussion. So again, I ask this question--
And why is this so difficult and unreasonable?
And, am I correct, and those of you against the idea just love to be able to treat strangers badly?
Do you have a source of this refusal by Murkowski? - Backwards Typist
[ In Reply To ..]I have looked for about an hour and cannot find a speech by her that she is against lifting the cap.
I did see where she disapproves of something the EPA wants to do, but it did not mention the oil spill.
see link below -- - Really?
[ In Reply To ..]http://repoweramerica.org/blog/big-oils-best-friend/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=stopmurkowski20100608
Hm-m. Did you read the comments? - Backwards Typist
[ In Reply To ..]One poster asks: "Please provide a link to the actual bill in question. I must read these things before acting on them."
Answer: There’s not an actual bill at the moment. Check here for what aides in her office are saying will — or may — happen this week.
So, how can anyone vote on something that's not an actual bill? Doesn't make sense.
In part of her statement, she says:
"As the EPA moves closer and closer to issuing these regulations, I continue to believe that this command-and-control approach is our worst option for reducing the emissions blamed for climate change. I also believe that with so much at stake, Congress must be given time to develop an appropriate and more responsible solution. And so today, after consultation with the Parliamentarian, I have come to the floor to introduce a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act that would prevent the EPA from acting on its own. Senator Lincoln of Arkansas, Senator Nelson of Nebraska, and Senator Landrieu of Louisiana have joined me as cosponsors of this bipartisan resolution, as have 35 of my Republican colleagues.
"I've also come to the floor to re-affirm and re-emphasize my previous remarks on this issue. Given what has been alleged about my intentions, I believe this debate needs to be directed back to its substance, and away from the ad hominem attacks and red herrings that have been thrown out in recent weeks. There is a legitimate and substantive debate to be had over whether the EPA should be allowed to issue command-and-control climate regulations, and I welcome that debate. If there are any Senators who support the unprecedented, regulatory intrusion that the EPA is pursuing, then I hope those members will come to the floor and explain why. I strongly oppose that approach, however, and I hope my colleagues will listen to my explanation as to why I feel as strongly about this issue as I do."
There must be something in that act the EPA is trying to get passed that is not very good. There are now 40 senators that are co-sponsoring her. Makes me think something is not right with it.
It might be, based on the ones against this EPA proposal - Really?
[ In Reply To ..]are just looking out for their own interests, i.e., not surprised about Landrieu, for obvous reasons; as for Lincoln, I think she is one of those Democrats that is in the Big Oil pocket, again for political/personal gain. The rest are pubs -- no surprise there, either. We shall see, as time will tell what the real deal is.
If I have time tomrrow, I'm going to be looking into this. - Backwards Typist
[ In Reply To ..]I may not get a chance as Friday is always a hectic day for me; i.e., the one day I can count on working all day. LOL (not really funny).
Please post whatever you can find on this -- I am very interested, as for work - Really?
[ In Reply To ..]I hope you do have plenty of work tomorrow. I have fared better this week than last week -- was 14 hours down by Thursday last week for NJA -- hate having to work on my days off (Fri/Sat) to make up work :(
Me too, but only down by 8 hours. (nm) - Backwards Typist
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