tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post3945748562331941705..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: "A Mind-Boggling Accomplishment"Leslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-20581971571977509132010-06-19T16:55:31.447-05:002010-06-19T16:55:31.447-05:00TAO is spot on. The cynicism of these guys to tout...TAO is spot on. The cynicism of these guys to tout the court system as the appropriate when they know full well that it tilts the field to BP is staggering. They favor the profits of a foreign company over the economic safety of American citizens. It's a disgrace.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-16111106805075230672010-06-19T13:08:27.780-05:002010-06-19T13:08:27.780-05:00Oso said Putting them in receivership would have b...Oso said <i>Putting them in receivership would have been impressive.</i><br /><br />Oso, my friend, my sense of indignity and moral outrage demands such a solution as yours. However, receivership guarantees a lengthly legal battle that does nothing for BP's victims. $20 billion starts to do so. Their needs outweigh my outrage.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-48382438506589168202010-06-19T09:36:48.738-05:002010-06-19T09:36:48.738-05:00Well, I look at this 'shakedown' this way:...Well, I look at this 'shakedown' this way:<br /><br />38,000 people have claims against Mobil/Exxon because of the damage caused by the Exxon Valdez.<br /><br />After 21 years they still have not received a dime. Even though the case has been to the Surpreme Court and back nothing has been paid.<br /><br />In 2009 a Federal Judge started adding interest to the settlement amount...<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-34831109008585994212010-06-18T19:21:57.080-05:002010-06-18T19:21:57.080-05:00Darlene: Oh, ho, ho. For some reason I haven't...Darlene: Oh, ho, ho. For some reason I haven't heard that one or if I did I've forgotten it. Thanks.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-76251651877414779862010-06-18T18:23:05.857-05:002010-06-18T18:23:05.857-05:00All of the criticism being thrown at Obama reminds...All of the criticism being thrown at Obama reminds me of the Clinton joke. (and it was probably a joke before Clinton.) It goes like this:<br /><br />Clinton and the Pope are in a rowboat and the wind blows the Pope's beanie off his head. Clinton gets out of the boat, walks across the water and retrieves the hat and gives it to the Pope. When Newt Gingrich heard about it he said, "SeeDarlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-43216907354350727392010-06-18T15:09:02.750-05:002010-06-18T15:09:02.750-05:00Distributo: I think it's called shooting yours...Distributo: I think it's called shooting yourself in the foot and it's bound to hurt the Republicans.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-89731011733972377482010-06-18T11:19:33.244-05:002010-06-18T11:19:33.244-05:00my favorite part is all the trashing people like B...my favorite part is all the trashing people like Barton, Barbour and Bachmann are doing --- do they really expect the "small people" to be glad they are saying BP keep the 20 billionDistributorcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149154929149577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-24619312517542056072010-06-18T10:05:40.647-05:002010-06-18T10:05:40.647-05:00K: Not only do the libs forget the Bush years, the...K: Not only do the libs forget the Bush years, they don't stop to think what it would have been like under a McCain/Palin administration.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-60042785092754321022010-06-18T05:07:13.800-05:002010-06-18T05:07:13.800-05:00Spreading out the escrow payments over time also m...Spreading out the escrow payments over time also makes sense because that much money has to be invested and that's definitely something to be spread out over time. Also, like Deepwater Horizon, the 20 bil is not capped<br /><br />Receivership would be a mess. Apologies for flogging my blog, but I wrote about the potential issues in detail <a href="http://killiansaid.blogspot.com/2010/06/K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-83390646598756160152010-06-18T04:04:20.244-05:002010-06-18T04:04:20.244-05:00SW: Since I am the proverbial idiot when it comes ...SW: Since I am the proverbial idiot when it comes to anything financial, I appreciate this piece of information. It sounds reasonable and like a good thing to me.<br /><br />RC: We had evacuees here in Nashville - many arriving by bus.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-65802764128704996272010-06-18T01:20:35.189-05:002010-06-18T01:20:35.189-05:00Greeting's Ms.Leslie!
