He's actually blaming the government for being too permissive. "Don't dig at 500 feet, dig at 5,000 feet. It's safe!" Pretty convoluted logic to blame the government here.
Shep Smith is the only reason Fox News can call itslef Fox NEWS instead of Fox RIGHT WING OPINIONS. He is the ONLY REAL REPORTER they have. Everyone else is a pundit catering to the Republicans. I'm not saying a channel should be Shamed because it has one or two opinon-based shows. But if every program is opinion based, you do not get to call yourself a NEWS company, you are an Opinion Based organization.
To be fair, atleast BP didn't try to wriggle out of it, like the two american corporations did - you know, the one that installed the defective gear, and the one that maintained and operated it - aka the ones that f*cked up.
Goddamn, I love watching Shepard rip his propagandist colleagues a new arsehole. It's usually one big, right-wing jerk-circle over there at FOX until Shep swaggers in and throws that shit in their face.
"Oil companies should be allowed to drill wherever they want to drill?"
Did I just hear this come out of this "Judge Napoleon's" dipshit mouth?
"Hey sorry fishermen... uh we're gonna be building a bigass rig here and it might get pretty messy. No worries tho we'll be outta here in about a decade."
ok, let me point out how this idiot from The Young Turks is stupid: 1. While the host was criticizing Judge for taking a shot at Katrina, notice at 4:25 he characterizes Judge as saying, "if it was up to Bush he would've handled it just right", ok smart people know that Judge is against government intervening in these events so why does that make sense? 2. at 4:40 he explains how Judge is against the 75 mil cap but is also against the bigger cap,DUH, he wants insurance not caps you idiot
you guys are idiots. Judge isn't defending BP morons, he's pointing out how the government continues to fail while people and companies rely on them to do everything. It's unconstitutional, and as a Judge he knows that. How is that so hard to understand?
I don't get liberals. There's such DIVISION within the "liberal world." When Shepard Smith trashed the obama administration for trusting Tony Hayward, some liberals made tons of comments on youtube that FoxNews is hateful and anti-Obama.
And now look at all the liberals here praising Shepard Smith for standing up for America and challenging BP.
Our nation is so divided that Birtons will never take us seriously. Some Britons even say that BP is controlled by Americans. I'm SPEECHLESS
I love how this idiot (TYT guy, forget his name) talks about the Fox News audience as if they are mentally challenged. It's typical, arrogant, self-righteous, self-promotion from a forgettable guy that runs a video blog.
Less regulation is what has led to big companies gobbling up smaller ones, example is the radio industry where multiple radio stations will be staffed by the same roster of employees, which has upped unemployment and killed jobs. This was something proposed and passed by a conservitive senate back in 1998.
The Judge is being paid off by the company to support the company. Shep smith, you are at the wrong tv station. FOX News? you obviously do not tow the line of the FOX agenda, so why? you must be paid a lot to stay.
@baseballreg123 When Shepard Smith trashed the Obama administration for trusting BP's Tony Hayward too much, liberals still trashed him and Fox News, calling him and the network "hateful", "dishonest," and "anti-Obama."
I guess there are rednecks on Democrats' side as well. Even when Shepard Smith, unlike his RETARDED coworkers, criticized BP, sadly, many liberals called him "anti-Obama." I strongly disagree with liberal retardes. Obama should never trust Tony Hayward. The guy is a crook!
"I'm standing for the rule of law, and the rule of law SHOULD BE..."
But that's not the rule of law, it's what you think the rule of law SHOULD BE, so you're not standing for the rule of law, you're standing for your opinion.
Once again, TYT grossly misrepresents the libertarian viewpoint. Napolitano was not defending BP, and said they should be held responsible for their actions. He was just criticizing the governments rule in this.
Along with the multi-billion dollar settlement, I move that all the decision makers at BP who caused this situation to happen get rounded up-- and then give each a swift kick to the junk.
When you attempt to go around safety procedures to save time and money, it doesn't matter how you get the permit. If you know the right way of doing something and you intentionally don't do it that way, then YOU fucked up. There is no way around that.
Govt. gives out the drilling permits you idiot. Shep is an idiot. Turk enviros don want you drilling anywhere moron. So do we give up fossil fuels? Any suggestions? Ideas? They also want to ban all coal plants and coal mining. Replacement plan? Didn't think so. You make shep look smart.
"Don't dig in 500 feet...where we know you can easily control the spill"
Doesn't he realize that the Ixtoc I 1979 oil spill occurred in 160ft of water in the Gulf and still became one of the largest oil spills in US history?
As well, I don't like how the FOX video is edited right after shep asserts that judge napolitano is for reduced regulation. Judge did not say this, but instead that regulations shouldn't be made by people that are incompetent. He most likely supports increased information supply to the regulators, but since the video was cut we'll never know how the editors have manipulated the coverage.
Even if regulations were eliminated, it would have eliminated the 75m cap, incentivizing spill reductions.
Isn't it the responsibility of the government to provide regulation for moral hazard situations? The purpose of any firm is to maximize profits, nothing more, and nothing less. Why didn't the government do anything to prevent BP from committing more illegal actions? Obviously the small slaps on the wrist (fines) weren't enough to deter BP, they were simply operating in a manner that resulted in the highest profit. I hate what happened to the gulf, but sincerely believe that it's the gov's fault
@busherbee Cmon man. Don't fulfil the stereotype of the ad hominem-driven internet asshole. Why is he a tool? Is this one of several instances in which he has been a tool? I once watched Napolitano defend to the letter the First Amendment rights of the people, and the injustice of government doing anything to chill free speech (including privacy violations in the Patriot Act). Don't stop the discourse at the toolbox, counterpoint!
@busherbee Haha, kinda. Had you going for a bit. Napolitano did make excuses for BP. If it was so imperative to drill in more shallow waters, BP would have said something, in anticipation of a potential mess such as this, with viable data supporting their claims. Blaming the problem on 'environmentalist' policies established during a conservative's term in the executive branch is a flimsy argument at best, and seeks to only supplant the blame on the current administration, as I can tell.
-sighs- Turks. You make yourself more and more like fools each time. Its called lawsuits that are sent out by environmentalists that kept pushing them out more and more. You are pretending to be the reporter, look it up! Geez. And what do you mean he said BP would of done right? He and all of us attack BP, but we also show the governments hand in this as well. Why cant most libs figure this out? Its just sad... I guess I should stop expecting more from these people...
Did anyone else notice yesterday, during FoxSpews coverage of Ahmedinijad's speech at the UN, that the very SECOND A-jad began speaking about the Zionist connection to 9/11, Shep interrupted and muted the audio, and began babbling, stuttering and mumbling in a vain attempt to justify the interruption? Fox simply couldn't allow the truth to be spoken. It is also outrageous the way Israel and the US childishly boycott his speeches. The truth is SO obvious! Israel owns America AND its media!
