Posted on 06/05/2010 10:12:27 PM PDT by Brugmansian
Across the US, cries of "seize BP" are growing louder, putting pressure on President Barack Obama to slam his fist harder into Britain's crisis-stricken oil multinational . . .
The Answer Coalition, a campaign group that grew out of opposition to the Iraq war, has organised a week of demonstrations in 29 US cities demanding a seizure of BP's assets. And the former labour secretary Robert Reich, who served under President Clinton, wants BP's American operations to be taken into temporary government receivership . . .
"This is a national emergency," Reich told the Observer. "It's simply untenable for a for-profit company with responsibility to its shareholders to be in charge of handling one of the worst environmental disasters in American history. At the moment, the president has no direct ability to instruct BP to do anything."
The US government, argues Reich, had few qualms about effectively taking over the troubled insurer AIG in the national interest. So it should temporarily take control of the BP's stateside operations to make sure the company is telling the truth and throwing every possible resource to tackling the Deepwater Horizon spill off the coast of Louisiana.
"I don't see how anybody can consider this draconian, given the draconian measure of what's happening out there," says Reich . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
I think that is the last thing any American wants is for Zero to seize another industry
So communists like ANSWER and crypto-commies like Reich want government seizure of private property.
Is this news? Let me know when the Heritage Foundation is demanding government seizure of BP assets. That would be news.
Across the US, cries of "seize BP" are growing louder... The Answer Coalition, a campaign group that grew out of opposition to the Iraq war, has organised a week of demonstrations in 29 US cities demanding a seizure of BP's assets. And the former labour secretary Robert Reich, who served under President Clinton, wants BP's American operations to be taken into temporary government receivership . . . The US government, argues Reich, had few qualms about effectively taking over the troubled insurer AIG in the national interest. So it should temporarily take control of the BP's stateside operations to make sure the company is telling the truth and throwing every possible resource to tackling the Deepwater Horizon spill off the coast of Louisiana. "I don't see how anybody can consider this draconian, given the draconian measure of what's happening out there," says ReichWoody Allen ping. Thanks Brugmansian. Goodnight all.
Total BS............
Obamao would better serve Americans by plugging his mouth.
Video proof the Government is about ready to kick BP out of the way and do it themselves. Government contractors practicing on dry land what they will be doing 5000 feet down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoPfzuqU-Tk
That’s why I don’t take much heart in the criticism of Obama for this.
What would you have him do?
Just like many wanted Bush to thrash the Constitution just to aid New Orleans during Katrina.
These people criticizing Obama want the Government to take on even greater powers, and nobody here wants that.
And to think the Government will be “in control” of our health care?? Scary thought.
A.N.S.W.E.R. along with the Communist Party USA was organizing protests against the war in Iraq before the war started. The rhetoric they were using in the fall of 2002 was, just a year later, what Democrats in Congress were saying. I suspect A.N.S.W.E.R. and Reich were told to float this idea. If polls show he can get away with it, he'll do it.
Chavez in V. can seize private companies on basis of “Sez me.”
So, why can’t our resident Fascist Dictator and his New Nazi Party (formerly known as the Dem Party) do the same?
What horsecrap propoganda. This is a nightmare. They are getting ready to do this under the pretense that 'immense' pressure is being put on the marxist by the public when in truth it's orchestrated and probably will be televised non-stop.
Obama needs you to advise him.
Oh and.. Haven’t heard the term FEMA mentioned once during this event. Perhaps Obama doesn’t want to get stuck with word association (FEMA/OBAMA) problems like Bush did. Doesn’t Obama know the news media is always there to cover for him? Why would they change now?
“The Answer Coalition, a campaign group that grew out of opposition to the Iraq war”
Now that’s funny right there. ANSWER grew straight out of the International Communist movement. Just ask Ramsey Clark.
NO we're NOT!!!!
NO more "seizures!"
I’m going to throw a huge party the day I hear that Robert Reich is dead. I’ll throw a smaller party the day I hear that he’s contracted bone cancer.
I knew Robert Reich-shah! would be quoted for this blatant piece of Obama Big Gov propaganda: he’s acting as Obama surrogate. But it’s only in this Brit’s fantasy that “America” is demanding that Obama seizes and takes over BP. Ain’t gonna happen. It would create a revolution.
Barack Obama and his cronies do not have the technical competence to fix a flat or start a camp fire. His contribution and his administration's contribution to any technical problem can be nothing other than zero, no matter how much power he has.
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