Senator won't accept email from out of district.

Whoa! A senator who wants to serve his own constituents and not play to the national stage. How very -- normal.

What is the guy thinking?

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Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com

Goverment serves to constutuents... What planet are you from?

VLV

OK, so "normal" wasn't a good choice of words. Perhaps "appropriate" or "laudable".

There are politicians who do their jobs -- they're just not the ones that hit the newspapers.

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Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com

When I want to send a message to an out-of-my-state Senator I simply look up and use an address and zip code in that district, then hammer his ass via their web mail :-) ...Jim Thompson

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      The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy

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If your intent was to piss him off, I guess he hammered you.

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Good idea, although I wish there was a way to get an email to all 100 senators. The democrats are pushing hard to create an escrow fund with $20 Billion dollars of BP money.

I could lose by business if/when the oil gets here. I'm concerned if the government gets their way, I would never get compensated for losses that I could have. I don't want the government to get involved, at this point I am confident BP will pay for any losses that I may have in the future, but they need to continue to be financially strong.

I'm sure you're aware that the BP stock price is down 44% since the spill started. This means they have lost 73 billion in market capitalization. It is time to help the company recover rather than do anything that could affect the price further.

Bp had profits of 21 Billion in 08 and 16 billion in 09. The first quarter of 2010 profit was 6 billion. They are doing well and have plenty of money to keep the company financially strong unless the government continues to weaken them.

Many retirees around the world rely on BP dividends for retirement income. If the senate pushes the idea to create an escrow fund and causes the dividend to be unpaid, this will lower the stock price, further weakening the company. Without those dividends retires will find other stocks to get there income**.

This could cause BP to fail.

The senators need to stay focused on the unintended consequences of creating an escrow fund.

** ( starting with 44% less money)

Mike

Senators and Congress Critters don't want to be bothered by their constituents. Thus you'll find that virtually ALL of them only have web-based E-mail. So you can't blanket E-mail them all at once.

If you can afford the money, snail mail them. Include chalk dust in the envelope... that gets their attention :-) ...Jim Thompson

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      The only thing bipartisan in this country is hypocrisy

Congressman Steve Cohen is a Progressive Democrat isn't he?

http://harris The tea party people are kind of without robes and hoods. They have really shown a very hardcore angry side of America that is against any type of diversity. We saw opposition to African-Americans, hostility towards gays, hostility towards anyone who, you know, just wasn=92t a clone of George Wallace=92s fan club.

You may listen to the audio of this if you wish. Rep. Cohen, who represents Tennessee=92s 9th Congressional District and is being opposed by Charlotte Bergmann. Her website carries an endorsement from the Tennessee Tea Party on its main page. The irony here? Cohen, who slanders millions by calling Tea Party members KKK- like is being opposed by a black woman. If the Tea Party really was KKK-like why would Ms. Bergmann carry their endorsement or why would the Tea Party urge people to vote for her?

Ms. Bergmann=92s website says the following:

The good sisters are telling you truthfully neighbor. =93Socialism=94 is not dead. Democrats are pushing a progressive, socialist agenda to redistribute your money. They are well on their way to killing =93the goose that lays the golden egg=94 of opportunity for all of us =85 freedom & capitalism! Where will Americans=92 generosity to the world come from then?

On the issues, Bergmann is a solid Conservative. The fact that the media make no mention of Cohen=92s hateful speech (there is hate speech from the Left?) or that the Tea Party urges people to vote for her indeed says a lot.

People like Cohen need to leave Government. Here=92s hoping that Ms. Bergmann proves successful in her quest to unseat him.

A further irony is that the KKK was created by Democrats after the Civil War and Martin Luther King, Sr. was a Republican. As for MLK=92s famous son=85 nobody can prove with which political party he identified himself.

My experience is that politicians like to do what it takes to keep their jobs, even when that conflicts with actually doing their jobs well, or even with simply doing their jobs.

One problem with democracies and true republics ("representative democracies") is that half the voters have below-average intelligence.

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But why is he taking money from everyone that is no in his district?

A smart and reliable politician, I wish there were more of them.

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A bird in the hand..... even if it's an oily bird.

How much infrastructure does BP have in the US. Can the government sieze it?

BP is probably toast. Eventually. IMO. It's all over but the shouting.

We should start a poll to guess the date when BP goes belly up.

