If this asshole stays in office it is a pretty sad reflection upon the state of Texas. 83% of US shrimp and 56% of US oysters come from the gulf. Additionaly toxic chemicals are being dumped by BP to make the oil sink to the bottom of the ocean. Not to mention the chemical detergents that will be used on the beach sand. I am amazed how many people want to put their head in the sand and act like this has not happened. It is real and Americans will suffer.
yea screw that, it should be like the niger delta where shell get away with destroying the lives of non americans
and hey lets drive the most polluting cars in the world, because were free people, its ironic the oil is invading the us for a 'change'
maybe the fisherman are killing themselves cause they cant pay their taxes to fund illegal wars worldwide, pussys, they had more then most poeple in the world, bitches, and they cant go on living? and to finish up, er , HITLER!
If it was up to the Republican's philosophy it would be accept the risk and allow BP to get Chapter 11, then let the "weakend limb" fall away which will end up amounting to the entire gulf boardering states. They can not deny this and if they try they are lying so they can get your daughters hand in marriage or some other malfecent power grab
Texas: please secede. Between this and the creationism and the bastards who keep destroying our history textbooks, Texas doesn't have much going for it. You invented deep fried cheesecake, whoop de fucking doo. The only beneficial thing you do is make calculators... which none of your citizens know how to use. Get out of my country you greedy, fat, deluded psychopaths.
i loathe these double talking Orwellian bastards. They say one thing and do another. THIS PARTICULAR ONE doesn't exactly have a spotless record on his votes. Don't take my word for it: goog' him and SEE exactly where he stands on "human rights". This is laughable. BP should have been charged MORE! The greatest oil spill in, what was it, 60 YEARS? The ecological consequences are so deleterious they are UNSPEAKABLE! Oh well, just another touch of gray, kind of suits us, anyway...
I don't know maybe I'm wrong... but if a citizen due to negligence harms other citizens lifes or interests, not only he will be detained but in many cases he will also pay a sum to the victims of his actions. Is that shameful? No it's just part of democracy, something mr barton is probably unaware of.
@cita: the thing about it is if a 'small' person (as bp calls us americans) went to the gulf & dumped in as much toxic chemicals as bp's negligence did, then that 'small' person would have been hunted down, arrested, sentenced to imprisonment, in addition to fines.
but to rightwingers, corporations should be granted special priviledges above & beyond what is accorded to the 'small' people
@FrankCastlez: actually u should watch the y/t video of biden responding to barton's double-apologies to bp. it's under the whitehouse's yt channel. biden was pretty eloquent
@gone556: barton said he apologized twice to the BP ceo as he was looking at him directly & the ceo looked befuddled at first, then he was kind of amused by it.
u really have to look at & listen to the video before commenting
What it is a tragedy is that this idiot was elected a congressman! You have to be a moron to side with BP, the company who thru their negligence has caused the biggest ecological disaster in the history of the present world and has caused thousands of Americans to loose their lifelihood. Since when having corporations accountable for their screwups a reason for apology!!!
It's going to continue leaking for at least another two months. We have got to get off of petroleum and start building transit and denser cities that are powered by other fuel sources. America just doesn't realize how far behind we are in the world. We have nothing in our country like the French TGV or Japanese Shinkanzen.
I ask the people of Texas to never again vote for this pathetic jerk. He is in bed with the oil companies and doesn't care one bit about his constituents or our planet.
He's right. It's absurd. We have laws that force the drilling at such deep depths. We already have legislation that allows the fed to oversee these drills. Naturally the bureaucrats didn't see this accident coming, nor would they if you passed a thousand laws. That's the nature of govern.
BP has already committed billions to this and plan to do more. What else can be done? We LOVE and NEED our oil, they give it to us, they are trying to be responsible. Government makes things WORSE.
He was right. There are already ways for this to be taken care of. To have the White House demand a slush fund to be administered at THEIR discretion is neither Constitutional or, simply, right. No one will argue that BP isn't responsible, but this action on the part of the WH was irresponsible. Nothing more then a way to look tough and take control of even more money. Chicago Politics rules now. For those of you who do not understand what that means, do a little research.
@bob5944 ya i am sure the people of the gulf could wait 20 years or more like the people had to in alaska, obama did not get enough from those bp basturds,obama did the right thing,it is no slush fund no way no how,it will go to the people down there.and as for Barton,i want to see any idiot vote for this guy again,he should be chased out of office with clubs.
This is a Beast talking, they have a form of a human, but Beastly actions. The Republican & Christians are the Body OF Satan. It takes this kind of people to form the body of the Anti-Christ. There Two Bodys. The BODY OF CHR-IST and The Body OF Satan( GOYHIMS). This consists of Republican, Christians, and Tea-Partyers..ONE WORLD ORDER IS HERE. G-O-D Setup. and he will take you down Too.
You could see the look on that guys face as he knew he was flushing his political career down the drain. Someone from bp probably paid him off. If he doesn't want to be in a Country that holds people and business's accountable, he should move to another country...
I really don't care about Sothern People! They got what was comming to them, they didn't want people to have helthcare nor good wages. Theses are Business People that voted for the Republicans and are aginst the workers. I hope it takes 6 years to clean it up. Maybe they could get Bush & Chenney to help clean things up.
@BBRBA6 Your writing is worse than any southerner. I dug Obama, voted for Obama, and campaigned for Obama. I also fought for healthcare and currently laugh at the teabaggers. Why do I have what's coming to me? Why do you hope it takes 6 years to get this off of my land? We're all going to suffer if people continue to be as ignorant as the words you write.
You Sotherns hated Oboma ,why take the money, JUST SAY NO!! HELL NO!! Maybe you can get a bunch of Republicans Christians to lay hands on the water and heal things up. What about the Tea Party members? Maybe they can shoot their guns in the water and blow up the Well and close it off. I have a good Idea how to stop this kind of misshapen: "DON"T DO THIS AGAIN."
This is totally NORMAL and totally expected from republicans in congress, what are you idiots complaining about? congress no longer works for its constituency, congress works for corporate America and the people who OWN America and not for YOU "little people"
the only way i would apologize to bp for the escrow fund would be-1. i planned to move to britain and was well known and didnt want to get my ass kicked by a angry mob.2. someone had my family hostage forcing me to say that. or 3. the oil spill wasnt bp fault(but it is)and we were taking money from them anyway. but since all the above is not true, joe barton, go to hell, how about you apologize to the men who lost their lives, or the fishermen, or the wildlife thats dead or soon will be!
