OT: FOX News and the oil blowout

[njtosd]

FYI – SEC doesn’t have authority to prosecute (in other words, pursue criminal charges against) anyone. It can bring civil actions but is not authorized to bring criminal actions. The following quote is taken from a longer description of the powers of the SEC which can be found at http://www.sec.gov/news/speech/spch070704et.htm:

“In the United States, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigates and prosecutes criminal violations of the federal securities laws. SEC staff may refer a matter to DOJ for investigation, and DOJ may conduct its criminal investigations parallel to the SEC’s civil investigations. Information shared between DOJ and the SEC make investigations and prosecution of these parallel matters more efficient and effective.”

Can’t really tell the point Allan is trying to make about the DOJ vs. SEC, but thought this was worth clarifying.

[Coronita]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=eavesdropper]
You know, Allan, everyone can’t be an overachiever like you. For god’s sake, man, the staff at the SEC have their hands full (pardon the expression) surfing for porn. And you want them to successfully prosecute Bernie Madoff, too??

You’re a heartless bastard.[/quote]

Eavesdropper: First off, its MR. Heartless Bastard to you, Miz Dominatrix.

Second, the visual of a group of SEC staffers pulling (pun intended) a circle jerk works both on actual and ironic levels.

Kidding aside, I’d rank Uncle Sugar’s prosecutorial capabilities right up there with BP’s deep drilling prowess. I’m not advocating a hands-off approach; far from it, but I think the gubment needs to decide who they actually represent: The citizens of this great nation, or the folks buying influence. The fact remains that the regulations are in place and have been for quite some time. Enforcement of same is something of a joke and that’s we have mines in West Virginia and refineries in Washington State and rigs in the Gulf blowing up.

The Obama Administration has proven itself as inept as Bush (see Salazar, Ken), but perhaps not as fully as complicit in handing the keys to industry. We, as a people, are not well represented by our elected officials, and I don’t know what will change that. The only way to overcome that kind of money is with effective mobilization of the electorate and Americans remain apathetic and uninvolved. Unless and until we learn to agitate and advocate for ourselves and each other, this shit will keep happening.[/quote]

My favorite quote from the Obamanator of all time when he said he needs to figure out “who’s ass to kick in this spill…”
Uh, doh… It’s it obvious yet? Or did was the teleprompter malfunctioning when he was speaking…. Lol….

I thought it was horrible also when Jindal was asking for permission to deploy booms and the government was also taking it’s candy ass time saying “we need to evaluate the impact of deploying these booms”. Uh, hmmmm..What the hell is there to evaluate? It doesn’t get much worse when oil mixes with vegetation/fish/birds…Doh…

I think our government is incapable of handling disasters, no matter which administration it’s on. Just a shell with a bunch of pension collecting folks. lol…

[Coronita]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=eavesdropper]
You know, Allan, everyone can’t be an overachiever like you. For god’s sake, man, the staff at the SEC have their hands full (pardon the expression) surfing for porn. And you want them to successfully prosecute Bernie Madoff, too??

You’re a heartless bastard.[/quote]

Eavesdropper: First off, its MR. Heartless Bastard to you, Miz Dominatrix.

Second, the visual of a group of SEC staffers pulling (pun intended) a circle jerk works both on actual and ironic levels.

Kidding aside, I’d rank Uncle Sugar’s prosecutorial capabilities right up there with BP’s deep drilling prowess. I’m not advocating a hands-off approach; far from it, but I think the gubment needs to decide who they actually represent: The citizens of this great nation, or the folks buying influence. The fact remains that the regulations are in place and have been for quite some time. Enforcement of same is something of a joke and that’s we have mines in West Virginia and refineries in Washington State and rigs in the Gulf blowing up.

The Obama Administration has proven itself as inept as Bush (see Salazar, Ken), but perhaps not as fully as complicit in handing the keys to industry. We, as a people, are not well represented by our elected officials, and I don’t know what will change that. The only way to overcome that kind of money is with effective mobilization of the electorate and Americans remain apathetic and uninvolved. Unless and until we learn to agitate and advocate for ourselves and each other, this shit will keep happening.[/quote]

My favorite quote from the Obamanator of all time when he said he needs to figure out “who’s ass to kick in this spill…”
Uh, doh… It’s it obvious yet? Or did was the teleprompter malfunctioning when he was speaking…. Lol….

