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	<title>Comments on: Exxon Valdez expert Riki Ott tells Florida to dig in for a protracted legal, environmental battle</title>
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		<title>By: Oil Spill: Feinberg Takes Over the Compensation Claims - Ecocentric - TIME.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: GulfSmallPerson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been tweeting and saying this day 1 along with my friends.You only need one 1 major spill to destroy an ecosystem and we got ours.We were shocked that Floridians in Feb. were in favor of off-shore drilling 54% I wonder how those people feel now.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We don&#039;t really know if the Gulf water or seafood is safe.&lt;br&gt;AS soon as the oil spill is plugged look for BP to stop all claims,close claim offices,disappear from the Gulf and battle it out in court.&lt;br&gt;Most of oil is dispersed in the water columns so we will not know the damage for years and decades.&lt;br&gt;The oil is just entering the food chain so we dont know what species will crash as it works it way up the food chain.&lt;br&gt;Bp will claim the oil spill was not that bad.&lt;br&gt;BP will say that it is not their oil claiming that there are other spills in the Gulf.&lt;br&gt;The EPA has done a poor job on giving air and water quality reports for around the entire Gulf.&lt;br&gt;BP will write off the spill as a business expense and get out of taxes but they can&#039;t for the penalties.&lt;br&gt;If any cases do go to court BP will be looking for oil friendly judges.&lt;br&gt;They will do like Exxon did and wait 20 years and get a politician or judge to reduce the fines and penalties.&lt;br&gt;By watching C-span you can tell who in congress is being lobbied by Big Oil.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Oil is a 100 year old technology there HAS to be a better energy source than drilling miles down under the ocean floor(where no human has walked) and other fragile ecosystems.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I am barely 40 and I don&#039;t expect to see the pristine Gulf back in my lifetime but maybe my kids will.We are leaving them with a ton of debt why not pollution too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been tweeting and saying this day 1 along with my friends.You only need one 1 major spill to destroy an ecosystem and we got ours.We were shocked that Floridians in Feb. were in favor of off-shore drilling 54% I wonder how those people feel now.</p>
<p>We don&#39;t really know if the Gulf water or seafood is safe.<br />AS soon as the oil spill is plugged look for BP to stop all claims,close claim offices,disappear from the Gulf and battle it out in court.<br />Most of oil is dispersed in the water columns so we will not know the damage for years and decades.<br />The oil is just entering the food chain so we dont know what species will crash as it works it way up the food chain.<br />Bp will claim the oil spill was not that bad.<br />BP will say that it is not their oil claiming that there are other spills in the Gulf.<br />The EPA has done a poor job on giving air and water quality reports for around the entire Gulf.<br />BP will write off the spill as a business expense and get out of taxes but they can&#39;t for the penalties.<br />If any cases do go to court BP will be looking for oil friendly judges.<br />They will do like Exxon did and wait 20 years and get a politician or judge to reduce the fines and penalties.<br />By watching C-span you can tell who in congress is being lobbied by Big Oil.</p>
<p>Oil is a 100 year old technology there HAS to be a better energy source than drilling miles down under the ocean floor(where no human has walked) and other fragile ecosystems.</p>
<p>I am barely 40 and I don&#39;t expect to see the pristine Gulf back in my lifetime but maybe my kids will.We are leaving them with a ton of debt why not pollution too.</p>
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		<title>By: merlesavage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Our planet is being destroyed, along with the inhabitants, one spill at a time. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BP&#039;s deception comes as no surprise to any of us. Please American people think about it: If there had been no explosion in the beginning, would we have known about the gushing oil from the well? How many of the abandon oceans oil wells are gushing oil? Shouldn&#039;t here be an agency that monitors all oil companies’ drilling action in our ocean beds? Oh, that’s right, there is! However, just like BP, Exxon and the rest of the oil companies, government official agencies are busy covering their lies, and dancing the Dance of Deliberate Deception. Over the last 80 years our US Government has become good at the side step dance also. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Great, the oil has stopped for now, however, Crude oil continues to invade the Gulf; as BP, the US Government, and other official agencies monitoring the toxic crude, continues to FIDDLE.  That is what I called the Dance of Deliberate Deception.  No one will come forward with the intestinal fortitude, and declare the obvious - that crude oil is toxic to breathe.  I have been told by OSHA that a medical study cannot be conducted until after 6 months of exposure.  WHAT?  There have been 21 years since the exposure of the crude oil in Prince William Sound, and no one is listening.  So, after 6 months of workers in the gulf breathe in the crude oil, a study can be conducted?  That leads us to believe that the government is holding up the rug, while BP sweeps known reports under the same rug, and the other agencies conduct the Dance of Deliberate Deception on top of the rug.