Don't Tread On BP

[infrogmation]

AP: Rand Paul: Obama's criticism of BP 'un-American'

Hey Rand Paul:

1)Criticism of BP can't be "Un-American", it's BRITISH Petroleum, from that foreign Kingdom the original "Tea Party" was revolting against. Duh!

2)If you were a REAL Free Market Libertarian rather than just another right wing shill, you'd be complaining about the government interference in the market place of the corporation laws and limitations on liability. In a free market, personal profit and personal responsibility are inseparable. BP's CEOs and board thus have full personal liability for all the deaths, destruction, and damages their actions cause. Sheesh, I gotta 'splain basic Libertarianism to YOU?

3)FY,YFF.

Comments

No, see, this is "neo-libertarianism." Also known as "heads-I-win-tails-you-lose neoconservatism."

[jdquintette.livejournal.com]

"Personal responsibilty" does not apply to corporations, or to decent, christian, white republicans. It only applies to people who are "too stupid to get out of the way of a hurricaine,' or who "lie around (dying of thirst) waiting for the government to give them a handout,' or who "make bad choices," like being born to impoverished, non-white parents.

There, see? It all makes perfect sense.:-P

[ernunnos.livejournal.com]

I'm no big fan of Rand Paul, but how much money did he take from BP? Feel free to express it in multiples/fractions of the amount Obama received.

Conservatives get damned more harshly for a kind word for the devil than liberals do for taking the devil's coin. It's a back-handed compliment. Even their enemies expect better of them.

Don't Tread on BP

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

"I'm no big fan of Rand Paul"

Good man. His dad, I could respect the philosophical consistency, even when I disagreed with him. Randy, no.

"but how much money did he take from BP?"

I don't know off hand. Feel free to research that; major campaign contributions should be in the public record.

"Feel free to express it in multiples/fractions of the amount Obama received."

BZZT! No "tu quoque", please. If something is wrong, it's wrong no matter who does it.

Whether or not he has any direct connections to BP, I think how Rand Paul assesses the relative values of people v/s corporations is illustrated in his "Maybe sometimes accidents happen" statements regarding the Webster County Coal Mine fatalities. Perhaps his attention should be brought to Common Law's long tradition of gradations between absolute innocence and first degree murder, such as "negligence" and "criminal negligence".

[ernunnos.livejournal.com]

No "tu quoque", please.

I'm not saying it's ok because Obama does it too, I'm pointing out that you didn't bother to make a single post about BP containing the word "Obama" until this one, and then only to talk about Rand Paul's criticism of Obama. So despite what you say, it is different when Democrats do it. You don't feel the need to comment on taking money (D), but you do feel the need to comment on mere words (R).

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Hunh?

If you wanna list specific incidents of Democrats in addition to Republicans bending over and ignoring corporate crimes, I am not discouraging you. Not in the least. Really. Go ahead, preach on.

[tomscud.livejournal.com]

In general BPocalypse news (which I don't think you've linked though I haven't followed all your links):

Rumor: BP contractor hired to run the final test on Deepwater left hours before the blowout without conducting the test. (http://adropofrain.net/2010/05/rumor-schlumberger-exits-deep-horizon-hours-before-blowout/)

BPocalypse

[infrogmation.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link.