No doubt that was a &qu...Greeting's Ms.Leslie!<br /><br />No doubt that was a "good score" that was pulled off yesterday (or whatever day, I have weird hour's Dear .... my clock say's 1:15am now, friday) .... but, this was solid, now to get it in motion. Hey .... I forgot about that hurricane evacuation out of Houston, you know where I-45 lead's to though .... damn .... we had so many evacuee&#Ranch Chimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086251248546955720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-66170643978205463012010-06-18T01:18:52.129-05:002010-06-18T01:18:52.129-05:00Oso, $20 billion will pay for a lot of lost wages,...Oso, $20 billion will pay for a lot of lost wages, lost business, cleanup and all sorts of things. Also, disbursing $5 billion/year effectively and efficiently when you're doing it retail, with this individual, that mom 'n' pop business and so on, is a major undertaking. Any more money per year and you run an increased risk of waste, fraud and abuse.S.W. Andersonhttp://wpblog.ohpinion.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-71448100956538253172010-06-17T23:33:01.381-05:002010-06-17T23:33:01.381-05:00Nance: I think the job is not the piece of cake he...Nance: I think the job is not the piece of cake he thought it would be. I think he truly believed that he could get Congress to work in a nonpartisan way. Good intentions but bad results. The GOP has fought him on every single major and nit-picky thing. <br /><br />Underlying all their shenanigans are the racial innuendos and epithets - not only from the extremists but, disgustingly, from membersLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-18470063088528732442010-06-17T22:41:21.034-05:002010-06-17T22:41:21.034-05:00It's an outstanding accomplishment, and the Re...It's an outstanding accomplishment, and the Republicans have embellished with their bizarre carping.<br /><br />But, the left is already griping that it isn't enough, that Obama shouldn't have said that he didn't want to bankrupt BP, that it took too long, blah blah blah. There's a culture of complaint among progressives that is dispiriting and that does nothing but make K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-31412621181192407522010-06-17T22:40:02.270-05:002010-06-17T22:40:02.270-05:00I do so hope he runs with that ball like he did wh...I do so hope he runs with that ball like he did when the Health Reform Bill passed! Credit, yes. And powerful encouragement. Sometimes I fear he won't be able to stand up to the pressure, that he'll faint from it like Petraeus; he's just as human, certainly, and surely just as exhausted. In the past, I've worried about someone harming him. Now, I worry that the job will buckle him.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-17823369532998370692010-06-17T20:31:25.533-05:002010-06-17T20:31:25.533-05:00Oso: I still luvs ya dahlin'.Oso: I still luvs ya dahlin'.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-39061886323280778822010-06-17T20:11:38.656-05:002010-06-17T20:11:38.656-05:00Oso, My understanding is there is NO CAP on this a...Oso, My understanding is there is NO CAP on this agreement. Have you heard that? I would think Obama is smarter then to agree to a settlement. The Gulf and her people will need compensation for years and years to come. I gather this agreement covers that.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-17072566807211822702010-06-17T18:34:46.011-05:002010-06-17T18:34:46.011-05:00Infidel: So true, especially " . . . if he ha...Infidel: So true, especially " . . . if he had concentrated on making his Tuesday speech more to the liking of the pundits." Ah, the pundits. Unsophisticated and always eager to snarl.<br /><br />Sue: Exactly, but I don't expect anything else from the right. They have become extremely boring, so I no longer listen to their drivel.<br /><br />Oso - my love. You are always so damn Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-17837662747468963592010-06-17T18:18:01.372-05:002010-06-17T18:18:01.372-05:00BP paid 10.5 billion in dividends last year, so th...BP paid 10.5 billion in dividends last year, so they will pay half their dividends into the fund for the next four years. I don't find that particularly impressive, cutting their dividends in half. <br /><br />Putting them in receivership would have been impressive.<br /><br />What if this had happened under Bush, this catastrophe,and he settled for half dividends for four years?Osohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513535195785731541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-31311550494247140122010-06-17T17:58:58.747-05:002010-06-17T17:58:58.747-05:00we need to hear more and more as the weeks go on h...we need to hear more and more as the weeks go on how this IS an accomplishment by our president worthy of praise. The rightwingers are saying it was thuggery because BP already made an agreement to pay, but they are not being realistic because an AGREEMENT from BIG OIL is not a binding contract. This had to be done, they are simply fuming on the right because Obama is showing the country he IS Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-23806595976951829042010-06-17T11:49:44.751-05:002010-06-17T11:49:44.751-05:00The ass has been selected, the kick firmly adminis...The ass has been selected, the kick firmly administered. And in a way which will be of more practical value to the victims than if he had concentrated on making his Tuesday speech more to the liking of the pundits.<br /><br />Several Republicans, of course, are already bleating about the "shake-down" of poor oppressed BP. I hope the victims on the coast, for whose benefit the escrow Infidel753http://infidel753.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-31738004559908779012010-06-17T09:07:07.604-05:002010-06-17T09:07:07.604-05:00SW: He certainly deserves the credit although the ...SW: He certainly deserves the credit although the right would rather roll over and die before giving it to him.<br /><br />Tim: I would think his advisers, who I'm not thrilled about either, had a hand in this. But Obama deserves the applause in this case.<br /><br />BJ: Good quotes. Now I can hear Obama telling himself, "Take that you s.o.b."<br /><br />Shaw: LOL, I visited and Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-33909622080992103712010-06-17T07:34:47.053-05:002010-06-17T07:34:47.053-05:00Ha! I put this same quote from TMP reader in my la...Ha! I put this same quote from TMP reader in my latest post. I'm glad you posted the entire comment.<br /><br />But...but...Obama has done NOTHING!!!!!<br /><br /><br />I argued with Joe of Jo Joe Politico over this, pointing out all that the administration has done, and all JJP could repeat is "he's done nothing!"<br /><br />LOL!<br /><br />"There are none so blind as Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-43378943469668391312010-06-17T06:26:17.682-05:002010-06-17T06:26:17.682-05:00Yul Brynner, “The Ten Commandments:” “So let it be...Yul Brynner, “The Ten Commandments:” “So let it be written, so let it be done.”<br /><br />Mammy Yokum, “L’il Abner:” “I has spoken!”<br /><br />John Wayne, “True Grit:” “Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!”<br /><br />Clint Eastwood, “Sudden Impact:” “Go ahead, make my day!”<br /><br />Barack Obama: “Ante up!”<br /><br />I LOVE SPUNK!B.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-6712024285151669982010-06-17T04:01:38.927-05:002010-06-17T04:01:38.927-05:00You know I love the fact he took them to the woods...You know I love the fact he took them to the woodshed. I'm very proud of him. The thing is, some of his advisers I feel are not up to the job.<br />But anyway, he did good and I hope he gets rested up for tomorrow, cause he'll need it.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183815338714438681noreply@blogger.com