To the Republicans:
STFU: You do *NOT* get to simultaneously bitch about big government and then complain about how little they’re doing for you. Pick a side. If you tax-starve the government, they aren’t able to respond to things like the BP Oil Spill.
Our government is *STILL* getting over Bush’s 8 years of famine. The fact that the resources don’t exist to cope with a disaster of this magnitude shouldn’t surprise anyone.
Remember – the governments slow response had a lot to do with the fact that BP LIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A LEAK. Then when that lie was discovered, they commenced lying about the size of the leak.
I’ll put it into perspective.
If my kid comes in and tells me he spilled some water, I’m not going to run upstairs in a panic.
If it then turns out he emptied the pool into the living room, his ass is grounded until college.
BP is *STILL* lying about the status of the leak. On the news today I heard someone say that if BP didn’t know how much oil was flowing, it was only because they dliberately didn’t want to know. Willful blindness.
Anyone who thinks that allowing the “free market” to take over and for companies to be allowed to regulate themselves is on crack.
Companies *WILL NOT* regulate themselves. It’s not in their financial interests to do so, and the ONLY thing a company does is whatever is in it’s financial interest.
They’re *SO* fucking grounded.
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Well, there you go again totally missing the mark. For one thing the Republicans didn’t have control over congress. All those laws that were passed in the last 8 years were passed jointly by Republicans and Democrats, so don’t put the blame on Republicans. And you are mistaken if you think that Republicans want the government to “save us”. The Democrats are full of people who believe they are owed a lifestyle with no hardships, and that anyone who is prosperous should fund it for them. I believe that we should help those who are in need, but I don’t think providing for every need is our duty. Our government was never intended to provide for our every need. It was designed to protect us, and to create an environment that we could be safe and prosper in. I am more than happy to pay taxes for the necessary services provided by the government, but I don’t believe that the politicians are capable of doing a better job spending my money than I can. I also don’t believe the government should be involved in social issues. They really don’t have to right to make me pay for someones abortion if I am against abortion. (and no, I’m not saying I am against all abortions, just don’t force me to pay for yours)
I do believe that when the government gets involved in resolving the oil spill problem they will create an even bigger mess. I believe that Obama will end up shutting down BP, and while many will think it is well deserved, it will also adversely affect a larger group of people than just those who work for or own shares in BP. They also provide employment for a large number of people in related jobs. BP should have to pay for the clean up, and some compensation to the people who will be affected by this mess.
It is a tragedy that we will be paying for for a long time, but don’t try to blame it on one political party.
I’m glad you want to give most of your money to the politicians so they can solve all your problems. I just hope you’re not one of the Democrats that are on the dole, but that you are a very successful person who is happy to give half of what you earn to the geniuses in charge. Personally, I’d rather keep more of my money and use what I have to help my neighbors and support the causes I choose. I do believe in charity and I do give of my time and money, but I’d like to be able to give more where I see the greatest need.
Living in a border state, I am not oblivious to the needs of the less fortunate and will continue to do what I can to help.
And as a Libertarian, I can tell you I don’t believe in no government, only limited government. Why would you think that I would want us to be like Somalia? That is a asinine statement, and shows your ignorance of what libertarians stand for.
If you don’t mind, I’ll break your mindless rant down into managable sections:
First, regulation is only deteremined by congress on the surface, it was Cheney’s secret meetings to determine energy policy where things like making the accoustic trigger optional. A relitavely cheap ($500k) device that would have prevented the gulf oil spill. (Link to Orlando Sentinel Article) Congress never had the option to weigh in on this, and that’s normal.
The administration sets policy, and their policy was “Big Corporations at the expense of the people” across the board.
As to your assertion that the government will make a bigger mess of the oil-spill. I want to know how you think that’s possible. BP, given the choice, would probably walk away from it. Cleaning up the spill isn’t cost-effective, I mean where is the ROI (Return-On-Investment) in saving ducks and pelicans? The government isn’t getting involved in the cleanup other than to hold BP’s feet to the flames until THEY try and fix the problem. I don’t think it will ever be FIXED, and yes, I believe that BP should be shut down and everyone who had anything to do with this rig should be jailed. That goes for the Haliburton and Trans-Ocean as well. They’ve committed the biggest act of terrorism in history in the name of profits, which is no better than doing it in the name of god.