I guess We the people should be apologizing to BP after all.. they were trying to make money... and i guess we got in their way...... I hope BP gets everything that is coming there way...
what is amazing to me is how totally capable the right is, in keeping its flock on the side of the corporations. all under the guise of freedom. like "hey. corporations/companies are allowed to capitalize and cut corners all they want. its a free country. how dare you try to stymie any of their power or responsibility. how dare you try to make this company look bad." all the while... the salt of the earth on the RED STATE gulf coast are devastated.
Wasn't Joe Barton caught taking a fuel pump up his exhaust pipe while sucking the dipsticks and lubing the crankcases of BP executives. I think the video is on Youtube. He sold out the American people to the oil companies. Texas. What a sick pack of citizens.
I too apologize, for a House of Representatives where it is possible for the oil industry, by spending to date more than $1,400,000.00 to get Rep. Joe Barton, Republican of Texas, elected again and again to our U.S. Congress.
Make no mistake - Joe Barton, Republican of Texas, speaks not for the people of Texas, but alone for the oil industry and in support of their abuses, now including the pollution of the Gulf and the destruction of existence of thousands of hard-working Americans. Shame!
How does this idiot feel about the 2, $700 billion bailout by the American Taxpayer??? Then, we bail-out banks and companies in other countries, wtf!
Maybe he should go to the BP "spill" and solve the problem. The United States is the only country in the world who does not require either a "remote shut-off" valve, to be operated by another ship -- or "pressure relief wells" whereas the other wells lessen the pressure to stop a leak.
--Heck of a job, Dick Cheney & his energy task force.
He was a former oil executive and gets more in oil campaign contribution than other congressman. He just wants to make sure the oil giants know that he is on their side and he wants a lobbyists job once he leaves congress. Vote him out!!!
If you really think about it, BP didn't just kill off an ecosystem, it destroyed a large amount of small businesses BUSINESSES, you know just most of these peoples' livelihoods and he is apologizing to BP for this "shakedown." You know I think some of you are right, If BP paid these people all of what it owes them (and not just that measly $20 billion which should cover up the clean up it's supposed to do anyway) it would go bankrupt. So F**k BP and F**k Barton who is obviously invested in it.
I may agree with him, but it is not his place to apologize for what the administration does. Same goes with Obama apologizing to the world for Bush. Some things you just don't do.
@SailorCire Good, glad to know you admit being a moron.
I guess you rather just take BP's word for it and then have the victims wait 20 years while BP hires the best lawyers to litigate all these claims and hopefully after 20 years a judge decides BP should only pay a fraction of the damage they caused to the environment and the people?
Where did I get that scenario from? ExxonValdez.
If you believe all that BS, then can I offer you some magical beans? I'm selling them for 20K a pop
@dfrutled Do realize though, if they out spend themselves and become bankrupt then the US taxpayer has to foot everything. BP needs to pay, but this $20B is about 20% of their market cap. Their mrq debt was 32.15B this means that they're sinking... You want them to do well until this is cleaned up then clean them out. That means don't beat them up until you have everything settled.
@SailorCire Wrong again. You are using the ignorant view that Miss. Gov. is trying to use to justify supporting BP.
BP has made over 60 BILLION in profits in just the last 3 years. That's NET PROFITS. Over the past 5 years they have made more than 145 BILLION IN NET PROFITS.
Just this Q alone in 2010 they made 5.6 BILLION in profits. That's AFTER paying their costs.
BP is said to net 30B again this year. BP will not be going under buddy. They could pay 60B and still have Billions.
@dfrutled Look at their outstanding debt though, their continuing dropping price (down to half from when this thing started), and a country that wants to run them deep in the ground. When you have the world's largest economy against you you will not do well.
@Sailor: the ''world's largest economy'' has allowed BP to do business here for years, from gas stations to oil drilling. if we of the ''world's largest economy'' wanted "to run them deep in the ground", we could have done it long ago. a lot of the $ BP has made was in thanks to us. so ''you're welcome.''
@SailorCire: ur right, nobody should have to apologize for bush... that's bush's responsibility... but since he couldnt care less, SOMEBODY has to build up relationships w/ the rest of the world again
How dare this man who is supposed to represent the people apoligize to a foreign company who has not only wiped out the livlyhoods of thousands of americans but also is destroying our Oceans, wildlife and our food chain.
This just proves who's pocket our government is in. "a private company that is subjected to " !! Is he kidding.
We need to take our country BACK form the corperations!!!
Put your head between your legs, all the way back to your ass and put your ass in your mouth. I hope the dems slam the fuck out of the Rabid Repubs with what is in your heart. You stupid pile of buzzard shit. (oh, we apologize if anyone who has "misconstructed" these statements) -- see, you can be a hater and all you got to do is have the disclaimer apology at the end.
The Rabid Republican biggest mistake with this troll is he forgot to follow the game plan and speak their ideology in CODE. No, this guy put it right out there and was caught with his pants down and his wrinkly prick hanging out. This is what this party looks like when you pull the covers back.
Hey Barton, if you don't want to live in a country where corporations are actually held accountable for their actions, I am sure there are THOUSANDS of former shrimp boats for sale down in in the Gulf.
You can probably really gouge someone as well. That out to sweeten the pot, for the likes of you. They sure as hell won't be needing them anymore. You could sail off into the Gulf in days I bet!
Perhaps if they contributed more to your campaign you could be more... human?
I guess what Barton should have said to the CEO should have been "Please make sure my cut of your profit does not diminish because of this inconsequential oil spill"
I hope Texans vote this greedy little M*****F***** out. He can always go work for BP.
"It's unprecedented in our nation's history...." that a corporation wrecked the environment through irresponsible behavior, the government immediately asked them to provide money up front to pay for the damages, and they agreed without argument.
Yes, indeed that IS unprecedented! Take Exxon Valdez as an example. Exxon spilled oil in Alaska, George H.W. Bush asked nothing of them and Exxon offered nothing, and both parties insisting it would be settled in court, which it never really was.
Just for the record TPM we down thumb your videos not because of you but we are downthumbing the people in your videos like the complete and utter PROSTITUTE of the oil industry Joe Barton.
@someperson111 I feel you, but it doesn't make sense. It may hurt to upthumb after watching a douche like this, but TPM is doing valuable 'dirty work' by showing this atrocious behavior. I want these vids watched, so I hold my nose & upthumb.
rep are just obama haters , anything he does , they hate , even before he does, if obama gave them every thing they wanted they would say he didnt do it fast enough, I dont even listen to them any more
Lest anyone doubt the identity of the Republican Party's *true* constituency. Has there ever been such a blatant display of "bought and paid for?" At least I admire his honesty for saying "I don't give a fuck about people or the envvironment - I only care about who is greasing my palm."
