Rep. Barton now says he hold BP responsible and that his morning remarks apologizing to the BP CEO may have been miscontrued.
Damage control? :-) On 6/17/10, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > He has one? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:52 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Need help understanding a current talking point > > > so you think its OK for some guy who made his life fishing get > completely ruined by BP's negligence. At least the escrow fund will > ensure some reasonable amount of compensation that does not take 20 > years to receive, like the Exxon Valdez claims for example. > > I guess you think its OK for a large corporation to destroy > livelihoods and important ecosystems simply be cause they're large > multi-national companies. > > Glad to see where your heart is Sam. > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I think the laws caps out at $75 million >> >> I'm sure that BP would pay out $20b+ to cover what's needed due to >> public pressure. I just don't know why Obama wants his hands on that >> money too. >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Eric Roberts >> <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >>> >>> Actually, I forget the name of the law, but Obama would be within his > rights >>> and powers to seize BP's American assets and take over the entire > operation >>> and use those assets to pay for the cleanup as well as pay claims. That >>> would include selling off assets that they own to generate funds. >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321438 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