It is America's fault. 25% of oil consuption (waste) is American. If America and the American way of life was not so wide spread America would still be living off their own oil production.
Cenk, i respect you but this is such bullshit. BP be allowed to give a penny of compensation by the Brithish Government until the AMERICAN oil company that was respocible for the Pipa Alpha oil spill in Britain which killed far more people has payed approiprete compensation. This is american hypocracy. BP shud pay, but not until justice is done for the British people.
@TheRedflagflyer umm, that's not how it works. I'm not aware of any of the details of the Pipa Alpha spill (though unless you misspelled, that name doesn't sound very American), but regardless, BP has to pay for it's mistakes. BP is not a part of the British Government, and is not responsible for enforcing punishment of American companies on behalf of the British people. And if you're gonna talk about what's right, then the right thing is for BP to compensate any people it harmed.
@Brandt761 yes BP should re-pay the harm they did, i am not disputing it and sadly BP is no longer part of the British government as u correctly state (although it once was until thatcher milk snacher) but if the British government were to freeze all BP's UK assets it would be incapeble of paying the money. (continued in next post
@Brandt761 The american government helped block justice then and it is about time justice is done. BP should in any case, as u say as a privite entity as it now is, compensate all the people it harmed in the end, on that we agree. But so should they.
@TheRedflagflyer I'm afraid that's not very likely, though. The US government isn't about to force one of it's corporations to pay money to a foreign govt, much less for a tragedy that occured years ago. Btw, which US company was involved, anyway?
@Brandt761 Occidental Petroleum Corporation was the american company involved. I agree its not likely to happen but its what the British government should do, in my view. I'm suprised ur agueing with me if u dont kno which company was involved, look it up, u might learn something about american hypocracy,
@TheRedflagflyer well, if that was their name, they were doomed from the start. But yeah, I'd never heard of them before. At any rate, I don't think the British Government would be wise to try to freeze a company's assets to hold another country hostage. Besides, what right do they have? BP and Occi are unrelated, so this would come off very badly.
Incidentally, I am well-acquainted with Amercans' tendency to not know shit.
@Brandt761 no, its perfectly simple. The american government stood in the way of justice when disaster struck the UK when it was US company but runs to the offence when a british company (if it can be described as such anymore) is guilty in the US.
That was _a_ American Government, specifically the administration of Ronald Reagan, I would hope we're all better people than him (well, maybe)<. And arguably, the people calling the shots today are quite a bit removed from all of this, being both a newer generation and a different party. But really, if BP isn't a British company anymore, what right would David Cameron have of stepping in and using them to hold a foreign country hostage over an incident more than 20 years old?
@Brandt761 He has the mandate of the British people. It is in his power to freeze BP's UK assets and although it happened 20 yrs ago the families of the people who died it is still painful. I dont care that the US has changed governments the US people voted the old one in so they as a people owe it to the victims to see justice done. The UK now has an oppotunity to remind the US of it and demand justice is done.
look the issue isnt whether or not BP is corrupt the issue is its the government thats enabling them its the government thats protecting them its obamas face outrage its the rhetoric in washington you see this shit all the fucking time the SEC warned about madoff's schemes for years. The government knew and they didnt do shit about it they knew about hijacking of the planes they knew everything and they are guilty.
wow i love the young turks but when he says this is totally made up and doesn't exist it shows yhou how clueless he is on the subject. He shouldn't say things like that when he doesn't know anything about the subject. We start wars over oil dammit! And Cenk is going to say that the judge is making this up??? And that its a plot by rush limbaugh??? WOW.. Cenk is totally discredited for me as far as the oil subject is concerned
@TopSideUp I honestly don't know if that line about the environmentalists was made up by Rush Limbaugh or not, but I tend to distrust Cenk on this one too. But whether or not the Judge is wrong, Shep Smith seems to be the only dissenting voice on Fox and that's a good thing.
No he doesn't get it. The point the Judge was trying to make was about how in the 90's the government started a program which gave businesses incentive to take risks by digging wells much deeper then the company would ever think of doing. Since in a true free market they are liable for their decisions, they would have never drilled that deep. But if the government will pay you TONS of money to dig extra deep.... Why not? Then lobby for legislation that limits liability if anything goes wrong.
people dont understand the arguement here, it has nothing to do with defending BP. what they are saying is that if the government wouldn't make such an effort to subsidize poeple to take risks and then the company lobbys the governemtn to pass legislation that limits the companies liability if anything goes wrong. So the government creates conditions where business take risks they NEVER would have done if the government hadn't coaxed them into the idea for drilling mega deep.
@Freedomspatriot you talk as if you were smart in class it's YouTube dumbass not everything is based on sides or party's... Ugh the followers BE A LEADER
As usual, all crap and no substance, you liberals are such easy prey, you keep opening up your mouth and exposing your brain dead intellect!... how typical!
Why is it that conservatives attack the government, why liberals generally attack the corporations? Well, guess what? They are pretty much the same (megacorps and MIC). Its a game played on the American public, divide and conquer. Get the masses to attack eachother (class warfare, ironically) so they forget who the true enemy is. The enemy is not your liberal neighbor, but the corporations who run the government and the government in bed with corporations. FTWFTN.
@bballadante oh, look at you, you've solved all the problems the American public face. oh, of fucking course! how fucking obvious it is!! its so simple! every human being in government is a mindless drone and every corporation out to exploit anything and everything profitable! my god, you should be made King, King of the Revolution! LEAD MY MASTER LEAD! YOU KNOW THE PATH!!!!!!
@bballadante a catch 22, of sorts, basically its everyone in the top echelon's of the social hierarchy, who divide and conquer, like you said, the rest of us, damn them!
and these are the kind of people that are poised to take control of government supposedly in 2010? where did they find this wonderful drug that allows them to live in the delusion that if you let wealthy companies alone they will do what's right for people because the companies are the ones that stand to lose the most? maybe i should just try to suppress my sense of justice and tright and wrong, say shit like this and hope that a wealthy company takes me on their payroll for protecting them...
@Yugiohtrader5. No, I won't get off. You said Smith was an idiot. And yet you gave no support for your claim. None, whatsoever. Smith did attend the University of Mississippi where he DID study journalism. He has worked as a reporter since 1985, more than twenty years. He now hosts two programs on Fox News, the only reliable source on the channel. What have you done except call me a "troll"? Good job, fucker.
First off, the oil spill was caused by BP's LACK of precautions so less government = more likely for further spills. Did our government fail? YES. But not how fox news would like you to believe. They failed by being corrupt and not PROGRESSIVE enough to be a cop on these big companies. It had nothing to do with "false information" the government gave to BP that's just a complete lie and utter bullshit.
