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Tab for Gulf oil disaster tops $2.3 billion
(CNN) – Costs associated with the Gulf oil disaster have gone up more than $300 million in less than a week, BP said Friday.
"The cost of the response to date amounts to approximately $2.35 billion, including the cost of the spill response, containment, relief well drilling, grants to the Gulf states, claims paid and federal costs," a company statement said. BP put the tab at $2 billion on Monday.
The company previously agreed to set aside $20 billion in an escrow account for spill-related costs, a sum that does not cover fees and penalties that could be imposed by the federal government.
"To date, almost 74,000 claims have been filed and more than 39,000 payments have been made, totaling almost $126 million," the company said.
According to BP, approximately 37,000 personnel, more than 4,500 vessels and some 100 aircraft are involved in the response effort. Read more
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And illegals can work on a farm .. and get welfare , free schooling for their kids and free medical care that Americans aren't entitled to.
BP has tried to block the oil w/ drilling mud & junk! These attemptes failed due to the pressure of the escaping oil. Plus these are serious concerns that the casing under the sea floor has been breached.
@ Denice has it ever occured to you that half of the country is unemployed and most people cant afford a used car much less a green car not everyone is as blessed with good fortune .
Pauly... stop acting like Americans aren't hard working people or that they aren't willing to work at any task. Farmers should have mechanized their jobs 20+ years ago like the Government "suggested" instead of counting on cheap illegal labor.
With our economy theres alway's calm before the storm .
How many Americans are willing to work in the fields under these conditions? Not many, if any:
Proponents of tougher immigration laws have argued that farmers have become used to cheap labor and don't want to raise wages enough to draw in other workers.
Those who have done the job have some words of advice for applicants: First, dress appropriately.
During summer, when the harvest of fruits and vegetables is in full swing in California's Central Valley, temperatures hover in the triple digits. Heat exhaustion is one of the reasons farm labor consistently makes the Bureau of Labor Statistics' top ten list of the nation's most dangerous jobs.
Second, expect long days. Growers have a small window to pick fruit before it is overripe.
And don't count on a big paycheck. Farm workers are excluded from federal overtime provisions, and small farms don't even have to pay the minimum wage. Fifteen states don't require farm labor to be covered by workers compensation laws.
All efforts by BP to date have only included methods that collect oil from the gushing well head. Extracting 10,000 barrels per day from a 60,000 barrel per day leak is unacceptable. The flow of oil needs to be stopped.
Admiral Thad Allen should order BP to bolt down a permanent cap on the oil well to seal off the leak.
@MeLon and Bill Jacques: Well said! Time to focus on defending the the enemy invading the southern shores, helping people who are unemployed (extend those unemployment benefits!), and building our economy.
As I am an unemployed honorably discharged Vietnam Era Veteran, I am very saddened by the Senates failure to act in an honorably manner the extension of unemployment benefits. As you are celebrating the independance holiday, I hope that you keep us in your mind. I understand about the defecit, but do you really understand what the loss of unemployment benefits means to my family? May God bless America and keep her.
i like my vehicle and i drive it using the product that is on top of our waters.wake up america ,reform starts at home !
My vote on FaceBook goes to ... Lady Gaga.
Illegal aliens aren't supposed to have drivers licenses or jobs or be in the country illegal or suck up the social services designed for needy Americans... but they do.
Pauly... do you actually believe that illegal aliens don't/didn't vote in the last National elections?...lol... Never heard of Acorn have you?... Are the nationalities of the voters checked when they vote? You seriously need a reality check as it has already been proven illegal aliens have voted and will continue to vote. Maybe you should join a forums where they speak on this as I know of illegals that have voted and even tell you they have and that they will continue to vote. To think that they don't vote is being totally unrealistic.
Randall, yesterday you suggested I was unsympathetic to legitimate complaints by Arabs against the US, Israel & our other allies. (BTW: all Arabs aren't Muslims & all Musllims aren't Arabs). This isn't true at all. I said there was no justification for the "terrorists"!!!
Only a small % of Arabs/Muslims are terrorists. And of that number, many are just using Islam for justifaction. No matter what complaints they have against the US or anyone else, the killing of innocent civilians can't be justified. They kill more Muslim/Arab civilians than the US kills w/ drone attacks/bombs.