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;President Obama, how about admitting that the crude oil is toxic, and demand BP provide respirators for the oil cleanup workers, and compensation for the Gulf unemployment caused by the disaster.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 1989 Exxon told the cleanup workers the same story, that the crude oil is not toxic. Some of us are living proof of the toxic exposure, and many others have died. Please view the YouTube video, and help get the message to Gulf residents, BP crude oil cleanup workers, and President Obama. Respirators need to be supplied to oil cleanup crews.&lt;br&gt;Thank you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Toxic Crude Oil in Gulf&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M1J7U2GYA0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M1J7U2GYA0&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our planet is being destroyed, along with the inhabitants, one spill at a time. </p>
<p>BP&#39;s deception comes as no surprise to any of us. Please American people think about it: If there had been no explosion in the beginning, would we have known about the gushing oil from the well? How many of the abandon oceans oil wells are gushing oil? Shouldn&#39;t here be an agency that monitors all oil companies’ drilling action in our ocean beds? Oh, that’s right, there is! However, just like BP, Exxon and the rest of the oil companies, government official agencies are busy covering their lies, and dancing the Dance of Deliberate Deception. Over the last 80 years our US Government has become good at the side step dance also. </p>
<p>Great, the oil has stopped for now, however, Crude oil continues to invade the Gulf; as BP, the US Government, and other official agencies monitoring the toxic crude, continues to FIDDLE.  That is what I called the Dance of Deliberate Deception.  No one will come forward with the intestinal fortitude, and declare the obvious &#8211; that crude oil is toxic to breathe.  I have been told by OSHA that a medical study cannot be conducted until after 6 months of exposure.  WHAT?  There have been 21 years since the exposure of the crude oil in Prince William Sound, and no one is listening.  So, after 6 months of workers in the gulf breathe in the crude oil, a study can be conducted?  That leads us to believe that the government is holding up the rug, while BP sweeps known reports under the same rug, and the other agencies conduct the Dance of Deliberate Deception on top of the rug.</p>
<p>President Obama, how about admitting that the crude oil is toxic, and demand BP provide respirators for the oil cleanup workers, and compensation for the Gulf unemployment caused by the disaster.  </p>
<p>In 1989 Exxon told the cleanup workers the same story, that the crude oil is not toxic. Some of us are living proof of the toxic exposure, and many others have died. Please view the YouTube video, and help get the message to Gulf residents, BP crude oil cleanup workers, and President Obama. Respirators need to be supplied to oil cleanup crews.<br />Thank you.</p>
<p>Toxic Crude Oil in Gulf<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M1J7U2GYA0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M1J7U2GYA0</a></p>
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		<title>By: merlesavage</title>
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		<dc:creator>merlesavage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Our planet is being destroyed, along with the inhabitants, one spill at a time. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BP&#039;s deception comes as no surprise to any of us. Please American people think about it: If there had been no explosion in the beginning, would we have known about the gushing oil from the well? How many of the abandon oceans oil wells are gushing oil? Shouldn&#039;t here be an agency that monitors all oil companies’ drilling action in our ocean beds? Oh, that’s right, there is! However, just like BP, Exxon and the rest of the oil companies, government official agencies are busy covering their lies, and dancing the Dance of Deliberate Deception. Over the last 80 years our US Government has become good at the side step dance also. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Great, the oil has stopped for now, however, Crude oil continues to invade the Gulf; as BP, the US Government, and other official agencies monitoring the toxic crude, continues to FIDDLE.  That is what I called the Dance of Deliberate Deception.  No one will come forward with the intestinal fortitude, and declare the obvious - that crude oil is toxic to breathe.  I have been told by OSHA that a medical study cannot be conducted until after 6 months of exposure.  WHAT?  There have been 21 years since the exposure of the crude oil in Prince William Sound, and no one is listening.  So, after 6 months of workers in the gulf breathe in the crude oil, a study can be conducted?  That leads us to believe that the government is holding up the rug, while BP sweeps known reports under the same rug, and the other agencies conduct the Dance of Deliberate Deception on top of the rug.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;President Obama, how about admitting that the crude oil is toxic, and demand BP provide respirators for the oil cleanup workers, and compensation for the Gulf unemployment caused by the disaster.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 1989 Exxon told the cleanup workers the same story, that the crude oil is not toxic. Some of us are living proof of the toxic exposure, and many others have died. Please view the YouTube video, and help get the message to Gulf residents, BP crude oil cleanup workers, and President Obama. Respirators need to be supplied to oil cleanup crews.&lt;br&gt;Thank you.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Toxic Crude Oil in Gulf&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M1J7U2GYA0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M1J7U2GYA0&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our planet is being destroyed, along with the inhabitants, one spill at a time. </p>