Have you checked the balance sheets?

You assume a lot.

Think about this, BP is a company wth yearly profits of $15 Billion to $20 Billion every year, and a Market capitalization of about $100 Billion. If government takes it over, The value will drop and earnings will dwindle, the assets will waste away. The management of BP is using those assets to create billions in profits, every year for decades. Do you have a clue how many retires depend on the dividends paid out quarterly by BP. About 40% of BP stock is held in the US and another 40% in the UK.

If it happens I will blame the actions of the US government. BP is strong enough to cleanup the oil and pay claims of 10 billion dollars every year for decades. Mike

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If the government siezes BP, and nine more like it, perhaps they can pay for Obamacare.

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Hmm. Make that a hundred more BPs and pay social security. Two hundred and the entire budget is taken care of. Then the government can get down to spending some real money...

But look how much money the government is leaving on the table!

That is the best question, really!

Yep, just like the Exxon Valdez. Not a $ was forthcoming. A couple of million buys a good judge.

The mantra is and always been: Privatize gain, socialize loss/

Get real

b. Farmer

I can certainly understand cynicism. But I'm on a marina everyday and I'm seeing cleanup crews trained and hired by BP going out everyday. BP has booms and trailers with cleanup supplies for the boats to take with them as needed. At this time P.C. Fl. has no oil, but we do expect it will get here. These cleanup crews are getting paid well, BP has me convinced at least for now that they are paying for the cleanup. Here are clips from an article dated June 6th.

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"the spill has meant going further to fish, for which they are well compensated by BP on a monthly basis for using extra fuel. For others, including the anonymous fishermanquoted below, it has been a Godsend."

"Questioned more closely, one boat captain, Dodd 'Milk' Champagne, blurted: 'Those of us with bigger boats are still shrimping because we can go further out to sea, beyond the closed area.' His vessel, Milky Way, was due to depart the next morning for a ten-day expedition.

The vessel will cover more miles, devouring extra fuel, so he is entitled to collect compensation from BP on a monthly basis, and he has just received his first cheque, for $5,000.

His three deckhands also have each submitted claims - for $2,500 each - to compensate for 'lost earnings'."

This started happening in PC over a month ago, and we still don't have oil. But the checks have been cashed. MK <

"Hundreds of fishermen with smaller boats have converted them into oil-skimming vessels, which lower absorbent pads, resembling old-fashioned draught stoppers, into the ocean to scoop out the contaminants.

A BP source says the company is paying them between $1,200 and $3,000 a day, in addition to which they are reimbursed for their meals and fuel."

Ma'am, I hate to say anything good about BP,' I was told by a fisherman who asked not to be identified, because he is collecting $1,200 a day by the company to skim oil. But it was bad before the spill. I was lucky if I made $1,000 a month. After the mortgage on my house and other bills, we had maybe $120 a month left to buy food. We lived on chicken wings. We couldn't afford to eat our own shrimp. Now BP pays me $1,200 a day."

"Some workers ruefully admitted to me that they may have exaggerated.

A high school student said: 'I've asked for $2,500 but I really only work for my dad.'

And a boat owner said: 'I only shrimp part-time. Last year I netted $22,000. My main job is working tugs. I put in for $5,000 for me a month and $2,500 for my wife because she is my deckhand.'

A BP insider told me: 'Obviously there is some fraud and abuse but our aim has been to move money to people as quickly as possible..."

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Lisa Louque, a 47-year-old former dishwasher at Sarah's, a Grand Isle diner, told me that she had to spend a day and a half in hospital after a walk on the beach made her dizzy and disorientated. She said she has had to quit her job and is considering suing BP.

"I got sick after I picked up a piece of driftwood with oil on it,' she said. 'BP gave me $1,000 last month for lost wages but I'm behind in my rent. I've no cash. I'm not sure I will ever be able to work again. I just get weak, weak, weak.'

Another young worker at the diner cackled with laughter when I asked her about the plague of illness which suddenly seems to be affecting so many on Grand Isle.

She says she attributes it to the 'beer money' being handed out by BP. 'A six-pack before breakfast will make you feel real weak,' she said.

Emerging from the kitchen, the diner's owner, Miss Sarah - as she is fondly known locally - frowned at the giggling girl.

'I will say I am surprised that Lisa got ill,' she said."

MK