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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:04 PM Original message |
Three More Reasons for the President to Take Control over BP's Gulf Operation -- Robert Reich |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. . |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. pretty straightforward |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. there's loyalty to party, and loyalty to one's moral code. it's a shame the two aren't |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. kickee |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'd like to see someone argue this. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. naw -- they'd rather just unrec anonymously. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Oh, I got plenty of pro-BP responses when I suggested the feds taking over earlier today |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. "BP's interest is primarily" Correction: BP ONLY interest is in maximizing shareholder value. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. so have I |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. Should be obvious to everyone, but . . . |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. this "shareholder" thing needs to be said repeatedly -- corps aren't "people" no matter what the USC |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Put it this way |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. you mean all that "red tape" that keeps business from being profitable? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Most people don't want to accept and/or realize this. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. if corporations were indeed "persons" they'd be psychopaths. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Or at a minimum narcissistic and likely some anti-peronsality disorder tendencies. n/t |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 06:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. malignant narcissists. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. correct |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. evening kick |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. duper |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. Well, I came back to see if the chorus had dropped by with any answers... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 06:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. maybe the reality is setting in. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. why isn't Obama ordering a 2nd tanker to slurp up the oil since BP won't? |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. He's right. BP is looking out for the bottom line. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. it's madness to think they're doing anything other than that. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. K&R |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. ... |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
28. The Beltway Is Scared Shitless... |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Another example of the impotence of triangulation |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. He's Not The One Who Legislates... |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. He could start by not handing out deep water drilling leases |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Intestinal Fortitude...In Rare Supply These Days |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. As a matter of fact this blowout says nothing whatsoever,... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
31. Robert Reich |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. Another reason is that because they are required to do so by law! |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
36. There's a reason why they're called BUSINESSmen. And not ALTRUISMmen or |
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