+ I love this guy. "I am for the rule of law". . And the law SHOULD BE. .
A 1995 law called the Outer Continental Shelf Deep water Royalty Relief Act gave oil companies incentives to drill deep, drill often, and drill with impunity. The law, according to the pair, “exempted oil wells drilled deep in the Gulf from the normal royalty payments to the government,” spurring companies to drill more and more barrels offshore as time went by. In the first eight years of the law, offshore production increased astronomically.
@FreedomsPatriot Do you have any black and white evidence that he did it? Or is that just base on your paranoid conspiracy theory? Talk is cheap troll :)
@FreedomsPatriot yes in the matter of fact, i do want to see proof. Accusation is nothing but lies if there is no evidence to support it. So do you have any strong evidence to support your claim? You call yourself a Patriot but u sir are nothing but a racist and a white supremacist. I m not suprise if you are a hardcore Palin supporter judging from your pespect on politics :)
lol @ freedompatriot (ironic that's his name) spouting Glen Beck talking points and throwing around Hannity insults. No one buys your tea bagger crap. You are spitting off more lies than the Fox News Network does in one night! Funny how the markets are higher under Obama. Funny how the housing markets rebounded, and the financial sector is back under regulation. Thank the GOP for HANDING obama the latinos...giving him a cakewalk election in 2012! LAtinos + blacks + loyal liberal whites = win!
The markets are slipping every day and every updated news shows housing slowing, unemployment worst than predicted and you are spouting about some positive news on the economy?... The GDP was down graded yesterday dumbass and the twisted accounting scheme Blowbama tried has been exposed!
You live in fantasy land and I am sure you will falsely claim something else that PROVES your head is UP YOUR ASS
BTW, WHAT TALKING POINT HAS BECK EVER STATED WRONG?
@taydiggy As usual, all crap and no substance, you liberals are such easy prey, you keep opening up your mouth and exposing your brain dead intellect!... how typical!
@emmyjo720 I agree - this is not a good situation and nobody (including all the pensions owning BP shares) is/are walking away happy. I may have overreacted., I too am extremely concerned with the events ongoing mess. I think your initial comment rang with the same sound that I hear every time a large corporation (esp banks and car companies) use when they get in trouble.
@minoc2 In the UK, the headlines today are that 1.5 million will lose their jobs because of the budget. That will take us to 4 million unemployed. The BP situation could add to the diaster that is coming to the economy. I loathe the big banks and the greedy that resulted in this situation. BP was sold off during the 80s, it was part of the Thatcherite drive to encourage share ownership.
People are being destroyed by the greedy of the few, Cenk gets it across well.
I love Shepard Smith. First "The US does NOT TORTURE!" and now this. MSNBC needs to hire Shep and get rid of Morning Joe (presented by Starbucks, of course).
Here is the part i which the turk cut out @ 2:58 in which Judge Napolitano said, "We also need no liability caps so that the insurance co. would be on the hook and the insurance co. would make sure the drilling was done properly and in the right place and that all the safety factors are there. BP has no insurance co. Why? b/c the fed. govt. said your maximum liability is 75 million. Show us a bank account with 75 million and you don't need any insurance."
please lets just all dump our poop in the ocean and on the earth, let me just dump all of my meds and everbody sewer into your personal property lets just dump toxic waste every where, then maybe everyone will be happy.Matter a fact lets just dump rt on top of houses sounds good to me.deregulate everything so I CANT DUMP MY POOP RT ON ANYONE I WANT TO
Shep and Chris Wallace was probally the kind of guys in the 80's that would go to Ronald Reagan parties in the white house get drunk and you would find them passed out early the next day.
Nobody is opposed to Oil companies drilling at 500 feet. People ARE opposed to oil companies drilling close to shore. These people include but are not limited to environmentalists. By forcing them to drill further from shore, they are also forcing them to drill in deeper water, because further from shore equals deeper water. And the Gulf of Mexico is very deep.
@JacksInn Well they need a reason to invade. Maybe weapon of mass destruction lying around in Mexico. American are great at coming up with excuses like that to invade developing countries.
It is a government purpose is to regulate safety by "taking over" some freedoms of companies to make sure that accidents don't happen too often and that the employees have decent rights. And no I don't have problem with that nor should anyone else, even if you are a tea party or a libertarian. Without the government, there is no laws. Without laws, you have the US will turn into Ethiopia.
@yes4me: I agree. How there is even another side to this debate is beyond me, I honestly can't stand America right now. If even an obvious disaster like this can be debated then we honestly don't stand a fucking chance.
Oh shut up, Repugnicon turd spamming with all the comments. My company doesn't trust all the information the government puts out, but if we did and we screwed up based on that information, it's our problem!
And it was a lie, anyway. He's making it all up and you're eating it up. Fool.
@aaronsande Also, do you really want to debate me on this issue? Seriously, be careful because I will convert you to our side. Its called reason my friend.
Hey young turk. Here is the valid point Nap made @ 2:56 in which you decided to cut out "We also need no liability caps so that the insurance co. would be on the hook and the insurance co. would make sure the drilling was done properly and in the right place and that all the safety factors are there. BP has no insurance co. Why? b/c the fed. govt. said your maximum liability is 75 million. Show us a bank account with 75 million and you don't need any insurance." Way to get owned journalist.
@corysoulier Hey stupid Republicon...Cenk mentioned that at the end. How about you watch the WHOLE video before spamming us with comments from your closed-minded non-mind?
@aaronsande 1st of all, I'm not a Republican, I'm a Libertarian. There is a big difference between the two parties. 2nd, the reason mr. Turk cut out that point is b/c he knows full well that if his liberal audience were to view it in its entirety, ponder it, and make sense of it, it would probably lower his viewing base. The federal government is incompetent to get anything right. In the end, Turk left out the point regarding insurance companies being more competent than the federal govt. :-)
@corysoulier I'm assuming your view of government also applies to large corporations! BP fucked up. Any government screwup is an aside. Nepolitano is just an ass-kissing corporate suckup!
What guarantee does Nepolitano give that this oilspill couldn't have happened at 500 feet? Oh that's right, he just pulled it out of his ass.
@johnedwards1968 My view of government is that it governs best when it governs least. Napolitano--if you listen closely--is not defending BP because he said that BP should pay every penny for the damages. The point he was trying to make in regards to 500 feet was the point of state's rights as defined in the 10th ammendment of our constitution. Louisiana said they could drill @500 ft. But then along comes the fed govt. to regulate everything just like they always do. See how this is wrong?
the government had nothing to do with it. A spill is not easier to control in 500 feet than it is in 5000 feet. Human divers cannot go deeper than 300 feet . The reason the well continued to leak after the rupture is because BP didn't install the safety shut off valves, didn't properly cement the wellhead, didn't follow maintenence protocols, etc. Human greed and negligence by a greedy negligent corporate entity.