I thought it was horrible also when Jindal was asking for permission to deploy booms and the government was also taking it’s candy ass time saying “we need to evaluate the impact of deploying these booms”. Uh, hmmmm..What the hell is there to evaluate? It doesn’t get much worse when oil mixes with vegetation/fish/birds…Doh…

I think our government is incapable of handling disasters, no matter which administration it’s on. Just a shell with a bunch of pension collecting folks. lol…

[Coronita]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=eavesdropper]
You know, Allan, everyone can’t be an overachiever like you. For god’s sake, man, the staff at the SEC have their hands full (pardon the expression) surfing for porn. And you want them to successfully prosecute Bernie Madoff, too??

You’re a heartless bastard.[/quote]

Eavesdropper: First off, its MR. Heartless Bastard to you, Miz Dominatrix.

Second, the visual of a group of SEC staffers pulling (pun intended) a circle jerk works both on actual and ironic levels.

Kidding aside, I’d rank Uncle Sugar’s prosecutorial capabilities right up there with BP’s deep drilling prowess. I’m not advocating a hands-off approach; far from it, but I think the gubment needs to decide who they actually represent: The citizens of this great nation, or the folks buying influence. The fact remains that the regulations are in place and have been for quite some time. Enforcement of same is something of a joke and that’s we have mines in West Virginia and refineries in Washington State and rigs in the Gulf blowing up.

The Obama Administration has proven itself as inept as Bush (see Salazar, Ken), but perhaps not as fully as complicit in handing the keys to industry. We, as a people, are not well represented by our elected officials, and I don’t know what will change that. The only way to overcome that kind of money is with effective mobilization of the electorate and Americans remain apathetic and uninvolved. Unless and until we learn to agitate and advocate for ourselves and each other, this shit will keep happening.[/quote]

My favorite quote from the Obamanator of all time when he said he needs to figure out “who’s ass to kick in this spill…”
Uh, doh… It’s it obvious yet? Or did was the teleprompter malfunctioning when he was speaking…. Lol….

I thought it was horrible also when Jindal was asking for permission to deploy booms and the government was also taking it’s candy ass time saying “we need to evaluate the impact of deploying these booms”. Uh, hmmmm..What the hell is there to evaluate? It doesn’t get much worse when oil mixes with vegetation/fish/birds…Doh…

I think our government is incapable of handling disasters, no matter which administration it’s on. Just a shell with a bunch of pension collecting folks. lol…

[Coronita]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=eavesdropper]
You know, Allan, everyone can’t be an overachiever like you. For god’s sake, man, the staff at the SEC have their hands full (pardon the expression) surfing for porn. And you want them to successfully prosecute Bernie Madoff, too??

You’re a heartless bastard.[/quote]

Eavesdropper: First off, its MR. Heartless Bastard to you, Miz Dominatrix.

Second, the visual of a group of SEC staffers pulling (pun intended) a circle jerk works both on actual and ironic levels.

Kidding aside, I’d rank Uncle Sugar’s prosecutorial capabilities right up there with BP’s deep drilling prowess. I’m not advocating a hands-off approach; far from it, but I think the gubment needs to decide who they actually represent: The citizens of this great nation, or the folks buying influence. The fact remains that the regulations are in place and have been for quite some time. Enforcement of same is something of a joke and that’s we have mines in West Virginia and refineries in Washington State and rigs in the Gulf blowing up.

The Obama Administration has proven itself as inept as Bush (see Salazar, Ken), but perhaps not as fully as complicit in handing the keys to industry. We, as a people, are not well represented by our elected officials, and I don’t know what will change that. The only way to overcome that kind of money is with effective mobilization of the electorate and Americans remain apathetic and uninvolved. Unless and until we learn to agitate and advocate for ourselves and each other, this shit will keep happening.[/quote]

My favorite quote from the Obamanator of all time when he said he needs to figure out “who’s ass to kick in this spill…”
Uh, doh… It’s it obvious yet? Or did was the teleprompter malfunctioning when he was speaking…. Lol….

I thought it was horrible also when Jindal was asking for permission to deploy booms and the government was also taking it’s candy ass time saying “we need to evaluate the impact of deploying these booms”. Uh, hmmmm..What the hell is there to evaluate? It doesn’t get much worse when oil mixes with vegetation/fish/birds…Doh…

I think our government is incapable of handling disasters, no matter which administration it’s on. Just a shell with a bunch of pension collecting folks. lol…

[Coronita]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=eavesdropper]
You know, Allan, everyone can’t be an overachiever like you. For god’s sake, man, the staff at the SEC have their hands full (pardon the expression) surfing for porn. And you want them to successfully prosecute Bernie Madoff, too??