What a dope. Wikipedia lists Big Oil as his main contributors. He can leave this country as far as I'm concerned and please take the rest of the Republican party with him. They are not interested in the "Small People".
Mississippi quote on Escrow: "We have been asking for this for Two weeks. They called us stupid. Thank you for listening to red necks President Obama."
That's all I need.. those who will be getting in the $100 million for the moratorium and others for claims for business and income lost from $20 billion which is not a cap.
People are already having problems with claims because of proving paper works for a suit, escrow was the best bet
I don't think he represents republican, he is a prick.
@MsBrian57 Then people of MIss. will be deeply saddened when they realize that their Governor thinks BP should NOT have to put up this fund. In fact, Miss. Governor has been in the pockets of oil companies personally and publicly while in office.
I urge you to watch this video and pass it on to the people of Mississippi
Search youtube: "Oil Funded Governor Protects BP On Fox News"
We the People!! need to send a cease and desist order to Osamabama a long with an eviction notice for him and all these assclowns in DC!!!! Then get some honest hard working Americans in there to repeal all of the bullshit they have shoved down the throats of the American people for the last 100 years!!!!!
We the People!! need to send a cease and desist order to Osamabama a long with an eviction notice for him and all these assclowns in DC!!!! Then get some honest hard working Americans in there to repeal all of the bullshit they have shoved down the throats of the American people for the last 100 years!!!!
Please call his office, the head of the RNC, and the head of any committees he may be on and complain. He has clearly been compromised and doesn't work in the best interest of his district. He should resign.
"I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shake-down"
This corporation caused the largest single environmental disaster in US history; they poisoned the entire Gulf Coast for the foreseeable future (ie decades to recover) and asking them to pay for the damages is a "shake-down"?!!
With representatives as corrupt as Joe Barton and Haley Barber, the entire region will be forever affected by the greed of oil
This guy is an Ahole, howvr I mst point out to all those people who rip on the south, calling it dirty, an uneducated. The city of Austin does not have street sweeping trucks. Do you know why? its because here, peple dont trash the fucking streets, they take personal responsibility for thr mess and clean up. Los Angeles, and San francisco have teh dirtiest fucking streets in the country, and its own inhabitants lecture others on trashing the environment? I used to live in Venice, its a shithole.
@rufayel Austin’s Solid Waste (SWS) serves approximately 180,000 customers and offers a variety of services. These services include: garbage, recycling, and yard trimmings collection; large brush and bulk items collection; a household hazardous waste drop-off facility; litter control; dead animal collection; and street cleaning.
@rufayel - They are all assholes, ALL OF THEM!, you can't just single this clown out of the pack of assclowns!! as for the rest of your post, THUMBS UP!! nicely stated!
it might be interesting if some of the CEO's of companies doing business in the US were required to sign a contract to follow the Chinese custom of suicide for certain 'crimes'.
Chinese Communo-corporatist method of ensuring product safety: No "nanny state" inspections of products. Just shoot the company president every time some kid dies from tainted milk.
Free-market capitalist method of ensuring product safety: No "nanny state" inspections. Just sue the company every time some kid dies from tainted milk.
If the first method doesn't prevent tainted milk, what are the odds the second method will? Bring back the nanny state!
Wow, a Texas hillbilly Republican standing up for an oil company that trashes the environment. This entire situation has a tea-baggin' Sarah Palin tone to it.
Gee, a Republican from Texas, the big corporate oil state standing up for BP! Joe Barton you are a real piece of work! You should resign today for being so transparent, another GOP lobbyist for corporate America. You need to apologize to the American people, and go away!
when 2012 comes in for re-election. Obama said it himself when he made his victory speech. HE CAN NOT DO IT ALONE. not just for the republicans which are just making matters sooo much worse. but also with us the people taking more care of ourselves. this just goes to show that we always have to be ready to hold our own when shit like this happens. like i said before. dnt attack the hand thats trying to pick you up, attack the reason for you needing the helping hand in the first place
not for nothing people, but these are the kind of people that is making it harder for Obama to do his job. its a shame that the people keep on talking trash about him and hating him because he cnt fix an 8 year problem in 2 years or less. everyone needs to go back to the basics of politics and need to understand the other branches wont give Obama a chance no matter what. to them it dont matter that he is the president. and i know for a fact they are going to do all the can to kick him out
@rickamabob13 I almost cant believe I am seeing this... BP HAS TO PAY FOR ITS WRONG DOING! The 20 billion is not a "concession" it is a mandatory payment that they should have made from the beginning. I apologize to BP for all the pain that Joe Barton has caused them, it must have been painful to pull Barton's head out of their ASS!
@rickamabob13 Your comment is not only funny but right on.This guy's personnal interests are just dripping out of every hole in his body. Barton REALLY opitimisizes what is wrong with our leaders today and why this country is on shakey ground right now....He's from the school of politics where you generously feed and suck off of the corporate monster and ignore people, for example, who can't make a decent living in the gulf because of a CORPORATE disaster! This cunt should resign immediately!
This Kennedy Killer (as are all conservatives from Texas are) is a WHORE of the 'man'. Cons love to preach personal responsibility, but that only applies to the working class people, not the large and influential corporate masters.
this from a man who accepted 1.5 million in campaign donations from the oil industry. Now we know who he works for. seems like a major conflict of interest to be on the energy and commerce committee and be accepting that much money from the oil industry.
I guess we now know what $1,500,000.00 in campaign contributions buys!
Without the escrow account, claims for recovery would take up to 20 years (TY Exxon)
Does the republican party like being in the minority? It's like some have just given up, and are just looking to cash in while they can.
The $1.5 million given to this single ass clown is 3 TIMES what an acoustic shut off safety valve would have cost (and required in EVERY country except the US).
FUCK YOU Barton! They fucked up! What in the fuck is he apologizing for? That the company that gave him cash to get elected is now on the hook for 20mill!?
I am ashamed that this dimwit dickwad was elected from the State of Texas even though I was already aware that his constituents are of less than below average intelligence. He represents them all too well.
This is exactly what is wrong with this country. Cocksucking greedy bastards like Joe Barton taking money from special interest, big oil in this case! BP claims they want to do everything they can to help.....such BS...lol lol lol. If that was the case, then this asshole Joe Barton would even have mentioned the 20billion fund. People are getting tired of the greed you loser!!!!!!! Your day in hell will come!!!!!
what ....the...FUCK?!?!?! This asshole just said that he doesn't want to live in a country where a citizen or a corporation is forced to PAY for their mistakes when they do something LEGITIMATELY WRONG?!?!? And people wonder why nothing ever gets done in Washington? Well, here it is folks! Our elected officials hard at work, basically pissing on our heads and telling us it's raining and all we can do is bitch about it on YouTube.