I understand that many of the insurgents fighting our troops aren't terrorists. Rather I have stated many times many of them are just defending their home from occupation. They aren't out to destroy America. In Afghanistan, these people fought the Soviets for 20 years. They have been fighting the US & NATO for 9 years. the majority just want foreigners to leave them alone.
Most Afghans didn't support the Taliban, they feared & despised them.
Al Qaeda is no longer in Afghanistan or just number in the double digits according to Gen Petraeus. The Taliban has been removed from power. We need to end the occupation & focus on those who want to harm the US & our allies.
@MeLoN
You said- "America should have one standard for all people. America should be a world leader and standard bearer in truth and justice for ALL people – not just a select few."
This is the reason why Levin and Stabenow changed their votes. It IS relevant.
Will we be seeing a joint meeting between Central Command and the Coast Guard?
For Admiral Allen I'd asked, "Admiral with the united States Coast Guard so fully engaged with the Gulf Coast disaster could you be better served by an oil drilling moratorium so to lessen the chances of another explosion complicating your situation with worse conditions?"
Get out of Afganistan now,the Russians could not win,we will not win.
No need for our innocent armed forces personnel to die for no reason anymore.We also have to leave Iraq immediately ,please no more deaths.Bush started this war when we should have stayed home and looked after our economy etc.Look at the mess we started it is time to stop the bleeding literally.
The terrorist state of Israel is once again bombing Gaza – with AMERICAN made weapons. That is the exact reason why a large portion of the Arabs and the world hates the US and the cause of the growing number of "terrorist" against the US. It has been that way for 90 years or so. Americans allows this to happen. Until the US takes a stand concerning this – nothing with ever change. The US "claims" to be peace makers in the Middle East at the same time they are arming and protecting one side of the conflict. Either arm both sides.. or no sides. Americans seem not to understand this.. and it's a shame. America's "collective guilt" over the treatment of the Jews during WWll should be over by now and their double standards should also be over. America should have one standard for all people. America should be a world leader and standard bearer in truth and justice for ALL people – not just a select few.
In the Governor race here in, Michigan, one of the candidates has stated they are for a moratorium on home foreclosures. I feel this has to become a national priority until our economy stabilizes.
It's time to start getting noisy about it!
Is there a way to know what and how many suggestions to help the Gulf cleanup there are and Why they are not being considered.
I have seen the news on this crisis ever since it started and have only seen one report about the oil affecting Tribal Nation lands. Where is the federal government and how are they going to handle this? BP should be held responsible and act without delay to get personel to meet with Tribal Elders and assure them that this is going to be resolved with respect and swift actions to prevent damage to the Native Lands. We are not the invisable Nation any longer and I will not simply let this go. Rick Two Arrows, Wolfclan. Cherokee Nation.
Good morning. Has anyone considered using snow shovels for the beach cleanup?. They will slice through beach sand more easily and are less heavy than dirt shovels for the dedicated workers to use. Thanks, CNN.
@michael-
I feel the shareholders have shut the oil companies income. 53 cents of every dollar earned goes to them- the Drill Baby Drill crowd. Hell, Palin herself has said she pretty much sits mesmerized daydreaming about drilling the North Slope in , Alaska.
Change is inevitable...
Tropical depression heading for the Gulf???? What about the fact that congress hasn't renewed the flood insurance program. What happens to the people whose policies have expired??? More trouble ahead for the Gulf coast. Congress needs to act.
It makes me sick that the failed unemployment extension doesn't even rate a MENTION in your program! It affects a million people, and climbing!
ican,t belive thart our goverment, is not going to extend unemployment benifets yo over 1 million people. but they can bail out other countries, banks auto industries, and pay for 2 wars, and let american people starve, lose there homes, i don,t fell like rhis is my country any more. to let this happen is disgraceful. shirley fla.
Questions for Admiral Allen: How much oil is being collected by skimmers? Can more be done to collect it at sea? And how are Kevin Costner's Ocean Therapy separator devices working? (Thanks!)
The US shouldn't have invaded Iraq OR Afghanistan. We had no business messing with Iraq whatsoever over 9/11 and should have used several well place tactical nukes in Afghanistan – instead of invading it and spending young American lives on a non winnable "war" there. I was anti-Bush BEFORE he scammed his way into office in 2000 and been speaking out against him and his pack of cronies since then but that doesn't make the Dumbocrats any better or less responsible for their actions. How many young American lives needs to be spent before the US realizes that Afghanistan is a lost cause?
