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Originally Posted by Webstral
I have a feeling that public rage will compel the [expletive deleted] American politicians to choose between fining BP to within an inch of their fiscal lives or being voted out of office.
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I hate to say it, and it may be the severely cynical side I have, but I think that everything that our politicians are doing right now "against" BP is for show only. In reality, they won't bite the hand that feeds them as much as big oil does. Voter apathy and the lack of an informed electorate (and the lack of an attention span people in this country have) along with the disinformation and on-air lying that money buys, will ensure that most of them will remain in office. Look at Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana -- he's simultaneously criticizing Obama for not doing enough about the spill and demanding that the holds on the drilling leases off of Louisiana be lifted.