Congressional Representative Barton From Texas: A Stooge For Monopoly Businesses?

Politicians are endlessly idiotic. How ungodly stupid do you have to be to get in front of a live television feed where millions of Americans and every major press corp is watching, and say the completely idiotic remarks in this video? I mean, what planet is this guy from? Did he think the press or the people of this country were going to applaud him for his completely asinine statements? Was he hoping to win favors with oil lobbyists? It didn't take him long to realize he had a major public relations crisis brewing from his remarks.

The Congressman is right. We do have a rule of law. And BP will get its day in court. But, under prior agreements set forth in the 1990s, BP is legally liable. Now. And, this company, whether it is a legitimate accident or a case of criminal negligence, (to be determined by the rule of law), BP has a responsibility to society and to its dead employees. Even if that responsibility is one of morality. (Which it isn't.) What would prompt such stupidity? Well, I wonder how much money a Congressperson from Texas has received from oil companies during his career? How many special favors? I'm sure some enterprising persons are going to let us know in coming weeks given the hoof in mouth disease of Congressman Barton.