You’re a heartless bastard.[/quote]

Eavesdropper: First off, its MR. Heartless Bastard to you, Miz Dominatrix.

Second, the visual of a group of SEC staffers pulling (pun intended) a circle jerk works both on actual and ironic levels.

Kidding aside, I’d rank Uncle Sugar’s prosecutorial capabilities right up there with BP’s deep drilling prowess. I’m not advocating a hands-off approach; far from it, but I think the gubment needs to decide who they actually represent: The citizens of this great nation, or the folks buying influence. The fact remains that the regulations are in place and have been for quite some time. Enforcement of same is something of a joke and that’s we have mines in West Virginia and refineries in Washington State and rigs in the Gulf blowing up.

The Obama Administration has proven itself as inept as Bush (see Salazar, Ken), but perhaps not as fully as complicit in handing the keys to industry. We, as a people, are not well represented by our elected officials, and I don’t know what will change that. The only way to overcome that kind of money is with effective mobilization of the electorate and Americans remain apathetic and uninvolved. Unless and until we learn to agitate and advocate for ourselves and each other, this shit will keep happening.[/quote]

My favorite quote from the Obamanator of all time when he said he needs to figure out “who’s ass to kick in this spill…”
Uh, doh… It’s it obvious yet? Or did was the teleprompter malfunctioning when he was speaking…. Lol….

I thought it was horrible also when Jindal was asking for permission to deploy booms and the government was also taking it’s candy ass time saying “we need to evaluate the impact of deploying these booms”. Uh, hmmmm..What the hell is there to evaluate? It doesn’t get much worse when oil mixes with vegetation/fish/birds…Doh…

I think our government is incapable of handling disasters, no matter which administration it’s on. Just a shell with a bunch of pension collecting folks. lol…

[afx114]

It’s probably because booming is useless when not done right and mostly used as a photo op to make it seem like something’s being done.

Read this hilarious account of how booming is a scam:

Booming School 101

Yah I know, flaming liberal Kos post, but trust me, it’s worth the read. Just don’t have a mouthful of coffee while reading, it may end up all over your monitor.

Furthermore, I don’t think that Mr. Government Shouldn’t Monitor Volcanos has much credibility on disaster preparedness or response. For a guy who wants government out of everything, he seems to be all about sucking government dick now.

[afx114]

It’s probably because booming is useless when not done right and mostly used as a photo op to make it seem like something’s being done.

Read this hilarious account of how booming is a scam:

Booming School 101

Yah I know, flaming liberal Kos post, but trust me, it’s worth the read. Just don’t have a mouthful of coffee while reading, it may end up all over your monitor.

Furthermore, I don’t think that Mr. Government Shouldn’t Monitor Volcanos has much credibility on disaster preparedness or response. For a guy who wants government out of everything, he seems to be all about sucking government dick now.

[afx114]

It’s probably because booming is useless when not done right and mostly used as a photo op to make it seem like something’s being done.

Read this hilarious account of how booming is a scam:

Booming School 101

Yah I know, flaming liberal Kos post, but trust me, it’s worth the read. Just don’t have a mouthful of coffee while reading, it may end up all over your monitor.

Furthermore, I don’t think that Mr. Government Shouldn’t Monitor Volcanos has much credibility on disaster preparedness or response. For a guy who wants government out of everything, he seems to be all about sucking government dick now.

[afx114]

It’s probably because booming is useless when not done right and mostly used as a photo op to make it seem like something’s being done.

Read this hilarious account of how booming is a scam:

Booming School 101

Yah I know, flaming liberal Kos post, but trust me, it’s worth the read. Just don’t have a mouthful of coffee while reading, it may end up all over your monitor.

Furthermore, I don’t think that Mr. Government Shouldn’t Monitor Volcanos has much credibility on disaster preparedness or response. For a guy who wants government out of everything, he seems to be all about sucking government dick now.

[afx114]

It’s probably because booming is useless when not done right and mostly used as a photo op to make it seem like something’s being done.

Read this hilarious account of how booming is a scam:

Booming School 101

Yah I know, flaming liberal Kos post, but trust me, it’s worth the read. Just don’t have a mouthful of coffee while reading, it may end up all over your monitor.

Furthermore, I don’t think that Mr. Government Shouldn’t Monitor Volcanos has much credibility on disaster preparedness or response. For a guy who wants government out of everything, he seems to be all about sucking government dick now.

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