Y’ gotta love politicians. So far I haven’t heard of BP doing other than taking “full financial responsibility” but our Attorney General wants to make sure the voters know he intends to make certain they actually do.

Imagine telling everybody who walked into a bank that you would take any necessary action, including criminal charges if they decided to rob the bank. More than half of them had no intention of robbing the bank in the first place but it makes the AG look tough. We want tough prosecutors to protect us from bank robbers and major polluters.

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“BP has just spent $50 million on national PR advertising to make their company look good,” McCollum said. “I know they are paying all their claims, but they could certainly be spending that $50 million on some of this experimental technology.”

They’ve spent over a billion dollars on this big mess–and counting, but he acts like a particular amount spent in one place meant no other money was spent somewhere else. That’s like saying money spent prosecuting burglaries could have been spent better prosecuting murderers, when actually both were prosecuted.

But, we’re in that part of the election cycle and they have to look good for us voters. I hope they are more serious about their jobs the rest of the time.

David not planning on robbing banks while
spending money on both electricity and food