Posted on 05/05/2010 7:20:53 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Pres. Obama believes in Miranda rights and civilian trials for terrorists who have killed or seek to kill Americans. But when it comes to companies that have supplied untold quantitites of energy resources to the American economy and paid out billions in wages and supply purchases to American workers and firms, well, punitive ex post facto laws are PBO's order of the day.
Under the law of the land, the Oil Pollution Act limits BP's liability for spill-related to damages to $75 million. But Pres. Obama "strongly supports" the adoption of an ex post facto law that would retroactively expand BP's liability greatly. From the official White House blog [emphasis added]:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
That’s because there was no fat, Tea Party, gun clingin’, Christian, right wing redneck racist involved.
“there aren’t any Jews in Big Oil”
Never say never; you set yourself up to be refuted.
http://www.europeanjewishfund.org/index.php?/bios/ronald_p_stanton/
Stupidity is not against the TOS... The Jew reference though seems a bit over the edge -I give you the benefit of the doubt that you are not bigoted/racist...
So who sponsored and voted for this $75M cap? Seems like an insanely low number to me.
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