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Melancon (Democrat-LA) asks BP to suspend bonuses for top execs
wxvt ^ | 6-23-10 | AP

Posted on 06/23/2010 5:37:45 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon has asked the chairman of BP to suspend performance bonuses indefinitely for the company's top executives and use those funds to assist Louisianians affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bp; melancon
To the media..Melancon is pronounced:

Muh law saw

1 posted on 06/23/2010 5:37:47 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3
To the media..Melancon is pronounced:

Muh law saw


In this instance, I would suggest that the more appropriate pronunciation is: moron

This is nothing more than just another tawdry part of the


2 posted on 06/23/2010 5:40:37 AM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: TornadoAlley3

So its AIG all over again.


3 posted on 06/23/2010 5:40:46 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: TornadoAlley3
Melancon ought to respond, “Ummm... we're British Petroleum, you twit; you have no jurisdiction over us. Bugger off!”
4 posted on 06/23/2010 5:44:24 AM PDT by Northern Yankee (Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country. - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Buy they sure call that stop the bonus play a lot.


5 posted on 06/23/2010 5:46:43 AM PDT by major-pelham
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To: TornadoAlley3

Another shakedown of money slush fund style. Just put the money here boys.

It’s like the money Mary L got from this deal you see. All kinds of confetti parades from Mary on that one. Only problem is the money is in a slush fund. Let’s see, we have Acorn, Hillary’s illegal campaign fund other people go to jail for; Barney Frank and Chris Dodd’s Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac both turning out to be a little more than lending institutions and those are just a few of the ones we know about. Add interstate and Dept of Commerce; the Senates dirty little tool for years you have a pretty good gig going for crooks and thugs.

Fancy and easy way to rob the taxpayer and break America.

Why these cons aren’t in jail is beyond me?


6 posted on 06/23/2010 5:51:18 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: TornadoAlley3

I am hoping LA will reject Melancon in 2010, but you can’t be sure. The desire for “federal support” is so strong in the wake of a poor economy ruined by “federal support.”


7 posted on 06/23/2010 5:56:37 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: TornadoAlley3

And this is from a member of a group that can’t even pass a budget? How about suspending payment to congress until they perform their job?


9 posted on 06/23/2010 6:08:56 AM PDT by Bob Buchholz
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To: TornadoAlley3

will the federal agency MMS suspend bonuses to its employees? Since they dropped the ball on licensing and inspecting

Will obama and every other policitician (Steven Chu) who rceived BP money - give it back???


10 posted on 06/23/2010 6:19:43 AM PDT by silverleaf (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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