Joe Barton you are a whore to the oil industry.............keep your pants open wide so the oil industry can shove another 1.5 million dollars up your posterior! Mr Barton America is ashamed of you!
I like how the Repubs got mad at Obama for not doing anything fast enough in the gulf. even sometimes comparing it too W Bush's response to Katrina. Than when Obama does do something, he shouldnt be taking money from the poor ol' gas company. this country is silly, but i wouldnt go anywhere else.
Rep. Joe Barton will issue an apology for the brutal assassination of Osama Bin Laden.
IFlick 9 months ago
I'm from Texas, and I know who I'm voting out of office.
geexter42 1 year ago
Barton is my congressman . . . I support him 100%.
tubinntexas 1 year ago
If this asshole stays in office it is a pretty sad reflection upon the state of Texas. 83% of US shrimp and 56% of US oysters come from the gulf. Additionaly toxic chemicals are being dumped by BP to make the oil sink to the bottom of the ocean. Not to mention the chemical detergents that will be used on the beach sand. I am amazed how many people want to put their head in the sand and act like this has not happened. It is real and Americans will suffer.
rgwinful 1 year ago
yea screw that, it should be like the niger delta where shell get away with destroying the lives of non americans
and hey lets drive the most polluting cars in the world, because were free people, its ironic the oil is invading the us for a 'change'
maybe the fisherman are killing themselves cause they cant pay their taxes to fund illegal wars worldwide, pussys, they had more then most poeple in the world, bitches, and they cant go on living? and to finish up, er , HITLER!
humsposemofo 1 year ago
Barton just handed his balls over to BP in a jar. How does it feel to be an emasculated corporate tool, Barton?
A86 1 year ago 3
Wonder if he would say that after we threw him in the oil soaked waters in the Gulf. I want to torture this guy!! HARDCORE!
fahq12346 1 year ago
i wake up every morning and watch this video. its a nice thing to remember as i read about louisiana fisherman suicides.
ensurePlus1 1 year ago
If it was up to the Republican's philosophy it would be accept the risk and allow BP to get Chapter 11, then let the "weakend limb" fall away which will end up amounting to the entire gulf boardering states. They can not deny this and if they try they are lying so they can get your daughters hand in marriage or some other malfecent power grab
rundatable 1 year ago
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TEXAS: GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!
ciscornBIG 1 year ago
Texas: please secede. Between this and the creationism and the bastards who keep destroying our history textbooks, Texas doesn't have much going for it. You invented deep fried cheesecake, whoop de fucking doo. The only beneficial thing you do is make calculators... which none of your citizens know how to use. Get out of my country you greedy, fat, deluded psychopaths.
samisyosam 1 year ago
why did we fight to make texas a part of our country?
larsjake 1 year ago
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@larsjake said"why did we fight to make texas a part of our country? "
because Texas has one of the highest GDPs' in your country.
newusername01 1 year ago
corporate personhood at work here.
ensurePlus1 1 year ago 4
What a piece of shit. Putting corporations before Americans.
peapodsss 1 year ago 14
i loathe these double talking Orwellian bastards. They say one thing and do another. THIS PARTICULAR ONE doesn't exactly have a spotless record on his votes. Don't take my word for it: goog' him and SEE exactly where he stands on "human rights". This is laughable. BP should have been charged MORE! The greatest oil spill in, what was it, 60 YEARS? The ecological consequences are so deleterious they are UNSPEAKABLE! Oh well, just another touch of gray, kind of suits us, anyway...
deadheadlooser 1 year ago 2
What a cunt.
Pringlulz 1 year ago 2
I don't know maybe I'm wrong... but if a citizen due to negligence harms other citizens lifes or interests, not only he will be detained but in many cases he will also pay a sum to the victims of his actions. Is that shameful? No it's just part of democracy, something mr barton is probably unaware of.
citallevi 1 year ago
@cita: the thing about it is if a 'small' person (as bp calls us americans) went to the gulf & dumped in as much toxic chemicals as bp's negligence did, then that 'small' person would have been hunted down, arrested, sentenced to imprisonment, in addition to fines.
but to rightwingers, corporations should be granted special priviledges above & beyond what is accorded to the 'small' people
rumpole33 1 year ago
Gawd this has to be as much a gaff as what Joe Biden does!!?
FrankCastlez 1 year ago
@FrankCastlez: actually u should watch the y/t video of biden responding to barton's double-apologies to bp. it's under the whitehouse's yt channel. biden was pretty eloquent
rumpole33 1 year ago
He doesn't say I apologize to BP. He just said I apologize could of been to the American people.
gone556 1 year ago
@gone556: barton said he apologized twice to the BP ceo as he was looking at him directly & the ceo looked befuddled at first, then he was kind of amused by it.
u really have to look at & listen to the video before commenting
rumpole33 1 year ago
Had to be from Texas! What do they put in the water there? Looks like he has down syndrome!
calangodoido 1 year ago
What idiots in Texas voted for this guy?
ECLRG10 1 year ago
Somebody is in big oils pocket...
watchinthetube 1 year ago
What it is a tragedy is that this idiot was elected a congressman! You have to be a moron to side with BP, the company who thru their negligence has caused the biggest ecological disaster in the history of the present world and has caused thousands of Americans to loose their lifelihood. Since when having corporations accountable for their screwups a reason for apology!!!
avellaneh 1 year ago
It's going to continue leaking for at least another two months. We have got to get off of petroleum and start building transit and denser cities that are powered by other fuel sources. America just doesn't realize how far behind we are in the world. We have nothing in our country like the French TGV or Japanese Shinkanzen.
kevin120857 1 year ago
As a Texas, we'd appreciate it if the people of California would also get rid of Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer.
jhaveman 1 year ago
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watchinthetube 1 year ago
I ask the people of Texas to never again vote for this pathetic jerk. He is in bed with the oil companies and doesn't care one bit about his constituents or our planet.
mapple34 1 year ago 6
If you look really close you can see a little brown on this guy's nose. Fuckin ass kissing piece of shit!
kdixon7783c 1 year ago 3
This shouldn't surprise anybody. Republicans have been corporate-4ss suckers for decades. Barton just doesn't mind doing it in public.
75254dlaurence 1 year ago 6
Barton is just worried that BP will want a refund for all of the bribes it has paid him over the years.
blowmegaza 1 year ago
He's right. It's absurd. We have laws that force the drilling at such deep depths. We already have legislation that allows the fed to oversee these drills. Naturally the bureaucrats didn't see this accident coming, nor would they if you passed a thousand laws. That's the nature of govern.
BP has already committed billions to this and plan to do more. What else can be done? We LOVE and NEED our oil, they give it to us, they are trying to be responsible. Government makes things WORSE.
