It’s good to see that Alabama is standing up to BP.  Maybe they will think about what it takes to “prevent” these kinds of environmental disasters as well.

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Strange indeed. As I remember, alabama is accepting all of the
coal ash toxic wastes to ‘land fill’ their farm lands so why all this
bs concern over oil? Oh, forgive me, I forgot, the tourist
industry. Wouldn’t want those tourists swimming in oil or eating
greasy tainted seafood.

And once again a big bag of money will fix all the problems and
the rest of the state can be the nations coal ash dumping ground
of america. Smart people those alabamians.

ITW:

Which one of your five quoted phrases contradicts a willingness to sue an oil company?

And it’s Alabama, not Republicans, who are suing.

Republicans are going to sue a corporation????

And OIL corporation???

What happened to:
“Drill, Baby, Drill!”
“De-regulation”
“Let Corporations do their thing!”
“We need Oil, not tree-huggers”
“Trial lawyers have destroyed the economy”

etc.

So it’s yet again true of Re-thugs——Their position is always cast in concrete, that dissolves to jell-o when it’s THEIR ox that’s being gored!

The more revenue the states can squeeze out of corporations, lobbys, churches and non profits for use of social services, the less they need from me.

Big B:

Do you really think that government liquidation of BP would put ANY money into the pockets of the victims of this mess??!!

All that would acomplish is the elimination of BP. Progressives and enviros would get their sweet revenge. The Gulf Coast victims would get nada.

One more time- who would you rather sue? BP or the Federal Gevernment?

The first thing the US should have done was nationalize BP, and sell off their assets until this whole debacle was paid for. But that would have required balls, and we all know Barry does not own a pair.

As for the rest of the card carrying big business members of the chamber of commerce who’s policies caused this mess, fuck ‘em. I feel bad for the workers in these states that didn’t vote for these conservative clowns, but hey, when the shit hits the fan it doesn’t just spray on the guilty.

As well they should! I hope every fisherman and hotelier, et al, get every dime they lost over this disaster, plus interest.

Now. For all you “Nationalize BP!” freaks:

Can you imagine a headline EVER reading, “Alabama to sue Feds”?

@Donkey Edge How blindingly irrelevant.

Trouble for Obama—EXCLUSIVE Obama/Thad Allen Oil Spill Coverup Conversation caught on video:

http://thedonkeyedge.com/2010/08/13/secret-obamathad-allen-oil-spill-coverup-conversation/

This is almost funny. Pro business, anti government, anti regulation southern idiot republicans are crying because a major corporation took advantage of these same policies to dump oil on their beaches. And now these hippocrytes, who are all for tort reform and against frivalous law suites, want to sue the evil corporation whos abuse they practically begged for?

This is good news to some of us, for it proves that even a brain dead conservative can eventually figure out that you are indeed pissing down his back and telling him it’s rain.