@mistara31415 You may be a Libertarian but I'm an American. This goes beyond party lines. What that Judge did was wrong. Conflict of interest comes to my mind
unfortunately this whole country is now being run by UTTER SHIT all the people know this but nothing we can do cause system soooo in place and no way to remove it...Well wipe out three areas NUKES TACTICALLY---- ONE-Wash DC of course Second # two ---NYC Wall Street and Wilmington Del Crooked Banks Third----Rich part of Florida where all the bastards hang out....
Who else came here for the clip, and not the host's shifty-eyed ramblings?
dc7even 2 days ago
i hate you and you are annoying
blakeheatingandair 3 weeks ago
i;m surprised fox news hasn't fired him yet
hkpopfan4lif3 1 month ago
Welcome to "Bizarrro" world...Just...amazing gall...
deetjay1 1 month ago
He's actually blaming the government for being too permissive. "Don't dig at 500 feet, dig at 5,000 feet. It's safe!" Pretty convoluted logic to blame the government here.
baigandine 1 month ago
Both Napolotano and Smith are right
IntoTheVoid96 1 month ago
2:05 Im gonna stop him right there, correct me if Im mistaken but you CAN pursue lawsuits against the federal government.
jerzy862 2 months ago
Shep Smith FUCK YEA
jerzy862 2 months ago
Wow I just love Shep!!
aceha1 2 months ago
I'm Shepard Smith and I'm a saucy little catfish.
MichaelCharles2011 2 months ago
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Thales880 3 months ago
Shep Smith is the only reason Fox News can call itslef Fox NEWS instead of Fox RIGHT WING OPINIONS. He is the ONLY REAL REPORTER they have. Everyone else is a pundit catering to the Republicans. I'm not saying a channel should be Shamed because it has one or two opinon-based shows. But if every program is opinion based, you do not get to call yourself a NEWS company, you are an Opinion Based organization.
locutus94 4 months ago 5
when i go into the fox news building, guns blazin' , shep smith is the only one i'll let live!
NightManiacsInc 4 months ago
he kinda looks like matt damon. or is it just me?
Chaaarge 4 months ago
To be fair, atleast BP didn't try to wriggle out of it, like the two american corporations did - you know, the one that installed the defective gear, and the one that maintained and operated it - aka the ones that f*cked up.
neverfearchrisishere 4 months ago
Shep, once again:: You Da Man
mightyzygote 5 months ago
Goddamn, I love watching Shepard rip his propagandist colleagues a new arsehole. It's usually one big, right-wing jerk-circle over there at FOX until Shep swaggers in and throws that shit in their face.
HowDyaYouLikeMeNow 6 months ago
that dude is wearing his dad's jacket
acc3689 7 months ago
I love how on the 1st anniversary of the BP oil spill, they celebrated with another oil spill. Wow.
visini14 7 months ago
shep is not a fox news guy....he is the balancing act on the network
chrisgangsta 7 months ago
UH OH, Sheps' "gettin' kinda grossed out here, judge". Why is he talking to Eddie Munster anyway?
eqsmooth 7 months ago
"Oil companies should be allowed to drill wherever they want to drill?"
Did I just hear this come out of this "Judge Napoleon's" dipshit mouth?
"Hey sorry fishermen... uh we're gonna be building a bigass rig here and it might get pretty messy. No worries tho we'll be outta here in about a decade."
PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD 7 months ago
Yeah, BP's profit margin was really hurt by the oil spill.
hecatia 8 months ago
Isnt OSHA part of the government? it is the government's business then.
interfan63 8 months ago
Shepard Smith is an absolute moron.
ty2 8 months ago
@ty2=Palin moron
mr300ism 7 months ago
ok, let me point out how this idiot from The Young Turks is stupid: 1. While the host was criticizing Judge for taking a shot at Katrina, notice at 4:25 he characterizes Judge as saying, "if it was up to Bush he would've handled it just right", ok smart people know that Judge is against government intervening in these events so why does that make sense? 2. at 4:40 he explains how Judge is against the 75 mil cap but is also against the bigger cap,DUH, he wants insurance not caps you idiot
somuch4freedom 9 months ago
you guys are idiots. Judge isn't defending BP morons, he's pointing out how the government continues to fail while people and companies rely on them to do everything. It's unconstitutional, and as a Judge he knows that. How is that so hard to understand?
somuch4freedom 9 months ago
Some anchors on Fox News defend BP, liberals bash them. And yet when some people on Fox News criticize BP, some liberals still bash them.
Are you liberals fucking retarded?
ttiiyy 9 months ago
I don't get liberals. There's such DIVISION within the "liberal world." When Shepard Smith trashed the obama administration for trusting Tony Hayward, some liberals made tons of comments on youtube that FoxNews is hateful and anti-Obama.
And now look at all the liberals here praising Shepard Smith for standing up for America and challenging BP.
Our nation is so divided that Birtons will never take us seriously. Some Britons even say that BP is controlled by Americans. I'm SPEECHLESS
ttiiyy 9 months ago
I love how this idiot (TYT guy, forget his name) talks about the Fox News audience as if they are mentally challenged. It's typical, arrogant, self-righteous, self-promotion from a forgettable guy that runs a video blog.
lanate11 9 months ago
Less regulation is what has led to big companies gobbling up smaller ones, example is the radio industry where multiple radio stations will be staffed by the same roster of employees, which has upped unemployment and killed jobs. This was something proposed and passed by a conservitive senate back in 1998.
quietriotfan1976 11 months ago
How the hell did someone that fucking stupid become a judge.
xinecallaw 11 months ago
politics is fixed they are in on it
semaj175 11 months ago
The Judge is being paid off by the company to support the company. Shep smith, you are at the wrong tv station. FOX News? you obviously do not tow the line of the FOX agenda, so why? you must be paid a lot to stay.
assemblyguy 1 year ago
The Judge is being paid off by the company to support the company.
assemblyguy 1 year ago
SHEP SMITH=AWESOME
EllaForTheAges 1 year ago
lol sheph smith basically asks him how it feels to get on you knees and suck BP's cock
baseballreg123 1 year ago
@baseballreg123 When Shepard Smith trashed the Obama administration for trusting BP's Tony Hayward too much, liberals still trashed him and Fox News, calling him and the network "hateful", "dishonest," and "anti-Obama."
I guess there are rednecks on Democrats' side as well. Even when Shepard Smith, unlike his RETARDED coworkers, criticized BP, sadly, many liberals called him "anti-Obama." I strongly disagree with liberal retardes. Obama should never trust Tony Hayward. The guy is a crook!
ttiiyy 9 months ago
napolitano hates bush you retard
bonfirejovi 1 year ago
"I'm standing for the rule of law, and the rule of law SHOULD BE..."