TulliusVII 1 year ago
They privatize the profits and socialize the losses while we the People fuss and fight about who's the real Marxist.
TheThriftShopSampler 1 year ago
Not really surprised. He's a republican from Texas after all.
bcraig5 1 year ago 2
He was right. There are already ways for this to be taken care of. To have the White House demand a slush fund to be administered at THEIR discretion is neither Constitutional or, simply, right. No one will argue that BP isn't responsible, but this action on the part of the WH was irresponsible. Nothing more then a way to look tough and take control of even more money. Chicago Politics rules now. For those of you who do not understand what that means, do a little research.
bob5944 1 year ago
@bob5944 ya i am sure the people of the gulf could wait 20 years or more like the people had to in alaska, obama did not get enough from those bp basturds,obama did the right thing,it is no slush fund no way no how,it will go to the people down there.and as for Barton,i want to see any idiot vote for this guy again,he should be chased out of office with clubs.
musclegenii 1 year ago
This is a Beast talking, they have a form of a human, but Beastly actions. The Republican & Christians are the Body OF Satan. It takes this kind of people to form the body of the Anti-Christ. There Two Bodys. The BODY OF CHR-IST and The Body OF Satan( GOYHIMS). This consists of Republican, Christians, and Tea-Partyers..ONE WORLD ORDER IS HERE. G-O-D Setup. and he will take you down Too.
BBRBA6 1 year ago
@BBRBA6 no protestants are the christians who involve themselves in politics other christians are not as annoying as the protestants.
MrTheBeast 1 year ago
@MrTheBeast does that mean that only Orthodox, and Catholics are not annoying? You might be looking for the term evangelical.
barneyobeck 1 year ago
@barneyobeck look usa turns everything into money; sports, entertainment, music, culture, religion
just look at joel olsteen its mainly evangelical and the mormon bastards
MrTheBeast 1 year ago
BP took the risks of reducing repair and construction costs. YOU DONT F*CKING WIN AT EVERY RISK!
vivi028 1 year ago 3
yep hes right could of happened to any company
juddylovespizza 1 year ago
You could see the look on that guys face as he knew he was flushing his political career down the drain. Someone from bp probably paid him off. If he doesn't want to be in a Country that holds people and business's accountable, he should move to another country...
3BricksHigher 1 year ago
They got the guy that Cheney shot in the face to apologize to Cheney! I'm not surprised at this.
IAmWatchingYou1 1 year ago
scumbags...
Burnz2much 1 year ago
I really don't care about Sothern People! They got what was comming to them, they didn't want people to have helthcare nor good wages. Theses are Business People that voted for the Republicans and are aginst the workers. I hope it takes 6 years to clean it up. Maybe they could get Bush & Chenney to help clean things up.
BBRBA6 1 year ago
@BBRBA6 Your writing is worse than any southerner. I dug Obama, voted for Obama, and campaigned for Obama. I also fought for healthcare and currently laugh at the teabaggers. Why do I have what's coming to me? Why do you hope it takes 6 years to get this off of my land? We're all going to suffer if people continue to be as ignorant as the words you write.
usernametaken999 1 year ago
You Sotherns hated Oboma ,why take the money, JUST SAY NO!! HELL NO!! Maybe you can get a bunch of Republicans Christians to lay hands on the water and heal things up. What about the Tea Party members? Maybe they can shoot their guns in the water and blow up the Well and close it off. I have a good Idea how to stop this kind of misshapen: "DON"T DO THIS AGAIN."
BBRBA6 1 year ago
Disgusting
homerth1555 1 year ago 4
This is totally NORMAL and totally expected from republicans in congress, what are you idiots complaining about? congress no longer works for its constituency, congress works for corporate America and the people who OWN America and not for YOU "little people"
We are a country in deep deep denial.
tannersanta 1 year ago 6
Joe"Dumb Ass"Barton
MrBK76 1 year ago 3
the only way i would apologize to bp for the escrow fund would be-1. i planned to move to britain and was well known and didnt want to get my ass kicked by a angry mob.2. someone had my family hostage forcing me to say that. or 3. the oil spill wasnt bp fault(but it is)and we were taking money from them anyway. but since all the above is not true, joe barton, go to hell, how about you apologize to the men who lost their lives, or the fishermen, or the wildlife thats dead or soon will be!
jmorris6758 1 year ago
I guess We the people should be apologizing to BP after all.. they were trying to make money... and i guess we got in their way...... I hope BP gets everything that is coming there way...
izkial25 1 year ago
even the CEO is thinking.......what the hell is this guy talking about??
bluewhale18 1 year ago
Only in TEXAS
MrBK76 1 year ago
what is amazing to me is how totally capable the right is, in keeping its flock on the side of the corporations. all under the guise of freedom. like "hey. corporations/companies are allowed to capitalize and cut corners all they want. its a free country. how dare you try to stymie any of their power or responsibility. how dare you try to make this company look bad." all the while... the salt of the earth on the RED STATE gulf coast are devastated.
ensurePlus1 1 year ago
The party of no.....shame. Are these the values republicans are trying to conserve?
SlowRealization 1 year ago
Traitor
Danny022479 1 year ago
Joe Barton why don't you apologize to the gulf. That is where the real tragedy is happening.
scullkrusher 1 year ago
Wasn't Joe Barton caught taking a fuel pump up his exhaust pipe while sucking the dipsticks and lubing the crankcases of BP executives. I think the video is on Youtube. He sold out the American people to the oil companies. Texas. What a sick pack of citizens.
basilsullivan 1 year ago 4
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I too apologize, for a House of Representatives where it is possible for the oil industry, by spending to date more than $1,400,000.00 to get Rep. Joe Barton, Republican of Texas, elected again and again to our U.S. Congress.
Make no mistake - Joe Barton, Republican of Texas, speaks not for the people of Texas, but alone for the oil industry and in support of their abuses, now including the pollution of the Gulf and the destruction of existence of thousands of hard-working Americans. Shame!
northjerseysun 1 year ago
"...so send me some money for defending you to my campaign"
marniespeaks 1 year ago
Did I just hear him say 'corporations that do something "legitamately wrong"?!? Most people just say 'illegal'.
So, this clown is offended by corperate criminals facing severe 'political preasure'?
I'll bet they do re-elect him.
Georgoking 1 year ago
How does this idiot feel about the 2, $700 billion bailout by the American Taxpayer??? Then, we bail-out banks and companies in other countries, wtf!
Maybe he should go to the BP "spill" and solve the problem. The United States is the only country in the world who does not require either a "remote shut-off" valve, to be operated by another ship -- or "pressure relief wells" whereas the other wells lessen the pressure to stop a leak.
