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Old 06-17-2010, 12:54 PM
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Rep. Barton apologizes to BP for Obama 'shakedown'

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Barton has received more than $1.5 million in campaign donations from the oil industry
is part of the investigation of the oil companies?.... What a Joke
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All emotions aside, it was a shakedown. Knowing that no private company in the world would give away that kind of money that easily, I wonder what kind of concession they were given/promissed.
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Yeah, that was a dumb thing to say, imo.

They all take money from oil companies though. Obama got over $70k from BP alone in 08, which was the most received from BP that year. The republicans do seem to get more oil donations overall though.
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Yeah, that was a dumb thing to say, imo.

They all take money from oil companies though. Obama got over $70k from BP alone in 08, which was the most received from BP that year. The republicans do seem to get more oil donations overall though.


Curious, if BP's net earnings are 6B.....how does it setup a 20B escrow fund? Hmm.
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Barton has received more than $1.5 million in campaign donations from the oil industry
is part of the investigation of the oil companies?.... What a Joke
Every politician has received substantial sums from the oil industry...
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Curious, if BP's net earnings are 6B.....how does it setup a 20B escrow fund? Hmm.
I believe that is about 6B a quarter. They can easily absorb 20B.
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Beside cash they already/will have, they'll open a credit line to fund it as necessary. I believe $20B spans over 3 or 4 years.
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Curious, if BP's net earnings are 6B.....how does it setup a 20B escrow fund? Hmm.
Yeah, that $6 billion is per quarter. I guess if you make billions and billions year after year, it is probably pretty easy.
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