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Why it’s in nobody’s interest to bankrupt BP:

Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

… pissing all over BP will just end up hurting the very people whose cause his critics claim to be championing.  As it is … toxic carping has already caused the company to lose over $80 billion (half of its market value), all of which could have been siphoned off instead in government fines, cleanup costs, and private lawsuits.

(BP spill turns media swooning over Obama toxic, The iPINIONS Journal, June 7, 2010)

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