A 20 year job from this house went to Mexico on vacation and decided not to come back. My family has been greatly affected by NAFTA.
Question for Admiral Allen: Precisely why was any attempt to cap the well(i.e., actually stop or at least minimize the flow) halted on June1?
Putting "plug" in the BOP outlet and then forcing drilling mud down may be able to stop the flow at least temporarily until the relief well(s) hit.
Why not try?
Joel Vatsky
Illegal aliens can't vote!!! You have to be an American citizen to vote!!!! So quit w/ your baseless accusations!!!
My question to Thad Allen is:
Why are you letting bp cut even more corners in "cleaning' up the spill by using corexit in unprecedented amounts. You're a guard of the coast and should step down, along with Lisa Jackson for allowing BP in covering up the truth and reality of the spill by hiding under water.
You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Stop USING COREXIT! It's killing more fish and mammals than the oil itself
This is ridiculous that in this free country, the regulatory agencies that are designed to protect the citizens, always cide with business and corporations. Corporations get the freedom to kill, main, destroy and pollute, while every day citizens get consequences for virtually every infraction they commit through out the day. Free country? Free for who? The rich of course have bought their freedom at the expense of the poor and every day people.
PLEASE......when you ask your guest a question, please let them answer and do not talk over them. All cable news shows talk over the guest, why ask the question if you are not going to let them answer. You all talk at once and can't hear any of you!
BP should pay for the retraining of all workers affected by the oil spill. Why not retrain oil workers in the renewal energy field? Let's not count on the clean-up making it possible for everyone to return to their old way of life. Let's insist BP retrain workers now.
Why are you glorifying what was a sad, selfish act by a man who thought of nobody but himself? Instead of fighting for his family, friends and neighbors, he committed the ultimate selfish act of thinking of himself only. Come on, quit making it seem like something special that is going to drive more mentally unstable people to do the same thing.
this should point out the fact that if our government were not swayed by oil money relief wells would have been drilled when the production well was drilled.
@ Art The president has shut the oil company's income they will have no choice but to leave Thats about as big of an eviction notice as it can get .
@michael-
So, you're basically saying we're getting a sneak peek at peak oil?
I'm not certain President Obama is saying he wants the rigs to leave. Perhaps BP is using this as a gambit?
Everyone wants safer drilling practices until we can transition into alternative energy. The omission of relief wells for deep water drilling rigs needs to be addressed. I can't imagine why they chose to take the risk without them.
Say Doc it sounds like Arabs losing their homes to Israli "neighborhoods" only the Arabs have no forms to fill out for relief but on tents to live in as refugees!
Melon, NAFTA stands for North American Free Trade Agreement. Most outsourced US jobs are going overseas, not to Mexico or Canada!!!
Changing a vote after it was implemented is the same as closing the barn door after the cow escaped.. and therefore pointless... and irrelevant.
Melon, the Dems voted to go to Iraq & Americans supported it because of fabricated intelligence by Bush/Cheney. Saddam didn't have WMD's & had no ties to Al Qaeda or 9/11!!! Al Qaeda wasn't in Iraq until after we invaded the country!!!
If the last administration had kept focused on the mission in Afghanistan rather than shift troops/resources to Iraq, this country wouldn't be at war now!!! Do you remember Bush saying how short & inexpensive the Iraq invasion would be? Or when he proclaimed, "mission accomplished" more than 5 years ago? Or how signed a treaty w/ Iraq to keep our troops in Iraq until next year when it became obvious Obama was going to be elected?
Bill I worked the cotton harvest in 1979 for kicks in Arizona and I gurantee the farm working jobs bosses will hire you to harvest crops.I ran a cotton modular 16 hours a day. It takes 16 cotton picker loads to make on module of cotton.
If those rig's leave that gallon of milk is going to cost you $7.00 that gallon of gas is going to cost you $7.00 the country's industries will take unfair advantage on all of us from import cost for fuel .
One of the reasons there aren't any jobs for AMERICANS is because of the open borders that the US has and Obama's refusal to enforce Federal laws regarding the invasion of millions of illegal aliens into the country – Democrats want an open border so that they can get more votes to further push their socialist programs down the thoarts of the already hard pressed Americans.
What level of ignorance amkes this morning's replacement for John Roberts think that I am interested in his opinion to the point that he interupts and talks over someone who has been gracious enough to come on the show and offer HIS views.