But that's not the rule of law, it's what you think the rule of law SHOULD BE, so you're not standing for the rule of law, you're standing for your opinion.
BuffaIoBlLL 1 year ago
@BuffaIoBlLL
yeah, but if you go down that road, isnt the rule of law just the majority's opinion
p.s. fuck you bp
GeneralFantastic 1 year ago
@BuffaIoBlLL
You know, I didn't catch that when I first watched this video. Thanks for pointing that out. :)
DemonWithAHumanHeart 1 year ago
Once again, TYT grossly misrepresents the libertarian viewpoint. Napolitano was not defending BP, and said they should be held responsible for their actions. He was just criticizing the governments rule in this.
shizoid123 1 year ago
Along with the multi-billion dollar settlement, I move that all the decision makers at BP who caused this situation to happen get rounded up-- and then give each a swift kick to the junk.
golden79 1 year ago
When you attempt to go around safety procedures to save time and money, it doesn't matter how you get the permit. If you know the right way of doing something and you intentionally don't do it that way, then YOU fucked up. There is no way around that.
golden79 1 year ago
Govt. gives out the drilling permits you idiot. Shep is an idiot. Turk enviros don want you drilling anywhere moron. So do we give up fossil fuels? Any suggestions? Ideas? They also want to ban all coal plants and coal mining. Replacement plan? Didn't think so. You make shep look smart.
myutube22ify 1 year ago
Govt. gives out the drilling permits you idiot. Shep is an idiot.
myutube22ify 1 year ago
"Don't dig in 500 feet...where we know you can easily control the spill"
Doesn't he realize that the Ixtoc I 1979 oil spill occurred in 160ft of water in the Gulf and still became one of the largest oil spills in US history?
thecauseandfx 1 year ago
Nepalitano is a mogwai mafioso
jside 1 year ago
why not slam missisippi and louisiana for the british private industry bungle in the jungle judge. any shep LSU weekend
ePhilosopher9 1 year ago
Shep Smith actually defending Obama's government and slamming Fox. Shep is the only fair news anchor in Fox.
187prettyboy 1 year ago 19
@187prettyboy Wait, Fox is a news channel? I thought it was like a whole channel for satire.
visini14 7 months ago
@187prettyboy Ah shat up. The only reason why nothing happened to BP was because they gave money to Obama when he was running for president.
Anonpartition 6 months ago
@Anonpartition How much?
187prettyboy 6 months ago
As well, I don't like how the FOX video is edited right after shep asserts that judge napolitano is for reduced regulation. Judge did not say this, but instead that regulations shouldn't be made by people that are incompetent. He most likely supports increased information supply to the regulators, but since the video was cut we'll never know how the editors have manipulated the coverage.
Even if regulations were eliminated, it would have eliminated the 75m cap, incentivizing spill reductions.
w0rsel 1 year ago
Isn't it the responsibility of the government to provide regulation for moral hazard situations? The purpose of any firm is to maximize profits, nothing more, and nothing less. Why didn't the government do anything to prevent BP from committing more illegal actions? Obviously the small slaps on the wrist (fines) weren't enough to deter BP, they were simply operating in a manner that resulted in the highest profit. I hate what happened to the gulf, but sincerely believe that it's the gov's fault
w0rsel 1 year ago
"I'm getting kind of grossed out by this." LOL, I love it.
crashinevitable 1 year ago
Fox news is a joke. For the dumb minds of America.
Se7entail 1 year ago 2
liberal conservative we may dislike each other but lets join together and take down those British bastards!!! who polluted our land!!
moneyjr1122 1 year ago
Napolitano is a blatherin tool.
busherbee 1 year ago
@busherbee Cmon man. Don't fulfil the stereotype of the ad hominem-driven internet asshole. Why is he a tool? Is this one of several instances in which he has been a tool? I once watched Napolitano defend to the letter the First Amendment rights of the people, and the injustice of government doing anything to chill free speech (including privacy violations in the Patriot Act). Don't stop the discourse at the toolbox, counterpoint!
RobotRob011 1 year ago
@RobotRob011 you gotta be kidding..
busherbee 1 year ago
@busherbee Haha, kinda. Had you going for a bit. Napolitano did make excuses for BP. If it was so imperative to drill in more shallow waters, BP would have said something, in anticipation of a potential mess such as this, with viable data supporting their claims. Blaming the problem on 'environmentalist' policies established during a conservative's term in the executive branch is a flimsy argument at best, and seeks to only supplant the blame on the current administration, as I can tell.
RobotRob011 11 months ago
Shep is awesome! He is the only one on fox that is worth listening to.
DRDNIBOY 1 year ago
This siciliano is paid big by BP!
afarro73 1 year ago
Another point for Shep. He is the greatest anchor on Cable Television.
TheDavidG54 1 year ago
-sighs- Turks. You make yourself more and more like fools each time. Its called lawsuits that are sent out by environmentalists that kept pushing them out more and more. You are pretending to be the reporter, look it up! Geez. And what do you mean he said BP would of done right? He and all of us attack BP, but we also show the governments hand in this as well. Why cant most libs figure this out? Its just sad... I guess I should stop expecting more from these people...
archlinuxjessica 1 year ago
Did anyone else notice yesterday, during FoxSpews coverage of Ahmedinijad's speech at the UN, that the very SECOND A-jad began speaking about the Zionist connection to 9/11, Shep interrupted and muted the audio, and began babbling, stuttering and mumbling in a vain attempt to justify the interruption? Fox simply couldn't allow the truth to be spoken. It is also outrageous the way Israel and the US childishly boycott his speeches. The truth is SO obvious! Israel owns America AND its media!
PistolPackingPatriot 1 year ago
@PistolPackingPatriot Seriously? You believe the bullshit A-Jad saying about 911? WOW!
Starbuckfsd 1 year ago
@Starbuckfsd
You'd be surprised at how much Ahmadinejad is right about things. Not always. But often.
lalilul3lo 1 year ago
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@PistolPackingPatriot Seriously? You believe the BS A-Jad saying about 911? WOW!
Starbuckfsd 1 year ago
It is America's fault. 25% of oil consuption (waste) is American. If America and the American way of life was not so wide spread America would still be living off their own oil production.
derberg19486 1 year ago
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The only reason the Right wants less government is because this cycle is not theirs owned and operated.
ccm800 1 year ago
The only reason the Right wants less government is because this cycle is not theors owned and operated.
ccm800 1 year ago
Shep Smith = The only reason ANYONE should watch FOX news
Th3Best0ne 1 year ago 95
@Th3Best0ne lipstick on a pig
busherbee 1 year ago
@Th3Best0ne nah I still wouldn't watch that garbage.
