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VENICE, La. -- The "small people" of the Gulf Coast have a humongous message for oil giant BP: They're tired of the company's big-time executives making insensitive comments. On Wednesday, BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg told reporters in Washington: "I hear comments sometimes that large oil companies are greedy companies or don't care, but that is not the case with BP. We care about the small people."

BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg emerged from his long anticipated meeting with President Barack Obama on Wednesday and declared "We care about the small people." Of course he was attempting to convey the message that his company will live up to its responsibilities to those businesses and individuals directly affected by the oil spill in the Gulf. He actually said words to that effect too but the line that stood out the most remains, "We care about the small people." While this derogatory reference to the victims of the worst environmental disaster in our nation's history justifiably angered many Gulf coast...