So corporations are people, fine: But does that mean Rep. Barton has to apologize for hurting their feelings?

Russ Kiernan: You are joking right?

Davida Gisriel: See? Democrats like to apologize to countries and their citizens for invading and killing them.... Republicans like to apologize to multibillion dollar corporations for insisting that they pay for damages inflicted by the companies lax safety standards and lack of a back up plan to combat what has become the nations largest man made catastrophe in history.Drill baby drill...Show more

Myriam Hetjonk: Zer0bama and his bureaucrats sat BP down and reported; 'you will create a fund of $20 billion that is going to be administered with the aid of a third get at the same time which you will have no oversight or redress for unlawful claims and in case you do no longer we can confiscate the money besides. in case you had another plan to compensate, overlook it.' there is actual no precedent in regulation for the administrative to try this and section step the judiciary. BP has an stunning case against it. i'm upset tha! t Barton even marginally retracted his assertion. His feedback have been genuine, suitable and that i help them one hundred%. it truly is a usual prepare with the aid of Vladmir Putin in Russia....Show more

Antwan Schrum: Barton should speak for himself not anyone else I wonder how much big oil money he gets

Bernie Cerra: But if we're mean to them, they will raise their prices, even though they'll raise their prices anyways.

Lashawn Zabarkes: Ah people after my own heart---staying abreast of the current news! Texas Republican Barton has even angered some Republican colleagues (i.e., John Boehner tried to distance Republicans from Barton's foolish statement that the $20,000,000,000 the President negotiated as a Set-Aside fund (to be overseen by the same guy who distributed compensation to the families of 9/11 victims) is "political extortion" on the part of President Obama! To answer one of your responders, Barton has supposedly received more than $3,000,! 000 in campaign donations from big oil, although there is a ni! fty website set up by the Sunlight Foundation, opensecrets.org, which identifies who gets how much from whom. Perhaps this cozy-up kiss-big-donors'-buttocks attitude on the part of the GOP may be why our financial reforms for greed-driven recession-causing BANKS and WALL STREET are now being BLOCKED by Republicans in the Senate? And these "maroons" (to quote Bugs Bunny) still have the delusion that they are "representatives of the people?" I hope they LOSE seats in the upcoming midterms BIG TIME!...Show more