Conservatives are making their voices knows and re-affirming Joe Barton’s correct charge that President Barack Obama circumvented the rule of law and acted as judge, jury, and executioner by extorting $20 billion dollars from BP.
The president and his regime committed a crime!
We need to stand up and say so otherwise our republic is in great danger. If some elected officials are too timid to defend the rights of American citizens against the makings of a tyrannical government, then we need to replace those officials with more capable replacements who love liberty more than political correctness.
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This is the incompetence of the Obama regime who seems to be more adept at extorting money from BP, Chicago style, than to actually address the problem of cleaning up the oil.
59 Days Into Oil Crisis, Gulf Coast Governors Say Feds Are Failing Them
"It's the most frustrating thing," the Republican governor said today in Buras, La. "Literally, yesterday morning we found out that they were halting all of these barges."
Sixteen barges sat stationary today, although they were sucking up thousands of gallons of BP's oil as recently as Tuesday. Workers in hazmat suits and gas masks pumped the oil out of the Louisiana waters and into steel tanks. It was a homegrown idea that seemed to be effective at collecting the thick gunk.
"These barges work. You've seen them work. You've seen them suck oil out of the water," said Jindal.
Under severe preasure from jellyfish Republicans, Congressman Joe Barton apologized for apologizing to BP for rightly calling the 20 Billion fund President Obama extorted without due process, a shakedown.
Barton called it right!
Our pussy leaders in the GOP, are nothing but yellow cowards!
Minority Leader John Boehner’s office. Moments after Boehner’s office publicized Barton’s retraction, Boehner, Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) sent out a statement condemning Barton. “Congressman Barton’s statements this morning were wrong,” the GOP leadership trio said in a rare joint statement.
“BP itself has acknowledged that responsibility for the economic damages lies with them and has offered an initial pledge of $20 billion dollars for that purpose. The families and businesspeople in the Gulf region want leadership, accountability and action from BP and the Administration.”
Americans demand our leaders to stand up for the rule of law! We need to clean house in the GOP and push out these gutless wonders once and for all!
We are a nation of laws and Rep Joe Barton is absolutely in the right for calling out President Obama who has no legal authority to extort monies from BP the way he did without the benefit of due process.
This is the United States!
I am so sick and tired of these spineless, gutless, pussy-livered Republicans like Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) who always, always, ALWAYS at any sign of media-driven criticism, fold each and every time.
They are too fucking PC-conscious to ever be effective against this Stalinist president who wouldn’t hesitate to cut their throats, pull the race card, or call them defenders of the big mean and greedy oil company.
Instead of calling for Barton to step down for what he said, Jeff Miller and John Boehner should just put on a skirt and panties and let Sarah Palin, Jan Brewer, and Michelle Bachmann wear the pants because I see no reason for these guys to continue the pretense of being men!
"I condemn Mr. Barton’s statement. Mr. Barton’s remarks are out of touch with this tragedy and I feel his comments call into question his judgment and ability to serve in a leadership on the Energy and Commerce Committee,"
“It is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation [BP] can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown, in this case a $20 billion dollar shakedown,”
Jeff Miller additional comments:
“I am shocked by Congressman Joe Barton’s reprehensible comments that the government should apologize for the ‘shakedown’ of BP. BP has caused the greatest ecological and environmental disaster our nation has ever seen. They are the responsible party and they should pay for losses and damages, not the taxpayer. I am optimistic and hopeful that BP acted in good faith by opening the $20 million escrow account, as several of us have requested."
"I have said since the beginning that BP ought to be held responsible for every dime of this tragedy. And they ought to be held accountable to stop the leak and get it cleaned up as soon as possible.”
BP has said all along that they are responsible for the spill, but that’s not the issue here. If these weak-kneed GOP politicians don’t have the stomach for the fight to point out when the president oversteps his authority, then pack up and GO HOME!
Conservatives are making their voices knows and re-affirming Joe Barton’s correct charge that President Barack Obama circumvented the rule of law and acted as judge, jury, and executioner by extorting $20 billion dollars from BP.