--Heck of a job, Dick Cheney & his energy task force.
greatbroad 1 year ago
He was a former oil executive and gets more in oil campaign contribution than other congressman. He just wants to make sure the oil giants know that he is on their side and he wants a lobbyists job once he leaves congress. Vote him out!!!
yoda002 1 year ago
If you really think about it, BP didn't just kill off an ecosystem, it destroyed a large amount of small businesses BUSINESSES, you know just most of these peoples' livelihoods and he is apologizing to BP for this "shakedown." You know I think some of you are right, If BP paid these people all of what it owes them (and not just that measly $20 billion which should cover up the clean up it's supposed to do anyway) it would go bankrupt. So F**k BP and F**k Barton who is obviously invested in it.
John997010735 1 year ago
Disgusting. He's probably angling for a seven figure position on BP's board when he leaves Washington. What an asshole.
ar4216 1 year ago
this guy is a tool. Republican douche bag.
VHWarshawski 1 year ago
Am I the only one that's Pissed?
elmcent 1 year ago
The gift that keeps giving. With clown like these no wonder Bush was able to run the country into the ground.
nodramabrother 1 year ago
America is the one ashamed...for morons like you Barton!
jaguarmojado 1 year ago
The only word that comes to mind is....tool.
pkjensen1 1 year ago
I may agree with him, but it is not his place to apologize for what the administration does. Same goes with Obama apologizing to the world for Bush. Some things you just don't do.
SailorCire 1 year ago
@SailorCire Good, glad to know you admit being a moron.
I guess you rather just take BP's word for it and then have the victims wait 20 years while BP hires the best lawyers to litigate all these claims and hopefully after 20 years a judge decides BP should only pay a fraction of the damage they caused to the environment and the people?
Where did I get that scenario from? ExxonValdez.
If you believe all that BS, then can I offer you some magical beans? I'm selling them for 20K a pop
dfrutled 1 year ago
@dfrutled Do realize though, if they out spend themselves and become bankrupt then the US taxpayer has to foot everything. BP needs to pay, but this $20B is about 20% of their market cap. Their mrq debt was 32.15B this means that they're sinking... You want them to do well until this is cleaned up then clean them out. That means don't beat them up until you have everything settled.
SailorCire 1 year ago
@SailorCire Wrong again. You are using the ignorant view that Miss. Gov. is trying to use to justify supporting BP.
BP has made over 60 BILLION in profits in just the last 3 years. That's NET PROFITS. Over the past 5 years they have made more than 145 BILLION IN NET PROFITS.
Just this Q alone in 2010 they made 5.6 BILLION in profits. That's AFTER paying their costs.
BP is said to net 30B again this year. BP will not be going under buddy. They could pay 60B and still have Billions.
dfrutled 1 year ago
@dfrutled: dont confuse corporatists w/ facts... :)
rumpole33 1 year ago
@dfrutled Look at their outstanding debt though, their continuing dropping price (down to half from when this thing started), and a country that wants to run them deep in the ground. When you have the world's largest economy against you you will not do well.
SailorCire 1 year ago
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rumpole33 1 year ago
@Sailor: the ''world's largest economy'' has allowed BP to do business here for years, from gas stations to oil drilling. if we of the ''world's largest economy'' wanted "to run them deep in the ground", we could have done it long ago. a lot of the $ BP has made was in thanks to us. so ''you're welcome.''
rumpole33 1 year ago
@SailorCire: ur right, nobody should have to apologize for bush... that's bush's responsibility... but since he couldnt care less, SOMEBODY has to build up relationships w/ the rest of the world again
rumpole33 1 year ago
How dare this man who is supposed to represent the people apoligize to a foreign company who has not only wiped out the livlyhoods of thousands of americans but also is destroying our Oceans, wildlife and our food chain.
This just proves who's pocket our government is in. "a private company that is subjected to " !! Is he kidding.
We need to take our country BACK form the corperations!!!
TheNerak1331 1 year ago
did barton get a "BP" tramp-stamp after this or before this?
he needs to be kicked off that committee
rumpole33 1 year ago
Everyhing is big here in Texas! Big mouth Joe can insert both feet!
kimintexas 1 year ago
Dear Joe Barton,
Put your head between your legs, all the way back to your ass and put your ass in your mouth. I hope the dems slam the fuck out of the Rabid Repubs with what is in your heart. You stupid pile of buzzard shit. (oh, we apologize if anyone who has "misconstructed" these statements) -- see, you can be a hater and all you got to do is have the disclaimer apology at the end.
Sincerely,
America
816cameron 1 year ago 3
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The Rabid Republican biggest mistake with this troll is he forgot to follow the game plan and speak their ideology in CODE. No, this guy put it right out there and was caught with his pants down and his wrinkly prick hanging out. This is what this party looks like when you pull the covers back.
816cameron 1 year ago
Hey Barton, if you don't want to live in a country where corporations are actually held accountable for their actions, I am sure there are THOUSANDS of former shrimp boats for sale down in in the Gulf.
You can probably really gouge someone as well. That out to sweeten the pot, for the likes of you. They sure as hell won't be needing them anymore. You could sail off into the Gulf in days I bet!
Perhaps if they contributed more to your campaign you could be more... human?
NAH!!!
Seldona 1 year ago
I guess what Barton should have said to the CEO should have been "Please make sure my cut of your profit does not diminish because of this inconsequential oil spill"
I hope Texans vote this greedy little M*****F***** out. He can always go work for BP.
amigoamen 1 year ago 46
@amigoamen ur stupid.. he is mad because the government has not helped out at all.
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amigoamen 1 year ago
"It's unprecedented in our nation's history...." that a corporation wrecked the environment through irresponsible behavior, the government immediately asked them to provide money up front to pay for the damages, and they agreed without argument.
Yes, indeed that IS unprecedented! Take Exxon Valdez as an example. Exxon spilled oil in Alaska, George H.W. Bush asked nothing of them and Exxon offered nothing, and both parties insisting it would be settled in court, which it never really was.
TrollBuster9090 1 year ago 2
i wonder how much he got paid to say that...
achampag 1 year ago
You are a Texas shame, Joe...
sinterics 1 year ago 2
Just for the record TPM we down thumb your videos not because of you but we are downthumbing the people in your videos like the complete and utter PROSTITUTE of the oil industry Joe Barton.
someperson111 1 year ago
@someperson111 I feel you, but it doesn't make sense. It may hurt to upthumb after watching a douche like this, but TPM is doing valuable 'dirty work' by showing this atrocious behavior. I want these vids watched, so I hold my nose & upthumb.
