The Oil Whore - #395

#395 REP. JOE BARTON
GOP COCKSUCKER REPRESENTING THE TEXAS 6TH

Joe showed whose side he was on when the House Committee on Energy & Commerce convened to demand some kind of picture from BP CEO Tony Hayward about the
company's efforts to plug the well on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico that is pouring out an estimated 165,000 barrels per day.

Hayward had appeared there for a public spanking, which is what CEO's of companies should expect AT THE LEAST when they cause a tragedy this enormous. He is lucky he wasn't shot right through the fucking head on his way to the hearing room.

How enormous? Well, the 2010 Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico ranks as the worst
environmental disaster in the history of the United States. Worse even than the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska 21 years ago. The disaster will affect small business owners, fishermen, entire companies, entire breeding populations of endangered bird species for DECADES to come.

Barton apologized because the White House basically told BP to establish a $20 billion escrow fund for cleaning up the mess they made in the Gulf. Barton described this as a 'shakedown' and said he didn't want to live in a country where any time a citizen or corporation did anything wrong, they were subjected to political pressure.

Anyone who has ever made their teenager pay for the damage they caused for doing
something like accidentally crashing the family car into the neighbor's mailbox, will recognize just what BP went through when at the White House. And they will recognize it is NOT a 'shakedown.' Everyone except for Rep. Joe Barton, that is, who has been an oil whore for SO long that he cries 'unfair!' at any attempt to hold BP responsible for it's actions.

Others such as GOP Cocksucker #341 (HOUSE MINORITY LEADER JOHN BONER...I MEAN,
BOEHNER) and GOP Cocksucker Rep. Jeff Miller of the Florida 1st (NO NUMBER YET), who represents one of the bays polluted by BP, have backed away from Barton as fast as they can. Miller went so far as to call for Barton's resignation from the
committee.

With thanks to TPM Muckraker and the Washington Post.

S. Olson