People were killed...'half cocked' does not apply.
On May 4, 6:39 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Things look bad for BP. No question. If I gave the impression I thought > The Market was fail proof I apologize. Shit happens. Before we go off half > cocked persecuting folks lets see the extent of the damage. I'm ready to > volunteer if I can help. The Gulf is my playground and I love shrimp. > > I'm just sick about this. > > dj > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:13 PM, ornamentalmind > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > President Barack Obama pretty much stated the obvious when he called > > the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico “a massive and potentially > > unprecedented environmental disaster.” > > > The oil well pouring a river of crude into the Gulf of Mexico didn't > > have the normal type of remote-control shut-off switch used in Norway > > and the UK as last-resort protection against underwater spills, > > largely because the oil companies themselves are responsible for > > "voluntary" compliance with safety and environmental standards. > > > It was in 1994, two years into the Clinton administration, when this > > practice of putting the fox in charge of the henhouse was legalized, > > about the same time George W. Bush was doing the same thing in Texas, > > a program pushed hard in the previous administration by Dan Quayle's > > so-called "competitiveness council" charged with deregulating > > industry. > > > The accident has led to one of the largest ever oil spills in U.S. > > water and the loss of 11 lives. Voluntary safety for oil wells, but > > you and I can get stopped by the police if we don't fasten our safety > > belts? Eleven people have died because Halliburton and BP wanted to > > save money. In the first hundred years of this republic it was > > commonplace for rogue corporations to get the corporate death penalty > > - being shut down, dissolved, and having their assets sold off. > > Through the 19th century, it averaged around 2000 companies a year > > that got the axe. > > > If the Supreme Court now says that corporations are people - and they > > did - then these corporations should be eligible for the corporate > > death penalty. > > > Time to break up and sell off the pieces of Halliburton and British > > Petroleum. > > >http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2010/05/halliburton-bp-it-time-corpo...