The interview with the gentleman who stated that overall the oil companies are doing a decent job in the Gulf became a farce when this "anchor?" decided that his opinion was more iimportant to the viewer than that of the "expert" who had come on the show for the express reason that he had an experts take on the problem!
Boeing to require more inspections on 767 Airplanes for cracks near where the engines attach, MAYBE. Airlines affected are American, United, Delta, U.S. Airways and Continental.
Whatever came of all the human heads discovered on a flight from Little Rock to Dallas? Were they heads of homeless?
Compromise eache and Bank futures are up on the good news for them that softens a measure that could have stripped banks of their ability to trade in derivatives.
c'mon, MeLoN...
All of our representatives voted for it, too. But upon learning of the U.N inspectors findings regarding NO weapons of mass destruction, our two senators corresponded with us accordingly, and changed their votes.
It was only the house representative in our district (Rep.) who would not recant. I guess he loves war. Thank goodness he's chosen to vacate his office in November. Good riddance.
@ Art B.P. is hurting but if those rigs leave were going to have post war fuel prices which means all company's will increase there prices to compensate for shipping charges on fuel .
Bill, if you are being denied a job because you are over qualified, why not just omit that info from your resume/job application?
How about all of Congress take a 15% pay cut give back all the ear marks. Take back TARP, Take back the Health care bill. Cut taxes so they can pay for unemployment insurance and company can start hiring again.
I willing to flip burgers but I am over qualified when I go apply because they tell me I have a BA in Communication a CDL-B a EMT-Basic I am in paramedic school they say I am over qualified. To all out there thinking we our sitting around you will see Million on the street in the next month and half then Maybe you will have a clue Oh yea there our no jobs.
the rest of the world makes oil companys drill releaf wells at the time they drill the production well.if all wells in the gulf had releaf wells drilled now this would keep workers working and wells safer.
The American car industry is doing good only because of Toyota's flaws the car car industry's good fortune may be brief .
michael- Are oil dividends down this quarter?
Israel to ease the blockada on the Gaza? An Israeli spokesman used the figure 100 trucks a day were allowed in with relief items during the oil flotilla where 9 lives were taken by Israeli militants. The other part to that public relations statement that was omitted is that before the blockade was imposed that 450 trucks a day were needed to meet the needs of life living humans inside the Gaza!
Just because CNN won't talk about news doesn't mean we shouldn't!
Blame much of the deficit on the two wars if it makes you feel better but in the same breath you should also mention that every Democrat that was in the Senate or the House at the time voted to support it – right along with every Republican – therefore both parties are equally responsible for it – as both parties are responsible for much of the problems of the country. People attempting to lay the blame solely on one party are a bigger problem than the politicians themselves for whatout people like THAT the politicians couldn't get away with what they do.
To argue against a deep water drilling moratorium using the example of "we don't stop flying because of one plane crash" is an apples to oranges argument. A single plane crash – or even many plane crashes – do not come close to threatening an entire ecosystem. It's an attempt to minimize the enormous effect of our "one" oil spill. Don't be fooled by this argument.
Jeff, the govt is accepting assistance from foreign countries. From an article in the Washington Post in June: In the past week, the United States submitted its second request to the European Union for any specialized equipment to contain the oil now seeping onto the Gulf of Mexico's marshes and beaches, and it accepted Canada's offer of 9,842 feet of boom. The government is soliciting additional boom and skimmers from nearly two dozen countries and international organizations.
In late May, the administration accepted Mexico's offer of two skimmers and 13,779 feet of boom; a Dutch offer of three sets of Koseq sweeping arms, which attach to the sides of ships and gather oil; and eight skimming systems offered by Norway.
"As we understand what we need and identify domestic and foreign sources, we will act," said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley, who said the United States has received 21 aid offers from 17 countries and four international groups. "We are maintaining contact with these countries, we are grateful for the offers, and we will take them up on these offers."
Maybe its time Americans learned how to say no to Obama it can be known as the Nobama movement .
Has congress renewed the National Flood Insurance Program, yet?? I have been trying to close on the refinance of my mortgage and because my flood insurance expires the end of July, the bank won't close. No one can purchase flood insurance until congress renews the program. This is causing people a lot of trouble when they are trying to close on loans.What happens to those of use who have flood insurance getting ready to expire?? After all, it is hurricane season.
