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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (564657)	5/4/2010 9:56:11 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576346

I think, like Obama, that BP and all the subcontractors they can drag into this mess should pay for fixing it. In the meantime. the Federal and state governments should do everything they can to help, keeping track of every dime of cost. The corps should pay, even if it bankrupts every one of them.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (564657)	5/4/2010 10:36:43 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576346

Ted, > You don't want big gov't in DC then don't run to them every time you scrape your knee. This is why people call you Mr. Dumass. In trying to pursue your divisive strategy, you compared this major ecological disaster to a "knee scrape." The oil has not even gotten to shore yet and they are screaming for the feds. There was flooding this week in TN and the first call the R governor made was to Obama. These are people who repeatedly ridicule and berate big gov't. And yet, their states can't stand on their own two feet even during good times. After all, its common knowledge that states like MISS and ALA get much more tax money back from the feds than they put in. I am sick of it....these states are the welfare 'hos and then they have the unmitigated gall to complain about big gov't. WTF don't they get their acts together so that those of us in the blue and purple states don't have to carry their sorry asses! Is that what you really believe, or do you think the federal government should help deal with this? What I believe is that conservatives in this country hold an untenable position based on a very false ideology that was developed decades ago and has never been updated to reflect modern times. One of my German friends is a devout conservative who has lived in this country previously. He could never fathom from where the conservatives in this country were coming. Last week, a Brit on the Obama thread posted that he was grateful that the conservatives in the UK were not as crazy as they are here and that there are no Hannities. These are common refrains I fequently hear from conservatives living abroad. I am not sure why it is but there something very psychotic and unhealthy about the conservative movement in this country. And no matter how much evidence you all are given to demonstrate that diagnosis, you manage to find a way to turn it on its head. I keep hoping saner heads will prevail but it just doesn't happen. In the meantime, this country takes two steps forward and then is forced to take one step back. That's the frustration I feel and why I want to leave the country. I do not see a good end to this craziness.