Try to enforce regulations on OIL.. they threaten to raise prices and lay people off.

[JSt0rm]

It was on the ViVe TV website and broadcast, which is Chavez' personal government mouthpiece. I read the article myself where it said Chavez made the claim. It was later removed from the website after Chavez was roundly ridiculed around the world for the idiot that he is.

That's not my point though, my point is that you're trying to portray it as some vast conspiracy by the media to paint Chavez in a negative light. First, it was his own media outlet that reported it. Second, that's just one tiny spec of all the insane things El Presidente for live wannabe has said and done. Sadly for the people of Venezuela, it's not a conspiracy by the media, he really is dismantling a once proud country.

Well MY point was that the story that he said that WAS and IS false. And I stand by that. You can create and argue against whatever strawmen you want. Until you can show me video of Chavez actually saying this then it didn't happen.

I'm not talking conspiracy dude. You are bringing that up. I'm talking about misinformation and people being echo machines of said misinformation.

 

[dahunan]

It was on the ViVe TV website and broadcast, which is Chavez' personal government mouthpiece. I read the article myself where it said Chavez made the claim. It was later removed from the website after Chavez was roundly ridiculed around the world for the idiot that he is.

That's not my point though, my point is that you're trying to portray it as some vast conspiracy by the media to paint Chavez in a negative light. First, it was his own media outlet that reported it. Second, that's just one tiny spec of all the insane things El Presidente for live wannabe has said and done. Sadly for the people of Venezuela, it's not a conspiracy by the media, he really is dismantling a once proud country.

Gawd told Bush to attack Iraq.. now what

 

[JSt0rm]

right then.

 

[JTsyo]

There really shouldn't be any regulations on companies, other than making them pay for the damages they cause and if they somehow get too big for their britches then let them fail. New ones will start up. Regulations aren't going to stop this shit from happening in the future. There were already plenty of regulations in place. Nothing works better than making them pay dollar-for-dollar for the damage they did. That alone is enough to keep them in check.

And what happens when a smaller company makes a mess like in the Gulf and then folds? Who gets to clean up that mess? Without regulations, they'll skim the safety margin for extra profits and things are more likely to go wrong. Even with regulation, things aren't being enforced.