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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-26-10 06:37 AM
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Jindal vetoes bill to open oil spill records
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/25/1701472/jindal-vetoes-bill-to-open-oil.html

By MELINDA DESLATTE
Associated Press Writer

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gov. Bobby Jindal rejected a bill Friday that would have required him to make public and to preserve all his office's documents involving the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

In his veto letter, the governor said the legislation would have hurt the state's position in future litigation against BP PLC, the oil giant that leased the rig which exploded April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and causing the disaster.

"This bill would allow BP and other parties with potential liability to the state to obtain information retained by any state agency responding to this tragic event," Jindal wrote, saying such access could jeopardize the state's position in seeking legal remedy for the spill's damage.

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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-26-10 06:39 AM
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1. He's a little fucking weasel
Edited on Sat Jun-26-10 06:40 AM by saigon68
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-26-10 06:41 AM
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2. That's just bullshit
What is Jindal saying, that he was going to prosecute BP using secret records?

Any evidence presented in trial has to be made available to both parties.

There is no way that opening records to the pubic would jeopardize legal remedies.

Jindal is lying.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-26-10 07:02 AM
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3. Republicons and occultism go together
all the time. The Repubbies luv them their occultism.
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