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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Why the insults?
	Date:	6/21/2010 1:26:27 PM

Why, just because I don't agree with the way the government is handling this am I "callous"?

In my view nothing is more callous than them refusing to allow the state of Louisiana to build the berms.

It is callous to punish employees of firms with good safety records with a moratorium on offshore drilling.

It is callous to be "neutral" on boycotts that harm BP's ability to pay for the spill.

It is callous to unnecessarily harass ships that are trying to clean up the spill.

It is callous to refuse to waive the Jones Act in order for foreign vessels to help with the spill as the much criticized Bush did in response to Katrina.

It is callous to claim that the government will put its boot on the neck of BP given the totalitarian imagery of such a comment.

It is callous to cynically modify a report after it was signed by experts to include support for the drilling moratorium when in fact most of those experts have come out and stated it would economically devastating and counterproductive to safety.

That I don't agree with the most blessed, wise and omnipotent federal government does not constitute callousness. It constitutes consistency with my conservative principals. I have never said BP should not pay for this mess and I never will. They should and they will unless Obama callously drives BP into Chapter 11 and leaves cleaning up the mess the taxpayer.