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Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
1. Awesome!!! So true! I am an attorney in the BP litigation and I am glad that
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:49 AM
Jun 2012

Not everyone away from the Gulf has forgotten. No one will do a follow up story on the BS that BP is shoveling. Eyeless shrimp and crabs, with reduced catches. All of that oil is sunk on the bottom of the Gulf waiting for the next big storm to wash it up on shore. BP saying they have settled with all of the victims when they have not made an offer to 80% of the victims. Anderson Cooper will not come back and neither has Rachel Maddow. The National media do not mind helping their rich friends! Don't forget about us down here!

MOMFUDSKI

(5,193 posts)
3. settled?
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:09 AM
Jun 2012

I am a small biz person in Florida and filed a claim with BP in 2011. Got denied and repealed and have heard nothing. Now, BP has begun a brand new and improved way to file a claim so I have had to redo the entire claim online. Had some questions and spoke to 2 people at the BP claim center last week who were unable to answer my questions. On my original claim in 2011 I was forced to pay my accountant $375 to create detailed accounting in order to satisfy BP. The original tax documents just were not good enough. I understand BP has until November 2012 to come to a final agreement with the government and then how long might it take to pay/deny claims? This has been almost as big a fiasco as the spill itself.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
13. "This [claims settlement] has been almost as big a fiasco as the spill itself"
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:15 PM
Jun 2012

Says a lot about how badly BP is managed today, more than 2 yrs. after the oil disaster. Investors, take note.

I wouldn't own one share of that stock.

chervilant

(8,267 posts)
2. The Gulf
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:56 AM
Jun 2012

is horribly damaged by BP, and virtually NO reporting about this! I am appalled that Maddow has dropped coverage of this catastrophe.

geefloyd46

(1,939 posts)
5. Thanks I appreciate all the personal accounts from the gulf coast.
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:33 AM
Jun 2012

We have very little reporting in this country on anything.

chervilant

(8,267 posts)
6. Seafood of any kind
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 12:16 PM
Jun 2012

is a thing of my past. Many of my friends feel the same way. The shrimp out of the Gulf has a chemical tone, and the flesh has a weird texture.

I can remember Dad taking us down to Seabrook to buy 5-6 pounds of shrimp right off the boats (circa 1961). Mom would pop the heads, boil them with Old Bay Seasoning, and make homemade fries. She put horseradish in the catsup, and three little toddlers snarfed as much as their wee bellies could hold.

As sad as I am to never again have Gulf shrimp, I am completely devastated about the irreparable damage wrought to that ecosystem by Big Polluter.

(AND, I think Maddow should be brave enough to defy her "bosses"!)

bayareaboy

(793 posts)
8. But at least there are progressive folks around ....
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 12:21 PM
Jun 2012

who might re-engage our memories and minds with slaps of lampoons every once in a while.

I am really thinking that a little bit of humor does more for us and the slow side of the populace than telling them what kind of idiots they are. Course that means they have to see the video.

The Wielding Truth

(11,411 posts)
10. These commercials remind me of the EXXON and Shell commercials of the late 60's when our rivers were
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 12:35 PM
Jun 2012

shinny with oil slicks and most of our fish were unable to be eaten after caught. Big business was touting how good they were making our world when in fact they were killing it.The fish are still bad, but now it has been acceptable to fish and not eat them. Big business is corrupt at it's nature,that is why most laws were created.Anti-Trust to protect us against monopolies and EPA to stop polluters. These laws were made for a reason. Fools or those who want to profit over the very environment that sustains us would accept and promote this Corporate propaganda.

I understand that tourism is THE factor in the Gulf economy, but deceiving tourists and the people who live there is dishonest and presents danger to the natural world of which we are part.

snot

(10,478 posts)
9. K&R'd. And meanwhile,
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 12:28 PM
Jun 2012

we're all told not to talk about problems with Gulf seafood, bec. it might hurt fishermen.

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
11. The really sad thing is that BP sunk the oil with Corexit to avoid pay the per barrel fine.
Sun Jun 17, 2012, 02:56 PM
Jun 2012

They ruined the Gulf for a $1,000 per barrel fine, $4,300 if they are found grossly negligent. They refused to pay interim benefits to most of the victims so they could get them financially desparate enough to take $5k. The Repugnant Govs are all bought off on the Gulf Coast. Not one of them is demanding this foreign oil company make things right with their constituents. Haley Barber was like a pig in the trough telling BP which of his contractor buddies to use for beach cleanup. The media is not allowed to do any negative stories. The Ny Times runs stories about poor BP and all of the fraud they have to deal with. Boo hoo!

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