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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Maybe irs what I write that you don't like
	Date:	6/21/2010 10:53:54 PM

No one other than you called them parasites. But oystermen don't have a corner on the virtue market because of their long history and tradition. Much can be said about the thousands of people of this country that worked in the textile industry or the auto industry or steel or whatever that lost their jobs through no fault of their own. My point is that this is a temporary disruption in their lives but unlike many other industries in this case they will be financially compensated. And it will be temporary as we saw with the Exxon Valdez. Those ignorant of history or who get their news from the government media need the truth from those that do know history. Whether they want to hear it or not is another matter.

My point also is that they have enjoyed the tremendous benefits brought about by the oil industry like all other Americans. As I have said often, it is a tragedy and BP should and will pay. And it will be a short term disruption of lives but it is not the end of the world as it is being portrayed and you all are being sucked into believing.

As for walking in their shoes you don't know me and don't have a clue about what shoes I have walked in. I don't recall any tears or waxing eloquent about the thousands of us that lost our jobs in the oil industry in the mid-1980s nor did we ask for sympathy. We simply got up off the floor and moved on with our lives as best we could. But I didn't have a slush fund from BP to tap into when I lost my job. And by the way, I worked for Sohio which was bought be BP and they are the ones that whacked me and thousands of other Americans. I have no love for BP but I can tell you I go out of my way to buy their gas because I want them to have the money to pay for this mess.

All you others that want to draw and quarter them will see the foolishness of it if they go Chapter 11 and leave us taxpayers with the mess. People need to control their emotions and think for a minute.......