Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann can be counted upon to speak up as a whacky, loony embarrassment to the Republican Party and the nation on a regular basis, and she has done it again! 
At a time when British Petroleum Corporation, the company responsible for the horrific oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, which has destroyed the economy and environment of the area for a very long time, is ready to take action in a responsible way, Michele Bachmann is suddenly advising them to be uncooperative!
BP has agreed to a $20 billion escrow fund to pay for damages done and lost income that so many people have suffered, and they have also agreed to suspend dividend payments of more than $10 billion to shareholders of the company for the rest of the year. President Obama was able to gain this agreement, and despite the criticism of talk show hosts ranging from Fox News Channel to MSNBC to radio shows, he is to be commended for obtaining the concessions by BP!
But Bachmann instead has condemned the escrow fund as a way for government to gain more control over people’s lives, as a way to promote redistribution of wealth, and said BP should not be “fleeced” and become “chumps” to pay for “perpetual unemployment”!
Bachmann spoke to the Heritage Foundation, not famous for having any understanding of the lives of ordinary Americans or having sympathy for those less fortunate!
Bachmann and the Heritage Foundation, and assuredly, the many other conservatives and Republicans who will back what she says, needs to be condemned by all fair minded people!
This is the greatest man made disaster we have seen, and it is essential that the national government be involved in the resolution of this matter!
After a slow start, President Obama is finally taking a strong position which, hopefully, will lead to the beginning of resolving this horrible situation! But of course, the capping of this massive oil leak is of even higher priority to stop the hemorrhaging that we observe on television and the internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week!
It’s dumbfounding that it took them so long to make the headway they have. BP you’re really shown how your company is run. BP has over 100 years of experience in this business, and they still couldn’t stop the leak sooner? They’re a multi-national cooperation. This is their business! We really do give companies like them far too much credit. So sad. The saddest part of the whole situation is that many people have lost their livelihood. BP will go on, this won’t slow them down that much. But what about the small local businesses? They won’t see much of the money BP has to pay.