The government is forcing B.P. to pay punitive damage but how do we force the president to pay punitive damage's for shutting down the oil rig's .
Does anyone remember the outrage over a few brake/ acceleration failures and the mass Toyota recalls that resulted in ? Yet Gulf politicians and a Louisiana Judge don't want a recall on 30 odd oil rigs until we figure out what went wrong.
Makes no sense, and if something else goes wrong, these same politicians, protesting the Federal Government's right to order precautions, will be demanding the rest of the country bail them out again. You can bet on it.
The problems caused by Wall Street is only partly responsible for the unemployment rate in the US and it's not even the biggest cause. There are other, larger factors @ play that caused the unemployment.... ie ... NAFTA (brought to you by Bill Clinton and the Democrats) has cause 10 – 15 million Americans to lose their jobs.
People need to stop attempting to blame one party over the other and realize that both parties are equally responsible.
Tom Bower is a blatantly obvious mouth piece of the oil industry. His tone is droll and condescending. His rhetoric predictable and tainted.
The president is pouring salt on a wound with his drilling ban in order to promote his climate agenda it has nothing to do with the accident but everything to do with his push for green energy he is willing to destroy our economy for his own agendas .
When a car crash or an airplane crash causes the scope of catastrophic disaster as this oil rig caused we will stop driving cars and flying planes until they are made safe and out of the way.
Look the drilling will go where the oil and gas are so they will come back! About the American oil workers losing jobs? Let BP pay them until these jobs are returned to the workers. Look chap corporations are killing people, wildlife,sealife and the planet so it won't hurt to knock the ball the on their side of the court and have them move.
The only other real solution is to send a few CEO's to firing squads and get these men serious about this life and its world they are killing.
Can't you at least appear to be objective?
Bill, you need to ask the GOP Sens & Dem Sen Nelson, why they voted to filibuster the unemployment bill. They will most likely tell you it's because they are worried about the deficit. But they have the same ideology that Ronald Reagan did when he said, "unemployment insurance is a vacation for freeloaders." Many have stated similar feelings. They forget what Reagan said about the defict, "the deficit is big enough to take care of itself." Much of the current deficit can be attributed to the 2 wars, the tax breaks for the wealthy & Medicare Part D. It's a shame that the deficit only matters when it comes to helping Americans who are suffering. The deficit doesn't matter to the GOP when it comes to giving bailouts, tax breaks or subsidies to corporate America. Case in point, the GOP recently blocked a bill to repeal $35 billion in tax breaks to the oil giants!!!
With the suicide in Orange Beach, it's just that much more blood on obama's hands for not allowing help from outside the US to get the oil cleaned up. It's a shame that this guy felt there was no other way out. Maybe if obama would spend as much time getting assistance in as he does golfing and going to concerts this man might still be alive & working.
Randall-
I recall Nader speaking to the derivatives issue prior to the bailout in '08. He mentioned a one-tenth of one-percent tax on all derivatives, which would have created the monies needed for the bailout.
Imagine the potentiality with the numbers you've shared here this morning. Talk about kick-starting an economy.
Please do not imply that anyone is responsible for suicide other than the individual that commits suicide.
How dismissive you two CNN hosts are of those who lost their jobs because of the recession caused by Wall Street! You BOTH are a disgrace!
These millions of Americans did not ask to be unemloyed, these are people who were employed BEFORE wall street almost caused the economy to collapse in 2008. These unemployed people did NOT cause this economic crisis – Subprime mortages did – Wall Street did! and the American peole are suffering for it ! And all these unemployed people are asking of their elected officials – is please look out for us in hard times. Help us get through the hard times!
But all these American get from Republicans – is NO - we don't care if you go homeless, or if you cannot feed yourself, or your children - That's YOUR problem! That is the Republican's response to Americans who may go homeless next month!!!
And you two hosts on CNN – are acting like talking about the fact that Americans may go homeless – is a waste of time, an issue not worth discussing! My wish is that CNN finds you two hosts useless, very soon - let's see how you 2 deal with being unemployed, and not able to find a job!
It is sad that 1,000,000 people will be without unemployment checks, however, we cannot continue to pay for these and other unfortunate circumstances while putting our country deeper into debt, especially in this economical environment.
