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To: tejek who wrote (572807)	6/21/2010 1:32:46 PM
From: Bill	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577995

Shaking down companies is not what our govt should be doing. If a company doesn't cough up what they owe to an aggrieved party, the courts are the proper venue to resolve it.

To: tejek who wrote (572807)	6/21/2010 2:18:03 PM
From: HPilot	Respond to of 1577995

if they're not convincing Bill O'Reilly, they're probably not convincing many. O'Reilly has always been a fence sitting moderate, ocassionaly getting off the right side of the fence. So he holds little sway with conservatives.

To: tejek who wrote (572807)	6/21/2010 2:20:30 PM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1577995

>> EVEN O'REILLY ISN'T BUYING THE 'SHAKEDOWN' LINE.... I know it is a hard concept for you to understand, but I don't take marching orders from O'Reilly or anyone else. O'Reilly has tried to give Obama the benefit of the doubt, often far beyond what is reasonable. Simply put, O'Reilly is frequently wrong WRT Obama. The question here is whether an entity is "shaken down" when that entity has already committed to making the payment. And I don't know the answer. To what extent did the threat of criminal prosecution play a role? BP clearly has shown no hesitation to spend the money it takes to solve the problem -- 2 billion and counting thus far. It doesn't matter. Obama is grossly incompetent and continues to show it on a daily basis.