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[sabrina 1]

Yes, that would make sense so why hasn't it happened? More and more it is becoming obvious that the U.S. government has no power over the corporations who have apparently bought this country piece by piece. But who sold it is the question, without permission from the American people?

The U.S. doesn't even own the oil that BP is drilling for. They own it and if we want it we have to buy it back from them. Yet, our Government officials tell us that offshore drilling is necessary so that 'we can become independent of ME oil'. How can that be if we don't own it? If we allow all these foreign oil corporations to take it and sell it to whoever pays them for it?

I have read that all the American people get from giving these Corps permission to drill for oil off our coast is 12% royalties. If this is true, I would like to now who made this deal on OUR behalf, and where was the media when all this was going on? Where is the benefit to the American people for their own resources?

Alaska is the only state where the residents receive benefits from the oil they allow to be drilled.

Someone needs to start looking into this and find out who is really running this country because it definitely doesn't look like anyone we elected. And how much more of it has been sold off to the highest bidders? Who are our real bosses?

Gibbs said it clearly when asked why the government didn't just take over BP 'we can't do that, they are a private business'. Yes, a private business that just caused great harm to this country and he says 'we can't do anything about that'? I think he was telling the truth.