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Hodgi — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:49:49 GMT

i lived in AK when this happened, and worked on the supposed cleanup, which was nothing more than a PR campaine for exxon to save face! Maybe exxon should use thier record profits to hire and better train the people who have the potental to create this mess, which by the way is still there!!! DID I MENTION RECORD PROFITS!!!

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Amy Corbitt Gainesville Florida — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:03:58 GMT

Pray that the Justices do the right thing and uphold
the ruling to provide the punitive damages. They're
making trillions on us and should pay for the
damage that this accident has caused already and for the continuous effect it will cause in the future.

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Norm, Sac City IA — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:27:32 GMT

Exxon should be glad it got off so lightly with the original 5 billion punitive award. A more appropriate action would have been simply to liquidate the company and jail its executives. The world would be a lot better off without Exxon and its immoral leadership

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William Castle Longview ,Wa. — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:36:06 GMT

If this happened in the Prince William Sound, is the sound considered the open sea? If it's the open sea, how does the clean water act have any jurisdicton. Was there a ships pilot aboard that directs the vessels in an out of the sound?

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macdaddy ,vashon,wash — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:59:00 GMT

I was there...picking dead animals out of the water,dragging oil booms through oiled seas,with our industry wiped out,then exxon using its clout...can the oil giant ever be brought to its knees?

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Amanda, Seattle, Washington — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:08:10 GMT

Our family lost everything in the spill - and we have never recovered from it. Exxon has an obligation to those lives they destroyed. I pray the Justices do what is right and end this fight. 19 years of battling is only making the lawyers rich, rather than helping those fisherman and Alaskans get their lives back.

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Scott, New York, NY — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:11:00 GMT

I couldn't agree with Norm of Sac City more.

It disgusts me that Exxon has been trying to weasel its way out of paying these damages for years. Never mind the fact that some of the people waiting to get paid have already died. I hope to see Exxon go out of business in my lifetime.

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Ron Murray — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:15:54 GMT

Wait for it..... wait for it......wait for it.......... case dismissed.

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j. nelson halls tn — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:22:57 GMT

spills like this is a disaster it kills the life that is in the sea most people use that as their lively hood. if we stoped the tankers from transporting the oil the oil companies will be set back to a degree. they should be held accountable for their actions, instead of sweeping it under the rug. it is time that damages be rewarded for the people it hurt or destroyed.

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carlos, miami, fl — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:27:41 GMT

does anybody cares about life here? it seems that money is the only important matter... all thouse poor animals that suffer and died.. i can't forget the images of birds and sealions covered in oil waiting to die... shame on the human race.

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Heather — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:31:36 GMT

Why is this even at the Supreme Court level? This has already been awarded. Oh yeah I forgot the people who appoint supreme court justices also work for the oil companies. So then the justices are very happy to do the bidding of whoever has the most money. I am so sick of how things run in this country. What Exxon should do is say is 2.5 million even enough? I mean the original award was 5 million which I think was light considering. Is there any such thing as doing the right thing anymore. Oh yeah I forgot we can't seem to vote for the right thing; as an American I am ashamed of us, we are so far off course that we have buried our moral compass. Exxon knows that it should have already just paid these people but instead has decided to try and squander every dime they can for their executives. Guaranteed the blue collar workers at Exxon see very little of the billions of profits made EVERY SINGLE QUARTER! So sick of it.

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David, Palo Alto, CA — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:36:23 GMT

As singer John Denver and co-writer Joe Henry stated in 'Raven's Child,' their beautiful and serious epitaph on Prince William shoreline, "The oil king sits on his arrogant throne, away and above and apart; lawyers have warned him he mustn't speak, greed has made silent what once was a heart." And we must never forget...

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Rod Bend, OR — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:43:30 GMT

I think it's a crime that the courts are even thinking of reducing the fines. With the record profits that the oil companies are making they should have to clean up ALL of their disasters and pay into a disaster recovery program. Plus they should be required to invest in new refineries. I wouldn’t mind paying these gas prices if the oil companies weren’t making record profits.
I’m sick of being ripped off.

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Mike, Seattle, WA — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:48:15 GMT

I lost my fishing boat after the spill. Prices of fish dropped and I couldn't make it. The financial strain broke up my marriage. Our family has not been the same since. I am trying to get back into fishing. A settlement now would help me buy back into the fishery. I could take my sons fishing and try to restore some family tradition and values.

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Joe, Chicago, IL — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:56:58 GMT

This story completely leaves out the facts about the events leading up to the spill. Exxon was negligent in utilizing the ship board radar systems (said to be too expensive to train the crew on it), deploying the proper spill remediation measures in the area (essentially a giant rubber mat which would have contained the spill before it spread) and having a spill recovery/rescue vessel available that night in the event of the a spill (the vessel in question was in dry dock). And they actually made a profit on the disaster because oil prices rose as a result (not a production, but a speculation premium). This was a company which decided in advance to operate unsafely with inadequate spill prevention measures. That's why the supreme court should impose the punitive damages. But with the conservative members on this court, it's unlikely. My sympathies to those affected.