<p>BP&#39;s deception comes as no surprise to any of us. Please American people think about it: If there had been no explosion in the beginning, would we have known about the gushing oil from the well? How many of the abandon oceans oil wells are gushing oil? Shouldn&#39;t here be an agency that monitors all oil companies’ drilling action in our ocean beds? Oh, that’s right, there is! However, just like BP, Exxon and the rest of the oil companies, government official agencies are busy covering their lies, and dancing the Dance of Deliberate Deception. Over the last 80 years our US Government has become good at the side step dance also. </p>
<p>Great, the oil has stopped for now, however, Crude oil continues to invade the Gulf; as BP, the US Government, and other official agencies monitoring the toxic crude, continues to FIDDLE.  That is what I called the Dance of Deliberate Deception.  No one will come forward with the intestinal fortitude, and declare the obvious &#8211; that crude oil is toxic to breathe.  I have been told by OSHA that a medical study cannot be conducted until after 6 months of exposure.  WHAT?  There have been 21 years since the exposure of the crude oil in Prince William Sound, and no one is listening.  So, after 6 months of workers in the gulf breathe in the crude oil, a study can be conducted?  That leads us to believe that the government is holding up the rug, while BP sweeps known reports under the same rug, and the other agencies conduct the Dance of Deliberate Deception on top of the rug.</p>
<p>President Obama, how about admitting that the crude oil is toxic, and demand BP provide respirators for the oil cleanup workers, and compensation for the Gulf unemployment caused by the disaster.  </p>
<p>In 1989 Exxon told the cleanup workers the same story, that the crude oil is not toxic. Some of us are living proof of the toxic exposure, and many others have died. Please view the YouTube video, and help get the message to Gulf residents, BP crude oil cleanup workers, and President Obama. Respirators need to be supplied to oil cleanup crews.<br />Thank you.</p>
<p>Toxic Crude Oil in Gulf<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M1J7U2GYA0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M1J7U2GYA0</a></p>
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		<title>By: Brianjdonovan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The issue is whether victims of the BP oil gusher will also be victims of the BP Oil Spill Victim Compensation Fund.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Orange Beach, Alabama Mayor Tony Kennon recently said the pace of BP aid has been far too slow and that many Gulf businesses might not make it past the end of the summer. Referring to BP, Kennon stated, &quot;They&#039;ve paid essentially nothing,&quot; he said. &quot;As far as I&#039;m concerned, they&#039;re dishonest. They&#039;re running this big PR campaign.&quot; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“I am determined to come up with a system more generous and more beneficial than if you file a lawsuit,” Feinberg repeatedly states. Here, the question is whether the system will be more generous and more beneficial for BP or BP’s victims.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Attorney General King is correct in stating that it is time for the State of Alabama to file a lawsuit against BP. Memories fade with the passage of time. Therefore, witnesses should be deposed as soon as possible. Postponing litigation will only benefit BP.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BP&#039;s defense will be simple: &quot;Spill, what spill? Dispersants, what dispersants? Compensation fund, what compensation fund?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All victims of the BP oil gusher should read this article:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://donovanlawgroup.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/165/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://donovanlawgroup.wordpress.com/2010/07/19...&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The issue is whether victims of the BP oil gusher will also be victims of the BP Oil Spill Victim Compensation Fund.</p>
<p>Orange Beach, Alabama Mayor Tony Kennon recently said the pace of BP aid has been far too slow and that many Gulf businesses might not make it past the end of the summer. Referring to BP, Kennon stated, &#8220;They&#39;ve paid essentially nothing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As far as I&#39;m concerned, they&#39;re dishonest. They&#39;re running this big PR campaign.&#8221; </p>
<p>“I am determined to come up with a system more generous and more beneficial than if you file a lawsuit,” Feinberg repeatedly states. Here, the question is whether the system will be more generous and more beneficial for BP or BP’s victims.</p>
<p>Attorney General King is correct in stating that it is time for the State of Alabama to file a lawsuit against BP. Memories fade with the passage of time. Therefore, witnesses should be deposed as soon as possible. Postponing litigation will only benefit BP.</p>
<p>BP&#39;s defense will be simple: &#8220;Spill, what spill? Dispersants, what dispersants? Compensation fund, what compensation fund?&#8221;</p>
<p>All victims of the BP oil gusher should read this article:</p>
<p><a href="http://donovanlawgroup.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/165/" rel="nofollow">http://donovanlawgroup.wordpress.com/2010/07/19&#8230;</a></p>
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