Cheney's push of deregulators led to BP disaster

[babsbunny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIyPHG07Ii0&feature=player_embedded

[ProgressiveVictory]

1. yup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpxKhmKwxAs&feature=player_embedded

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[ProgressiveVictory]

9. im not a bagger, i agree with the man

[demosincebirth]

2. Haven't heard from ol' Cheney, lately...wonder why?

[treestar]

3. Yeah, why isn't the media beating a path to his door like they usually do?

[Catshrink]

6. He's been sending out his evil spawn the Lizard to defend him

and blame it on Obama. She was on This Week last Sunday.

[Crazy Dave]

4. What caused it isn't really the top priority right now

Fixing it is.

Just like when the next nuclear plant here in the US has a disaster which is coming BTW. Oh yeah it will all be Bush, Obama, or whoever was the previous president's fault but that won't be very comforting to the towns that will be highly radioactive for the next 1000 years.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

5. I agree that fixing it is top priority but #2 is fixing the watchdogs,

every one of them.

[Crazy Dave]

8. We, the voters are supposed to be the watchdogs

Americans don't realize that they have the power to stop things like this from happening but they either:

1. Listen to the politicians who tell them that they will do the watching for them.

2. Listen to the politicians who tell them it was the previous administration's fault.

3. Listen to talk radio that tells them no one needs to watch that industry will watch itself.

4. Expect everyone else to cut back their dependence on oil but not them.

5. All of the above.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

10. So how do the voters fix an agency like MMS?

[Crazy Dave]

15. Agencies like the MMS are created to be button men and scapegoats for...

...our politicians to hide behind and not get their hands dirty. All their chiefs and department heads are appointed and they're all either cronies or crooks.

And since American's rarely hold their politicians accountable for anything, so goes for the watchdog agencies they create and oversee.

[RC]

11. How is that supposed to work when our candidates are pre-picked for us?

[LawnKorn]

13. Putting Cheney in prison for this would go a long way in preventing a repeat performance

[malaise]

12. Get thee to the greatest page

100% correct

[LawnKorn]

14. K&R

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R

:thumbsup:

[applegrove]

17. I heard Wilkerson on "As It Happens" cbc radio show tonight. He was very convincing.