You’re right, the democrats have a pretty big stake in this disaster as well, because they’ve been so busy strutting like fucking peacocks that they forgot to do their jobs, which was to quite simply undo every single peice of regulation-cutting the previous administration did.
The whole idea of corporations ‘self-regulating’ is based on the concept that given the choice they will do the right thing. You have to be a complete idiot to believe that of anyone, let alone a multi-billion dollar corporation. Their ONLY interest is their stockholders and their corporate bonuses. Anything beyond that is expendable.
I don’t give most of my money to washington, on the contrary I paid less in taxes this year than I paid during TY2000-TY2008, and will pay even less next year due to the healthcare legislation passed. (I already provide health-coverage, so all I have to do is take the deduction. So much for the argument that Obama’s going to raise my taxes and kill my small business. On the contrary, I’ve seen spending pick up 400%, and have more people working for me now thanks to the government than I did two years ago. I am also seeing profits coming from unexpected revenue streams due to other small busienss expanding. (90% of my work is B2B so when other companies pick up, so do I.)
Libertarians and worse, the Something-For-Nothing tea-party idiots are nothing but Republicans who wear their selfishness on their sleeves. There is something to be admired in the honesty, but it’s all trumped by the “let anyone *I* don’t deem worthy suffer” attitude. These are the same myopic asshats who bitch about the 13 Trillion dollar deficit without bothering to mention the fact that MOST of that was the idiotic, endless wars started by the previous administration.
Considering the track record that BP and most other big oil companies have, I’m surprised that we’re all acting so surprised.
Most of us knew that they never had OUR best interests in mind, but their own. And moooooola.
I really want to reply on this but I’m afraid I’ll get my ass kicked. LMAO. nevertheless, sorry but I found your “8 year of famine” thing, HILARIOUS!
how f***ing stupid are you? Why would you blame republicans for being upset?
like you said, you can’t have it both ways. either they are concerned about the spill and what it’s doing to our ecology and you’re pissed, or they don’t care enough and you’re pissed. I wish the parties would quit blaming each other and maybe have some real cooperation that would benefit everybody, not just one segment of society. and the reason the republicans, or more specifically the conservatives are upset about the $$$, is because no matter how much they take from us, it is never used for the purpose originally intended, nor is it ever enough. Truly there are both republicans and democrats who care a hole lot about our world and would like to make it better, in spite of the politicians. that’s why i’m a libertarian. anything you’d like to blame us for?
Way to make *MY* point exactly. Name-calling is a reflex of the ignorant, and comes second nature with you people doesn’t it.
To your first point, I don’t blame republicans for being upset, I blame them for bitching that the government they spent 8 years GUTTING isn’t moving fast enough. if you’re not willing to pay for said government, you get a government that is unable to respond in a crisis.
As to your second point, actually, I have a LOT to blame libertarians for. Libertarians would have *NO* federal intervention and would trust the corporate beasts to fix the problem. Answer me this – do *YOU* trust BP to fix this problem without any oversight? The libertarian party platform is ZERO government intervention in corporate matters and all of this “let the free market work itself out” bullshit.
If you trust BP, that trust is totally misplaced from the getgo. The government is supposed to be there to protect the interests of the people. If done right, when the corporate interests and the peoples’ interests conflict, the people’s interests should ALWAYS win.
Either way, you missed the point completely. I agree, we should all work together. I wish they would. I however dislike hypocracy and the conservatives / libertarians are rife with it. They do what serves their purposes polticially before what is right for the people at EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
They are the first to scream bloody murder about taxes but they always seem to be the first to drag out the ‘the government needs to save us’ card.
They are the first to scream about limited intervention in private lives, but the first to scream when it comes to equal rights for gays or a women’s right to choose.
They are hypocrites, pure and simple.
This *IS* a corporate mess, and I think the government is handling it perfectly. The government should be sitting behind them with the shock-collar for when they decide not to do their work.
Libertarianism and conservatism are two sides of the same coin. The only difference is that libertarians don’t try to hide their abject selfishness under a shroud of nationalistic bullshit, and for that I have a SMALL amount more respect for them.
You want true libertarianism, try Somalia. They’ve got a GREAT example of it going. Pure freedom. They pay no taxes, have no social programs, and people are free to do what they need to to survive. Of course they also have a population that is starving to death and 16 year olds with AK-47′s shooting anyone they damn well want to.
Freedom, right?