HPhenomenal 8 months ago
@Th3Best0ne Judge Napolitano is better
Bestmoviealive 7 months ago
did the bitch ass judge "potato salad" just call me a retard cuz I ddnt know to clean up after Katrina..wow ..ah fuck ah yu'!!! rich bitch.
jahseedbeatz504 1 year ago
Cenk, i respect you but this is such bullshit. BP be allowed to give a penny of compensation by the Brithish Government until the AMERICAN oil company that was respocible for the Pipa Alpha oil spill in Britain which killed far more people has payed approiprete compensation. This is american hypocracy. BP shud pay, but not until justice is done for the British people.
TheRedflagflyer 1 year ago
@TheRedflagflyer umm, that's not how it works. I'm not aware of any of the details of the Pipa Alpha spill (though unless you misspelled, that name doesn't sound very American), but regardless, BP has to pay for it's mistakes. BP is not a part of the British Government, and is not responsible for enforcing punishment of American companies on behalf of the British people. And if you're gonna talk about what's right, then the right thing is for BP to compensate any people it harmed.
Brandt761 1 year ago
@Brandt761 yes BP should re-pay the harm they did, i am not disputing it and sadly BP is no longer part of the British government as u correctly state (although it once was until thatcher milk snacher) but if the British government were to freeze all BP's UK assets it would be incapeble of paying the money. (continued in next post
TheRedflagflyer 1 year ago
@Brandt761 The american government helped block justice then and it is about time justice is done. BP should in any case, as u say as a privite entity as it now is, compensate all the people it harmed in the end, on that we agree. But so should they.
TheRedflagflyer 1 year ago
@TheRedflagflyer I'm afraid that's not very likely, though. The US government isn't about to force one of it's corporations to pay money to a foreign govt, much less for a tragedy that occured years ago. Btw, which US company was involved, anyway?
Brandt761 1 year ago
@Brandt761 Occidental Petroleum Corporation was the american company involved. I agree its not likely to happen but its what the British government should do, in my view. I'm suprised ur agueing with me if u dont kno which company was involved, look it up, u might learn something about american hypocracy,
TheRedflagflyer 1 year ago
@TheRedflagflyer well, if that was their name, they were doomed from the start. But yeah, I'd never heard of them before. At any rate, I don't think the British Government would be wise to try to freeze a company's assets to hold another country hostage. Besides, what right do they have? BP and Occi are unrelated, so this would come off very badly.
Incidentally, I am well-acquainted with Amercans' tendency to not know shit.
Brandt761 1 year ago
@TheRedflagflyer However, Ignorance is not the same as hypocrisy, unless it's willful, which is sometimes kind of hard to tell the difference....
Brandt761 1 year ago
@Brandt761 no, its perfectly simple. The american government stood in the way of justice when disaster struck the UK when it was US company but runs to the offence when a british company (if it can be described as such anymore) is guilty in the US.
TheRedflagflyer 1 year ago
@TheRedflagflyer
That was _a_ American Government, specifically the administration of Ronald Reagan, I would hope we're all better people than him (well, maybe)<. And arguably, the people calling the shots today are quite a bit removed from all of this, being both a newer generation and a different party. But really, if BP isn't a British company anymore, what right would David Cameron have of stepping in and using them to hold a foreign country hostage over an incident more than 20 years old?
Brandt761 1 year ago
@Brandt761 He has the mandate of the British people. It is in his power to freeze BP's UK assets and although it happened 20 yrs ago the families of the people who died it is still painful. I dont care that the US has changed governments the US people voted the old one in so they as a people owe it to the victims to see justice done. The UK now has an oppotunity to remind the US of it and demand justice is done.
TheRedflagflyer 1 year ago
look the issue isnt whether or not BP is corrupt the issue is its the government thats enabling them its the government thats protecting them its obamas face outrage its the rhetoric in washington you see this shit all the fucking time the SEC warned about madoff's schemes for years. The government knew and they didnt do shit about it they knew about hijacking of the planes they knew everything and they are guilty.
Ventorez 1 year ago
wow i love the young turks but when he says this is totally made up and doesn't exist it shows yhou how clueless he is on the subject. He shouldn't say things like that when he doesn't know anything about the subject. We start wars over oil dammit! And Cenk is going to say that the judge is making this up??? And that its a plot by rush limbaugh??? WOW.. Cenk is totally discredited for me as far as the oil subject is concerned
TopSideUp 1 year ago
@TopSideUp I honestly don't know if that line about the environmentalists was made up by Rush Limbaugh or not, but I tend to distrust Cenk on this one too. But whether or not the Judge is wrong, Shep Smith seems to be the only dissenting voice on Fox and that's a good thing.
xander7ful 1 year ago
No he doesn't get it. The point the Judge was trying to make was about how in the 90's the government started a program which gave businesses incentive to take risks by digging wells much deeper then the company would ever think of doing. Since in a true free market they are liable for their decisions, they would have never drilled that deep. But if the government will pay you TONS of money to dig extra deep.... Why not? Then lobby for legislation that limits liability if anything goes wrong.
TopSideUp 1 year ago
people dont understand the arguement here, it has nothing to do with defending BP. what they are saying is that if the government wouldn't make such an effort to subsidize poeple to take risks and then the company lobbys the governemtn to pass legislation that limits the companies liability if anything goes wrong. So the government creates conditions where business take risks they NEVER would have done if the government hadn't coaxed them into the idea for drilling mega deep.
TopSideUp 1 year ago
Americunts and their foxnews...lol
FissionNonStop 1 year ago
Hey Fox, trade you Scarborough for Smith.
tomatooverlord 1 year ago
@tomatooverlord I think a more fair trade would be Pat Buchanan for Smith!
jazzfan5000 1 year ago
@jazzfan5000
That might have been who I meant.
tomatooverlord 1 year ago
And you thought money couldn't buy everything.
pchtermino 1 year ago
i love shep smith. there i said it. i love this guy.
masterkayaki 1 year ago
I'm on Shemp's side of the topic, but a TV "journalist" is supposed to be unbiased in on a news discussion.
On a different topic... did his mamma name him Shemp?!? Who the hell names their baby Shemp?
On ANOTHER topic... Is Judge Napolitano related to Janet Napolitano? Siblings? Married? Or... BOTH? I gotsta know
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago
@DancingSpiderman
A) That would be the ideal situation, but it's nigh impossible realistically.
B) His name is Shepard...read the damn title.
C) I have no idea who you're talking about, sorry.
tomatooverlord 1 year ago
@tomatooverlord OK then.
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago
@DancingSpiderman Ummmmm, pssst.... His name is Shep! As in Shepard!
jazzfan5000 1 year ago
@jazzfan5000 Yeah,,, I KNOW... I just don't like the guy...
