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Showing videos filed under: ring of fire
Mike Papantonio: Florida's Election Generation Gap
October 27, 2010“It's not an election, it's an auction,” says Mike Papantonio of the corporate cash pouring into elections around the country. Papantonio's home state of Florida has seen both its Senate and governor's races attracting national attention, as Tea Party candidates in both races argue for cutting benefits and wages in the name of deficits, and ignore crumbling infrastructure.Mike Papantonio, Kate Clinton, Money Media & Corruption
October 26, 2010“It's not an election, it's an auction,” says Mike Papantonio of the corporate cash pouring into elections around the country. Papantonio's home state of Florida has seen both its Senate and governor's races attracting national attention, as Tea Party candidates in both races argue for cutting benefits and wages in the name of deficits, and ignore crumbling infrastructure.Mike Papantonio: Reckless and Wanton Conduct of Oil Companies
September 9, 2010The oil companies' conduct in the Gulf of Mexico are the "equivalent of getting drunk on a fifth of liquor, driving 80 miles an hour through a school zone and killing a child," says Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire radio host and attorney representing Gulf residents in their lawsuit against BP. But despite such conduct, BP wants to keep drilling, claiming it'll cost jobs if they don't keep pumping out oil.Mike Papantonio, Patrick Hennessey, and Stopping Drilling
September 8, 2010The oil companies' conduct in the Gulf of Mexico are the "equivalent of getting drunk on a fifth of liquor, driving 80 miles an hour through a school zone and killing a child," says Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire radio host and attorney representing Gulf residents in their lawsuit against BP. But despite such conduct, BP wants to keep drilling, claiming it'll cost jobs if they don't keep pumping out oil.Mike Papantonio: BP Spill as Organized Crime
June 23, 2010"I know what a thug corporation looks like," says lawyer and radio host Mike Papantonio, who is busy building a RICO case against BP for the oil devastation in the Gulf. "These people are sociopaths and the GOP are apologizing for them."Mike Papantonio, Funding Afghan Warlords, & What $1 Million Buys
June 22, 2010"I know what a thug corporation looks like," says lawyer and radio host Mike Papantonio, who is busy building a RICO case against BP for the oil devastation in the Gulf. "These people are sociopaths and the GOP are apologizing for them."Mike Papantonio: BP's PR Machine
June 8, 2010Oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, but something else has been gushing too lately: BP's public relations offensive. From controlling media access to the site, as Mac McClelland reported to us last week, to buying up search terms on the Web so that Google drives traffic to BP's own website, the oil company seems determined to burnish its image even as its oil continues to cover the coasts.Mike Papantonio, Ann Wright, and Learning from Roosevelt
June 7, 2010Oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, but something else has been gushing too lately: BP's public relations offensive. From controlling media access to the site, as Mac McClelland reported to us last week, to buying up search terms on the Web so that Google drives traffic to BP's own website, the oil company seems determined to burnish its image even as its oil continues to cover the coasts.Mike Papantonio: Centrist Syndrome & Corporate Death Penalty
May 24, 2010BP has yet to stop the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, and the Obama administration seems content to let them remain in charge. Or is it that whether or not they are happy with the state of affairs, huge corporations like BP simply have too much control of our government? According to Mike Papantonio, it's a little from column A, a little from column B: Ken Salazar, interior secretary, is a friend of oil companies and has certainly allowed them free rein, but at the same time, it's an age-old problem at this point that we've handed over too much government power to private companies.BP spill, Chris Hayes & John Fugelsang, and Social Spending
May 24, 2010BP has yet to stop the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, and the Obama administration seems content to let them remain in charge. Or is it that whether or not they are happy with the state of affairs, huge corporations like BP simply have too much control of our government? According to Mike Papantonio, it's a little from column A, a little from column B: Ken Salazar, interior secretary, is a friend of oil companies and has certainly allowed them free rein, but at the same time, it's an age-old problem at this point that we've handed over too much government power to private companies.
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