As far as shameless tobacco endorsement goes, I still think Independence Day takes the cake. I lost track of how many times they pulled out a cigar in that movie and said "i used to think these things are bad for you, but they're great." that probably wasn't verbatim, but that was essentially what they were saying.
I get nervous about anything the government does to add more regulation. I guess we should all do our homework and find out what is really in this proposal
I agree with you. BP voluntarilary transferred the $20B to the US. Then why did the gov't make it sound like they pushed BP into the sitiuation. In fact BP has said that they were going to pay for everything, why then does the gov't have to take credit for getting them to do something they are doing on their own. Let's all take the credit, what a joke.
With a record 760+ regulatory policy violations. Thats 760+ violations of law for profit, 760+ criminal acts with profit being the motivation. Sanctioning any enterprise that operates outside the boundaries of the laws because government contracts, personal investments or a need & demand for the product/service is abhorrent!
Millions in profit and a slap on the wrist with a inconsequential minimal fine that is written off as a minor expense in the end? Break the law and you lose all the fruit of that violation in addition to a more punitive fine, then you'll start to see more attention being paid to the details instead of the measured weighing of fine vs profit.... Take the profit out of crime through RICO laws as it is evident that this particular enterprise is an organized criminal operation motivated by profits.
As far as shameless tobacco endorsement goes, I still think Independence Day takes the cake. I lost track of how many times they pulled out a cigar in that movie and said "i used to think these things are bad for you, but they're great." that probably wasn't verbatim, but that was essentially what they were saying.
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