An Official Apology

And I'd like to be the first to apologize on the behalf of the State of Texas:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts2660

Really? Seriously? Did you get into the loco weed? You are a United States Senator. A senator from a GULF STATE. And you APOLOGIZE to BP? You crawling, venal, cowardly, grabbing, corrupt sack of sewage. You elitist, pusilanimous, grifting turncoat. You BETRAYER. You have shirked your duty to the United States. You have turned your back on your constituents. You apologize for holding a company that has engaged in the reckless endangerment of the livelihoods of thousands of hardworking US citizens (fisherman, farmers, tourism workers) and of the very coasts of our great nation accountable for the damage they have thoughtlessly caused. Oh, I see. Because some guy on a shrimp boat can't pay you a cool million. Because a oil covered bird can't play into your bloated power game.

Asking someone to make reparations for their mistakes is not, Senator, a shakedown. It is the way that if BP has any hope of regaining the trust of the world they will make amnends. The only thing that makes this a shame is that our President had to ask for something that should have been offered.

I am deeply embarassed that this man is an elected official from my home state. I especially apologize to the people of other gulf states who had no part in his election. I hope that my fellow Texans have taken note of what esteem he holds our lives and liveliehoods, health of our coastline and the futures of our children. The man who cares more about big oil than our big state, and feels under no obligation to hold them to a standard that at the very least does no harm, should find himself jobless very, very soon.