Georgoking 1 year ago
I hope he doesn't back down from this position... oooops, he already did....
more5600 1 year ago
rep are just obama haters , anything he does , they hate , even before he does, if obama gave them every thing they wanted they would say he didnt do it fast enough, I dont even listen to them any more
chaplen45 1 year ago
This Parasite is a Traitor!!! A pimp for the Oil companies.
ground5443 1 year ago
GOD BLESS AMERICAN POLITICIANS!!!
sorensenallan 1 year ago
Absolutely ridiculous. It's a "terrible precedent" for BP to be held responsible for this? What is this idiot thinking?
ktalkpasa 1 year ago 24
@ktalkpasa
He's thinking of the big suitcase of 100's he just got paid to say it.
MarcusCardiff 1 year ago
remember his one of you lol
timer999o 1 year ago
Lest anyone doubt the identity of the Republican Party's *true* constituency. Has there ever been such a blatant display of "bought and paid for?" At least I admire his honesty for saying "I don't give a fuck about people or the envvironment - I only care about who is greasing my palm."
fishhead06 1 year ago 3
What a dope. Wikipedia lists Big Oil as his main contributors. He can leave this country as far as I'm concerned and please take the rest of the Republican party with him. They are not interested in the "Small People".
renshaw8 1 year ago 4
I apologize to the rest of the country that the people in my community keep this man in office.
MrWrestling2006 1 year ago 2
Mississippi quote on Escrow: "We have been asking for this for Two weeks. They called us stupid. Thank you for listening to red necks President Obama."
That's all I need.. those who will be getting in the $100 million for the moratorium and others for claims for business and income lost from $20 billion which is not a cap.
People are already having problems with claims because of proving paper works for a suit, escrow was the best bet
I don't think he represents republican, he is a prick.
MsBrian57 1 year ago
@MsBrian57 Then people of MIss. will be deeply saddened when they realize that their Governor thinks BP should NOT have to put up this fund. In fact, Miss. Governor has been in the pockets of oil companies personally and publicly while in office.
I urge you to watch this video and pass it on to the people of Mississippi
Search youtube: "Oil Funded Governor Protects BP On Fox News"
Let me know what you think.
dfrutled 1 year ago
Rep. Barton contact information joebarton. house.gov/ ContactJoe. aspx ?Type=Contact
Please show the trader your love and affection . :)
nuumskee 1 year ago
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We the People!! need to send a cease and desist order to Osamabama a long with an eviction notice for him and all these assclowns in DC!!!! Then get some honest hard working Americans in there to repeal all of the bullshit they have shoved down the throats of the American people for the last 100 years!!!!!
Mrcharliebobo 1 year ago
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We the People!! need to send a cease and desist order to Osamabama a long with an eviction notice for him and all these assclowns in DC!!!! Then get some honest hard working Americans in there to repeal all of the bullshit they have shoved down the throats of the American people for the last 100 years!!!!
Mrcharliebobo 1 year ago
Please call his office, the head of the RNC, and the head of any committees he may be on and complain. He has clearly been compromised and doesn't work in the best interest of his district. He should resign.
nuumskee 1 year ago
This man just committed political suicide.
xxxFaustusxxx 1 year ago
Evil fucks. Kill them all.
3ssay 1 year ago
Oh jayzus. F**k you, you utter asshat.
TabaquiJackal906 1 year ago
fucking Barton. u #FAIL America is a corporation - fascism.
KhmerD0g 1 year ago
The modern-day conservative movement (1980 - present)
Ask NOT what you can do for your country.
A$k what YOU can do for your corporation.
RonPaulGeorgeRingo 1 year ago 5
FUCK YOU BARTON. EAT MY SHIT.
LoryLandskipper 1 year ago
"I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shake-down"
This corporation caused the largest single environmental disaster in US history; they poisoned the entire Gulf Coast for the foreseeable future (ie decades to recover) and asking them to pay for the damages is a "shake-down"?!!
With representatives as corrupt as Joe Barton and Haley Barber, the entire region will be forever affected by the greed of oil
micahgee 1 year ago 2
This guy is an Ahole, howvr I mst point out to all those people who rip on the south, calling it dirty, an uneducated. The city of Austin does not have street sweeping trucks. Do you know why? its because here, peple dont trash the fucking streets, they take personal responsibility for thr mess and clean up. Los Angeles, and San francisco have teh dirtiest fucking streets in the country, and its own inhabitants lecture others on trashing the environment? I used to live in Venice, its a shithole.
rufayel 1 year ago
@rufayel Austin’s Solid Waste (SWS) serves approximately 180,000 customers and offers a variety of services. These services include: garbage, recycling, and yard trimmings collection; large brush and bulk items collection; a household hazardous waste drop-off facility; litter control; dead animal collection; and street cleaning.
nuumskee 1 year ago
@rufayel - They are all assholes, ALL OF THEM!, you can't just single this clown out of the pack of assclowns!! as for the rest of your post, THUMBS UP!! nicely stated!
Mrcharliebobo 1 year ago
it might be interesting if some of the CEO's of companies doing business in the US were required to sign a contract to follow the Chinese custom of suicide for certain 'crimes'.
mARCarchitectureaz 1 year ago
@mARCarchitectureaz
chinese officials just execute u. they don't need u to sign any contract. they executed 2 people who manufactured tainted milk.
KhmerD0g 1 year ago
@KhmerD0g yes, you know its hard for me to speak against such motives when our waters are destroyed like this. :(
nuumskee 1 year ago
@KhmerD0g
Chinese Communo-corporatist method of ensuring product safety: No "nanny state" inspections of products. Just shoot the company president every time some kid dies from tainted milk.
Free-market capitalist method of ensuring product safety: No "nanny state" inspections. Just sue the company every time some kid dies from tainted milk.
If the first method doesn't prevent tainted milk, what are the odds the second method will? Bring back the nanny state!
TrollBuster9090 1 year ago
I will be calling his office and complaining to this prick
Republican Rep Barton (BP-TX)
dfrutled 1 year ago
Wow, a Texas hillbilly Republican standing up for an oil company that trashes the environment. This entire situation has a tea-baggin' Sarah Palin tone to it.
leavellscott0481 1 year ago 2
Search on here for "Oops I made a mistake that's all". Or look up that rule about corporations and political campaign contribution limits.