There is an old saying; invention is the mother of necessity. I suggest we take heed and I cannot think of a better way to solve two problems with one solution: let's encourage some forward thinking individuals/groups to start up companies that will provide our country with a NEW form of energy that does not leak into our precious waters and contaminate our air, while offering many new jobs in a more promising means of safe, reliable, renewable energy.
Let us once and for all, embrace the fact that this IS opportunity knocking; let's open the door!
Lulu
NH
I saw a map of oil rigs operating in the Gulf on another media outlet yesterday. 3600 of them operating & none of them are affected by the proposed moratorium which only affects 33 exploratory rigs. It's getting pretty crowded in the Gulf. Yet, GOP lawmakers & Dem Sen Landrieu are against any moratorium.
None of them will accept any blame or responsibility if the moratorium continues to be blocked by the court & there's another leak.. I have a question for them. If another exploratory rig explodes or is damaged by a storm, what are you going to do? Especially if the owner of that rig says we are only going tp pay up to the $75 million liability cap. Are you going to expect US taxpayers to pay for your stupidity?
Since all available resources are fighting & cleaning up this leak, who's going to respond if another happens while this one is ongoing? You have all criticized BP & the federal govt' for the response to this leak. Where is your response? With all the revenue your states receive from the oil co's, why don't you have an emergency response system in place?
The more rigs you have operating, the bigger likelihhod of an another accident. A study by Transocean showed the failure rate of BOP's in deepwater is almost 50%. The failure rate in shallow waters is 28%. It's not as if similar incidents never happened before. The Ixtoc 1 leak occured in the Gulf & a rig exploded & leaked last year off Australia's coast. Should have been a wakeup call. It's not a question of if another leak happens but when. I hope you prepare for the next one.
We all remember how in late 2008, staggering losses on risky derivatives nearly brought down our entire financial system.
With 43 members of the House and the Senate hammering out a final version of the financial-reform bill, one of the biggest contentions remains what to do about the mind-boggling, vast, and opaque derivatives market owned by the nation's too-big-to-fail megabanks.
The problem is getting worse. Notional amounts of derivatives held by federally insured banks have risen to more than $200 trillion
It has been more than two years since taxpayers invested $9 trillion to bail out Wall Street. While our economy is still years away from a full recovery, a combination of low interest rates, a dearth of competition, cheap bailout money, and handsome subsidies have meant that the banks that toppled our economy have returned to making record profits
Wall Street has been spending an estimated $1.4 million per day lobbying to weaken rules that would limit the ability to imperil the economy, according to Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard professor charged with oversight of the TARP program. In March, Warren noted that Wall Street had hired 54 lobbying firms, and a 55th to do nothing but coordinate the first 54
If BP somehow wriggles out of it's financial obligations to clean up and restore the Gulf Coast, then someone from the current administration needs to get ahold of Bush/Cheney and the rest of the GOP muckety-mucks and tell 'em to get their checkbooks out for creating the energy policy we've been stuck with. I'll bet that would wipe the smirks off their faces.
I am one of those people that lost there unemployment insurance on July 5, 2010 thousands of Missourian and around the country will not be able to pay their rent and will be evicted from there apartments. Please start reporting on this and start asking question
to our Senators what we our suppose to do because we our not sitting around waiting for checks. For example I have a BA in Mass Communication, CDL-B, EMT-basic, and I am paramedic school. My thirteen old son and I will loss our place my car will be repossess. Since the extension did not pass I do not even the gas to go for jobs application and interview. And if I was lucky to get a job could not get there because no money for the gas to get to the job.
How will you report when you see millions in the streets.
WE OUR NOT LAZY WE WANT JOBS!
Thank you,
Bill Foster
And the Democrats aren't "chumps for corporate America"... lol ... Unbelievable that one can be so constantly blind to reality and so bent on laying blame and attempting to make sure the blame isn't placed where it belongs evenly. It's not like Obama or Biden is in the pocket of any corporation *insert eye roll HERE*
What else would you expect the "top brass" to say... after they seen what happened to the General?
Good Morning CNN!
It's sad that a person committed suicide over the oil spill. Has there been more than one?
BP has already paid $51 million more in damages than the law says they have to. The GOP has blocked all attempts to raise the $75 million liability cap. Many GOP lawmakers have stated that us taxpayers should be picking up a large portion of the costs. Rep Bachmann says BP should say we're not chumps. I have news for her & other GOP lawmakers. Taxpayers are tired of being the chumps for corporate America!!!!