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago
@Freedomspatriot you talk as if you were smart in class it's YouTube dumbass not everything is based on sides or party's... Ugh the followers BE A LEADER
MJGWASHERE 1 year ago
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As usual, all crap and no substance, you liberals are such easy prey, you keep opening up your mouth and exposing your brain dead intellect!... how typical!
FreedomsPatriot 1 year ago
I stand for the rule of law. And the rule of law SHOULD BE. That you should give me 1 million dollars.
Teremei 1 year ago
Yawn. Im so tired of this.
Why is it that conservatives attack the government, why liberals generally attack the corporations? Well, guess what? They are pretty much the same (megacorps and MIC). Its a game played on the American public, divide and conquer. Get the masses to attack eachother (class warfare, ironically) so they forget who the true enemy is. The enemy is not your liberal neighbor, but the corporations who run the government and the government in bed with corporations. FTWFTN.
bballadante 1 year ago 50
@bballadante Pretty much I agree.
Teremei 1 year ago
@bballadante oh, look at you, you've solved all the problems the American public face. oh, of fucking course! how fucking obvious it is!! its so simple! every human being in government is a mindless drone and every corporation out to exploit anything and everything profitable! my god, you should be made King, King of the Revolution! LEAD MY MASTER LEAD! YOU KNOW THE PATH!!!!!!
KungFuKing1916 1 year ago
@bballadante a catch 22, of sorts, basically its everyone in the top echelon's of the social hierarchy, who divide and conquer, like you said, the rest of us, damn them!
LinkfromAbove 1 year ago
how bad have things gotten on fox news? Do kids still watch this channel? omg
charms71 1 year ago
and these are the kind of people that are poised to take control of government supposedly in 2010? where did they find this wonderful drug that allows them to live in the delusion that if you let wealthy companies alone they will do what's right for people because the companies are the ones that stand to lose the most? maybe i should just try to suppress my sense of justice and tright and wrong, say shit like this and hope that a wealthy company takes me on their payroll for protecting them...
tyrannosaurusinf14 1 year ago
Shep smith is an idiot
Yugiohtrader5 1 year ago
@Yugiohtrader5. No, you're an idiot.
mortalhellion 1 year ago
@mortalhellion get off troll
Yugiohtrader5 1 year ago
@Yugiohtrader5. No, I won't get off. You said Smith was an idiot. And yet you gave no support for your claim. None, whatsoever. Smith did attend the University of Mississippi where he DID study journalism. He has worked as a reporter since 1985, more than twenty years. He now hosts two programs on Fox News, the only reliable source on the channel. What have you done except call me a "troll"? Good job, fucker.
mortalhellion 1 year ago
First off, the oil spill was caused by BP's LACK of precautions so less government = more likely for further spills. Did our government fail? YES. But not how fox news would like you to believe. They failed by being corrupt and not PROGRESSIVE enough to be a cop on these big companies. It had nothing to do with "false information" the government gave to BP that's just a complete lie and utter bullshit.
+ I love this guy. "I am for the rule of law". . And the law SHOULD BE. .
Teremei 1 year ago
@Teremei Progressives creates new laws that are never enforced to buy votes.
FreedomsPatriot 1 year ago
HEY YOUNG TURDS FULL OF SHIT AS USUAL!
A 1995 law called the Outer Continental Shelf Deep water Royalty Relief Act gave oil companies incentives to drill deep, drill often, and drill with impunity. The law, according to the pair, “exempted oil wells drilled deep in the Gulf from the normal royalty payments to the government,” spurring companies to drill more and more barrels offshore as time went by. In the first eight years of the law, offshore production increased astronomically.
FreedomsPatriot 1 year ago
Soros is waiting on the oil rigs to leave the US for Petrol-Brazil to make Soros more billions.!
Obama repays Soros and the unions and now the Black Panthers!
FreedomsPatriot 1 year ago
@FreedomsPatriot Do you have any black and white evidence that he did it? Or is that just base on your paranoid conspiracy theory? Talk is cheap troll :)
tabbiemeow 1 year ago
@tabbiemeow Do you really need proof that any company would choose the cheapest route?
that sounds like a US Gov. bureaucrat that wants to stay delusional.
FreedomsPatriot 1 year ago
@FreedomsPatriot yes in the matter of fact, i do want to see proof. Accusation is nothing but lies if there is no evidence to support it. So do you have any strong evidence to support your claim? You call yourself a Patriot but u sir are nothing but a racist and a white supremacist. I m not suprise if you are a hardcore Palin supporter judging from your pespect on politics :)
tabbiemeow 1 year ago
@tabbiemeow You are the Soros troll you fucking brain dead Singapore idiot from Soros ass.
FreedomsPatriot 1 year ago
Dylan Ratigan ON MSNBC is now exposing Obama lies and the false left wing economic pies and corruption!!!
YES, MSNBC CRITICIZE A LIBERAL... HELL MUST BE FREEZING OVER!
/watch?v=ACm1ntw_4dM
/watch?v=j8R8baHPr2E
FreedomsPatriot 1 year ago
lol @ freedompatriot (ironic that's his name) spouting Glen Beck talking points and throwing around Hannity insults. No one buys your tea bagger crap. You are spitting off more lies than the Fox News Network does in one night! Funny how the markets are higher under Obama. Funny how the housing markets rebounded, and the financial sector is back under regulation. Thank the GOP for HANDING obama the latinos...giving him a cakewalk election in 2012! LAtinos + blacks + loyal liberal whites = win!
taydiggy 1 year ago
@taydiggy YOU HAVE YOUR HEAD UP YOUR ASS!
The markets are slipping every day and every updated news shows housing slowing, unemployment worst than predicted and you are spouting about some positive news on the economy?... The GDP was down graded yesterday dumbass and the twisted accounting scheme Blowbama tried has been exposed!
You live in fantasy land and I am sure you will falsely claim something else that PROVES your head is UP YOUR ASS
BTW, WHAT TALKING POINT HAS BECK EVER STATED WRONG?
FreedomsPatriot 1 year ago
@FreedomsPatriot What talking point has Beck ever stated was wrong?
Hmm let's see. Want me to make out a list for you dipshit?
jaroncreed 1 year ago
@taydiggy lol if he has his own network, he d probably put Fox News out of business. Republican should have their own land to run.. maybe Alaska. lol
tabbiemeow 1 year ago
@taydiggy the best post i've read today!
charms71 1 year ago
@taydiggy As usual, all crap and no substance, you liberals are such easy prey, you keep opening up your mouth and exposing your brain dead intellect!... how typical!
FreedomsPatriot 1 year ago
@emmyjo720 I agree - this is not a good situation and nobody (including all the pensions owning BP shares) is/are walking away happy. I may have overreacted., I too am extremely concerned with the events ongoing mess. I think your initial comment rang with the same sound that I hear every time a large corporation (esp banks and car companies) use when they get in trouble.
minoc2 1 year ago
@minoc2 In the UK, the headlines today are that 1.5 million will lose their jobs because of the budget. That will take us to 4 million unemployed. The BP situation could add to the diaster that is coming to the economy. I loathe the big banks and the greedy that resulted in this situation. BP was sold off during the 80s, it was part of the Thatcherite drive to encourage share ownership.