PharaohNineD 1 year ago
Gee, a Republican from Texas, the big corporate oil state standing up for BP! Joe Barton you are a real piece of work! You should resign today for being so transparent, another GOP lobbyist for corporate America. You need to apologize to the American people, and go away!
socketjeff 1 year ago 2
What we see here is absolute corruption. Barton's mouth is brown with the shit from BP's ass ! ! !
jamesmaseobrown 1 year ago 2
Come here and say that! For those of us who live along the coast this isn't a shakedown, it is only the beginning of justice!
panicbean 1 year ago
Translation: Please give me huge campaign donations when I come up for reelection. EPIC douche.
agentbacardi 1 year ago
Titanic douche detected!
marcabbob 1 year ago
i apologize to the rest of america that Barton was ever elected in the first place. how out of touch can he possibly be?
missmoirashea 1 year ago
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VeryEvilPettingZoo 1 year ago
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VeryEvilPettingZoo 1 year ago
Barton is a "CAK" = Corporate Ass Kisser.
topthickproducer 1 year ago
Rep Joe Barton - (BP-TX)
RobertSeattle 1 year ago
Barton apologizes for having his head up BP's ass.
dudev 1 year ago 2
F this POS. You asshole. Go swim in the Gulf shithead.
mrbzero 1 year ago
based on this single remark, we should chop this son of a "macaroni and cheese" and feed it to the suffering wildlife
wsasmita 1 year ago
when 2012 comes in for re-election. Obama said it himself when he made his victory speech. HE CAN NOT DO IT ALONE. not just for the republicans which are just making matters sooo much worse. but also with us the people taking more care of ourselves. this just goes to show that we always have to be ready to hold our own when shit like this happens. like i said before. dnt attack the hand thats trying to pick you up, attack the reason for you needing the helping hand in the first place
bklyn390 1 year ago 2
not for nothing people, but these are the kind of people that is making it harder for Obama to do his job. its a shame that the people keep on talking trash about him and hating him because he cnt fix an 8 year problem in 2 years or less. everyone needs to go back to the basics of politics and need to understand the other branches wont give Obama a chance no matter what. to them it dont matter that he is the president. and i know for a fact they are going to do all the can to kick him out
bklyn390 1 year ago 7
JOE BARTON is nothing more than a thief!!!!!!!!
synthartist69 1 year ago
I don't live in Joe Barton district however I would like to apologize on behalf of all of the sane people of Texas for Joe Barton(R-BP).
rickamabob13 1 year ago 43
@rickamabob13 I almost cant believe I am seeing this... BP HAS TO PAY FOR ITS WRONG DOING! The 20 billion is not a "concession" it is a mandatory payment that they should have made from the beginning. I apologize to BP for all the pain that Joe Barton has caused them, it must have been painful to pull Barton's head out of their ASS!
LBU2NA 1 year ago
@rickamabob13 Your comment is not only funny but right on.This guy's personnal interests are just dripping out of every hole in his body. Barton REALLY opitimisizes what is wrong with our leaders today and why this country is on shakey ground right now....He's from the school of politics where you generously feed and suck off of the corporate monster and ignore people, for example, who can't make a decent living in the gulf because of a CORPORATE disaster! This cunt should resign immediately!
paulkendzi 1 year ago
I apologize on behalf of the entire human race that we've produced a Joe Barton.
filmacher 1 year ago
This Kennedy Killer (as are all conservatives from Texas are) is a WHORE of the 'man'. Cons love to preach personal responsibility, but that only applies to the working class people, not the large and influential corporate masters.
MeritisDE 1 year ago
Yeah, why would we make them pay for the problem they have made!! We should be paying to fix BP's problem!!
millercw1 1 year ago
Only in Texas..
ubernerd35 1 year ago
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this from a man who accepted 1.5 million in campaign donations from the oil industry. Now we know who he works for. seems like a major conflict of interest to be on the energy and commerce committee and be accepting that much money from the oil industry.
ohiobmxrider 1 year ago
Pig
DeepthroatRecords 1 year ago
I guess we now know what $1,500,000.00 in campaign contributions buys!
Without the escrow account, claims for recovery would take up to 20 years (TY Exxon)
Does the republican party like being in the minority? It's like some have just given up, and are just looking to cash in while they can.
The $1.5 million given to this single ass clown is 3 TIMES what an acoustic shut off safety valve would have cost (and required in EVERY country except the US).
F•CKING Texas........AGAIN!
fret2424 1 year ago
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This is one reason why the Republicans are the "top 1%" holders of 95% of all the wealth in the nation - they scratch each-others backs !!?
edenny1 1 year ago
FUCK YOU Barton! They fucked up! What in the fuck is he apologizing for? That the company that gave him cash to get elected is now on the hook for 20mill!?
RacerEckss 1 year ago
I am ashamed that this dimwit dickwad was elected from the State of Texas even though I was already aware that his constituents are of less than below average intelligence. He represents them all too well.
Wisegeorge 1 year ago
This is exactly what is wrong with this country. Cocksucking greedy bastards like Joe Barton taking money from special interest, big oil in this case! BP claims they want to do everything they can to help.....such BS...lol lol lol. If that was the case, then this asshole Joe Barton would even have mentioned the 20billion fund. People are getting tired of the greed you loser!!!!!!! Your day in hell will come!!!!!
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LondonBMX 1 year ago
Shaking down taxpayers is ok?
general010 1 year ago
what ....the...FUCK?!?!?! This asshole just said that he doesn't want to live in a country where a citizen or a corporation is forced to PAY for their mistakes when they do something LEGITIMATELY WRONG?!?!? And people wonder why nothing ever gets done in Washington? Well, here it is folks! Our elected officials hard at work, basically pissing on our heads and telling us it's raining and all we can do is bitch about it on YouTube.
BeatManSpank 1 year ago
Fuck him.
SJamesGray 1 year ago
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Joe Barton you are a whore to the oil industry.............keep your pants open wide so the oil industry can shove another 1.5 million dollars up your posterior! Mr Barton America is ashamed of you!
barbtube01 1 year ago
I like how the Repubs got mad at Obama for not doing anything fast enough in the gulf. even sometimes comparing it too W Bush's response to Katrina. Than when Obama does do something, he shouldnt be taking money from the poor ol' gas company. this country is silly, but i wouldnt go anywhere else.
jj1oo2ee3 1 year ago
Fuck this guy
volumedealer1 1 year ago 2
Rep Barton then proceded to give the CEO of BP a blow job while fingering himself.
wowamonn 1 year ago 2
If Obama found the cure to cancer, this ass would apologize to cancer.
sbrooks0178 1 year ago 14
What a friggin corporate SHILL!
Typical Reagan zombie!
RonPaulGeorgeRingo 1 year ago
you don't want to live here, then leave mr. republican.
Kyanlikethepepper 1 year ago
The true face of the Republican Party - enemies of the people, loyal to the corporations.
AsparagusJam 1 year ago 32
@AsparagusJam - And the democrats are exempt how??? assclown!!!
Mrcharliebobo 1 year ago
@As