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Dustlawyer

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11. I did not say everyone under him was a corporate shill, in fact, our office worked w/Holder and
Thu May 30, 2013, 08:28 AM
May 2013

several of his attorneys in our attempt to have BP's probation from the 2005 explosion that killed 15 and injured thousands (media still reports BP's figure of only 100 plus), revoked! BP was still on probation at the time of the oil spill (killed 11 more and victimized 1,000,000 plus). We were the ones that found the permit application where they out right lied and said they put a flare stack in the unit that blew when they had not put a flare in. This would have prevented the explosion and was what they pled guilty to. We provided the Justice Dept with all of the relevant documents and showed where they had killed several more workers in the interim b/w the 2005 explosion and the 2010 explosion and spill.
Holder let BP off probation early, months after the spill instead of revoking their probation and putting people in jail. You never hear Obama and Holder talk about the spill and the litigation, where BP still has not settled with 70% of the victims!
Our 2 parties are both bought off, with only a few exceptions. They want us thinking of the parties as sports teams where we overlook the bad stuff (penalties, fouls etc.) of our own team, and blame everything on the other party. That way, the corporations and the 1% who control both will not be noticed. It is the Washington Generals vs. the Harlem Globetrotters and Holder and Obama are key players on team "Democrat!"

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