People are being destroyed by the greedy of the few, Cenk gets it across well.
emmyjo720 1 year ago
I love Shepard Smith. First "The US does NOT TORTURE!" and now this. MSNBC needs to hire Shep and get rid of Morning Joe (presented by Starbucks, of course).
RobTheChief 1 year ago
Here is the part i which the turk cut out @ 2:58 in which Judge Napolitano said, "We also need no liability caps so that the insurance co. would be on the hook and the insurance co. would make sure the drilling was done properly and in the right place and that all the safety factors are there. BP has no insurance co. Why? b/c the fed. govt. said your maximum liability is 75 million. Show us a bank account with 75 million and you don't need any insurance."
corysoulier 1 year ago
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corysoulier 1 year ago
please lets just all dump our poop in the ocean and on the earth, let me just dump all of my meds and everbody sewer into your personal property lets just dump toxic waste every where, then maybe everyone will be happy.Matter a fact lets just dump rt on top of houses sounds good to me.deregulate everything so I CANT DUMP MY POOP RT ON ANYONE I WANT TO
1969BALLER 1 year ago
lol!
HELL NO YOU CAN'T!!!! - - And that's the wrong audio xD
daddyleon 1 year ago
I appreciate Shep, but Fox has a long way to go before we call them "Fair & Balanced".
hkfreak 1 year ago
Shep and Chris Wallace was probally the kind of guys in the 80's that would go to Ronald Reagan parties in the white house get drunk and you would find them passed out early the next day.
Useyno 1 year ago
Answer to Cenk at 3:30:
Nobody is opposed to Oil companies drilling at 500 feet. People ARE opposed to oil companies drilling close to shore. These people include but are not limited to environmentalists. By forcing them to drill further from shore, they are also forcing them to drill in deeper water, because further from shore equals deeper water. And the Gulf of Mexico is very deep.
bobbyg640 1 year ago
How long you think till USA invades The Gulf of Mexico?
JacksInn 1 year ago
@JacksInn Well they need a reason to invade. Maybe weapon of mass destruction lying around in Mexico. American are great at coming up with excuses like that to invade developing countries.
tabbiemeow 1 year ago
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Shep Smith, probably the only anchor on Fox News with a brain. Good job Shep.
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zknix20 1 year ago
It is a government purpose is to regulate safety by "taking over" some freedoms of companies to make sure that accidents don't happen too often and that the employees have decent rights. And no I don't have problem with that nor should anyone else, even if you are a tea party or a libertarian. Without the government, there is no laws. Without laws, you have the US will turn into Ethiopia.
yes4me 1 year ago
@yes4me: I agree. How there is even another side to this debate is beyond me, I honestly can't stand America right now. If even an obvious disaster like this can be debated then we honestly don't stand a fucking chance.
TheSirJecht 1 year ago
Oh shut up, Repugnicon turd spamming with all the comments. My company doesn't trust all the information the government puts out, but if we did and we screwed up based on that information, it's our problem!
And it was a lie, anyway. He's making it all up and you're eating it up. Fool.
aaronsande 1 year ago
@aaronsande Also, do you really want to debate me on this issue? Seriously, be careful because I will convert you to our side. Its called reason my friend.
corysoulier 1 year ago
Hey young turk. Here is the valid point Nap made @ 2:56 in which you decided to cut out "We also need no liability caps so that the insurance co. would be on the hook and the insurance co. would make sure the drilling was done properly and in the right place and that all the safety factors are there. BP has no insurance co. Why? b/c the fed. govt. said your maximum liability is 75 million. Show us a bank account with 75 million and you don't need any insurance." Way to get owned journalist.
corysoulier 1 year ago
@corysoulier Hey stupid Republicon...Cenk mentioned that at the end. How about you watch the WHOLE video before spamming us with comments from your closed-minded non-mind?
aaronsande 1 year ago
@aaronsande 1st of all, I'm not a Republican, I'm a Libertarian. There is a big difference between the two parties. 2nd, the reason mr. Turk cut out that point is b/c he knows full well that if his liberal audience were to view it in its entirety, ponder it, and make sense of it, it would probably lower his viewing base. The federal government is incompetent to get anything right. In the end, Turk left out the point regarding insurance companies being more competent than the federal govt. :-)
corysoulier 1 year ago
@corysoulier I'm assuming your view of government also applies to large corporations! BP fucked up. Any government screwup is an aside. Nepolitano is just an ass-kissing corporate suckup!
What guarantee does Nepolitano give that this oilspill couldn't have happened at 500 feet? Oh that's right, he just pulled it out of his ass.
johnedwards1968 1 year ago
@johnedwards1968 My view of government is that it governs best when it governs least. Napolitano--if you listen closely--is not defending BP because he said that BP should pay every penny for the damages. The point he was trying to make in regards to 500 feet was the point of state's rights as defined in the 10th ammendment of our constitution. Louisiana said they could drill @500 ft. But then along comes the fed govt. to regulate everything just like they always do. See how this is wrong?
corysoulier 1 year ago
Shep's from Mississippi. I'm surprised he didn't crack the judge on the head.
bonertown15 1 year ago 10
if they reduce regulations or eliminate them and the damages cap, oil co's will cut corners everywhere possible and find a way hide their profits.
burb72 1 year ago
i hate agreeing with shepard smith
Elcuhcuy 1 year ago
the government had nothing to do with it. A spill is not easier to control in 500 feet than it is in 5000 feet. Human divers cannot go deeper than 300 feet . The reason the well continued to leak after the rupture is because BP didn't install the safety shut off valves, didn't properly cement the wellhead, didn't follow maintenence protocols, etc. Human greed and negligence by a greedy negligent corporate entity.
WunderDoob 1 year ago
the judge sounded right to me.
ddstar 1 year ago
I can see the low intellectual capacity of the audience that follows Fox News
SlovakDJH 1 year ago 4
@mistara31415 You may be a Libertarian but I'm an American. This goes beyond party lines. What that Judge did was wrong. Conflict of interest comes to my mind
Fringe111 1 year ago
unfortunately this whole country is now being run by UTTER SHIT all the people know this but nothing we can do cause system soooo in place and no way to remove it...Well wipe out three areas NUKES TACTICALLY---- ONE-Wash DC of course Second # two ---NYC Wall Street and Wilmington Del Crooked Banks Third----Rich part of Florida where all the bastards hang out....
deltaalpha21074 1 year ago
atta boy Shep!
sharpaudio 1 year ago