Posted on 06/09/2010 10:26:19 AM PDT by Welshman007
More information has been revealed on BP's ties to the federal government, indicating that the two make 'cozy bedfellows.'
The latest information shows that the oil giant lobbied for the Wall Street bailout, the stimulus bill, tax hikes, caps on greenhouse emissions, cap and trade (the government's tax hike scheme to force Americans to pay heavily for their 'carbon emissions'), and subsidies for its development of so-called 'green energy initiatives.'
Obama, key members of his administration, and Democrats on Capitol Hill viewed BP with favor and benefited handsomely from the multi-millions of dollars the oil giant gave to liberals.
But now that the company is mired in a public relations nightmare over its mishandling of the Gulf oil disaster, the Leftwing bigwigs in Washington are ready to throw the corporation under the bus, vilify it, and proclaim it as an example of 'evil capitalism.'
The truth, however, is a hard pill to swallow for Obama and the Democrats.
As Washington Examiner reports,
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the Leftwing bigwigs in Washington are working quickly trying to pull out or hide their investments in BP GREEN, and coaxing the MSM and liberals to throw the corporation under the bus, vilify it, and proclaim it as an example of 'evil capitalism.'
There be a lot of scurrying going on with ties to NALCO as well.
AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!
MASSIVE REGULATORY FAILURE.
Captain Asskicker’s been playing grabass with Barack Petroleum.
Without regard for the BP America incorporation crap BP IS a foreign corporation. That said I am wondering why they are allowed to participate in what should be American business activities such as lobbying our government, much less gaining favor in doing so.
This is America, NOT the UK.
It’s NOT just the foreign BP that is competing with American interests in these lobbying activities.
I’m a firm believer that our rules should be we win they lose. We should write the rules that way, and enforce the rules that way. They do.
sfl
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