From: Clive on 1 Aug 2010 05:05 In message <gbp956t8lqn1p3i9pms0vtlot0ir3tqsqp(a)4ax.com>, john <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> writes >Same thing going on with BP / Haliburton / Transocean Gulf Oil Spill >dispute. Here the buck is yours buddy! hehehe.. no wait, we don't >have to clean it up, you do! >http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/09/bp-skip-hearing/ After watching the workings of your "Select Committees" on TV, I would touch one with a disinfected barge pole. It's like throwing people to the lions, where every word is picked over for any inference even those not intended. -- Clive
From: Scott Dorsey on 1 Aug 2010 11:08 Clive <clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <gbp956t8lqn1p3i9pms0vtlot0ir3tqsqp(a)4ax.com>, john ><johngdole(a)hotmail.com> writes >>Same thing going on with BP / Haliburton / Transocean Gulf Oil Spill >>dispute. Here the buck is yours buddy! hehehe.. no wait, we don't >>have to clean it up, you do! >>http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/09/bp-skip-hearing/ > >After watching the workings of your "Select Committees" on TV, I would >touch one with a disinfected barge pole. It's like throwing people to >the lions, where every word is picked over for any inference even those >not intended. My sneaking suspicion is that this is mostly politicians putting on a show for the television viewers and that most of the real business is getting done elsewhere in a more effective way. In general I am in favor of televising all government proceedings so that people can see where their money is going, but sadly it seems to make a lot of people act like idiots when they are on TV. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: Ashton Crusher on 1 Aug 2010 15:50 On 1 Aug 2010 11:08:22 -0400, kludge(a)panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: >Clive <clive(a)yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>In message <gbp956t8lqn1p3i9pms0vtlot0ir3tqsqp(a)4ax.com>, john >><johngdole(a)hotmail.com> writes >>>Same thing going on with BP / Haliburton / Transocean Gulf Oil Spill >>>dispute. Here the buck is yours buddy! hehehe.. no wait, we don't >>>have to clean it up, you do! >>>http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/09/bp-skip-hearing/ >> >>After watching the workings of your "Select Committees" on TV, I would >>touch one with a disinfected barge pole. It's like throwing people to >>the lions, where every word is picked over for any inference even those >>not intended. > >My sneaking suspicion is that this is mostly politicians putting on a >show for the television viewers and that most of the real business is >getting done elsewhere in a more effective way. > >In general I am in favor of televising all government proceedings so >that people can see where their money is going, but sadly it seems to >make a lot of people act like idiots when they are on TV. >--scott Many cities do that for their council meetings but I don't think it draws many viewers.
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