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Rebecca, Philadelphia — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:06:00 GMT

The $2.5 billion award in puniive damages represents 3 weeks of Exxon's 2006 profit. Enough said.

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J .Beautman, Seattle WA — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:11:46 GMT

People who helped cleanup this disaster {except those who were volinteering} profitted off this disaster. If you lived in the Northwest you watched as the fishing industry was devistated and overtaken by large corporations and forign interests. Exxon was negligent and should be held accountable. They have managed to keep this in court far too long and the original judgement should be paid with an adjustment for inflation and interest.

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Christine Geier, Jacksonville,Florida — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:25:33 GMT

I was on duty in the Coast Guard the night this happened. We rode out to the oilspill to investigate and report the damages...it was bad. When we arrived...animals (fish,birds,otters) were already dying and there was barely a boom out in the water to contain it...oil was still bubbling out of the holds and the Exxon Valdez lacked the equiptment and plans to contain its own spill. To me...that spells company negligence. on top of the fact that the Cpt was drunk...and passed out...and some poor dude who wasnt really familiar with the sound at night was at the helm when this happened. Times have changed in the past 19 years...They have probably implemented the "no drinking" policy on their ships since then(?)...I know they have out on oil rigs in the Gulf. The lack of preparations and response time and drinking on the job is on Exxon. They are responsible for their ships safety, the crew, their actions AND the safety of the environment. There is still oil sludge at the bottom of the bay...It wasnt considered open water (its a sound) and DOES in my mind fall under the Clean water Act...and Exxon thinks if its out of sight..its out of mind...well I havent forgotten...and I dont even live there anymore. Open your eyes Exxon if you can look past your wallet that is!? Pay the innocent hardworking fishermen of Valdez for their downtime and whatever you owe the town of Valdez for their suffering...I cant believe its taken this long for those poor people. NO excuse.

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Peter Kurbikoff, Redondo Beach, CA — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:33:48 GMT

Lawyers, lawyers, and more lawyers! Stalling, stalling and more stalling! Oil companies and lawyers getting richer and the local inhabitants that are affected by the spill and the environment suffer. 19 years? Why?

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l. fullerton, Seattle WA — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:10:08 GMT

The REAL "audacity of hope:" Hoping that the Supremes send a message to Exxon and all other corporations that they can't just callously walk over people and get away with it. Considering the makeup of the current court, I'm not holding my breath.

If they don't uphold the 2.5 billion dollar judgment, there's always the boycott option. We could start about 10 seconds after the bad news breaks.

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grosvenor mcintosh — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:14:38 GMT

jeepers whats another 2 or 3 billion, they can make up for that with another nickel per gallon at the pumps, interesting on the split tho, assuming only one justice has exxon or oil related stock, does that include mutual funds?

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CJ Richardson, Killeen, TX — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:30:05 GMT

That this is still an issue is tragic enough. That Exxon has to be forced to fix this is criminal. I agree with J., Exxon should be ordered to pay the original judgement adjusted for inflation and interest. Until big business is forced to feel the pain they inflict, these accidents with continue to get worse.

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Jan Carolan, Talkeetna Alaska — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:40:30 GMT

I wish they wouldn't let Exxon operate in Alaska until they pay the original damages. I came to Alaska a year after it happened and I know it is still affecting people financially, medically, land wise, and heritage wise. It's time we stopped kissing up to the oil companies who are making record money off of all Americans, not just Alaskans.

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Cathy Westport WA — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:43:21 GMT

Nineteen Years...enough is enough. Award the punitive damages and let people get on with there lives. Exxon will recover but will the people? This is more than ridiculous !

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Angila Brandal, Anchorage, AK — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:51:35 GMT

Ok, both sides have been heard today 2/27. Why is there no decision being made until JUNE?!?! I see the justice system is once again swift and sure for the little guys... How disappointing.

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JIrby, Colorado Springs, CO — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:53:31 GMT

Bush loading the Supreme Court with corporate flunkies is beginning to pay off. That one move should earn the corporations trillions over time. You bet the Court will reduce the punitave award! You don't have to be psychic to see that one coming. They've even taken the story of the top of MSN home page and put it in the business section.

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Lloyd Wharton Longville,LA., — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:11:23 GMT

I worked on the pipeline when I was 18-19 yrs. old. I remember wondering then, what would happen with a major oil spill? That is such a beautiful, rich part of the country and I beleive it should be kept that way. EXXON sshould be held fully accountable for ALL of the loses incurred by the people who made their living in that area.

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Heather, Murfreesboro, TN — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:15:55 GMT

I can't even believe that this case was taken to the supreme court. Exxon should really ask the question is 2.5 billion even enough? They have not only destroyed lives and livelihoods but now add insult to injury by trying to wane resposibility. I mean not as if they haven't already tried to get out of this anyway it has only been 19yrs since one of the biggest cases of negligence ensued. Free ride should be over the 3.4 billion in clean-up, fees etc...were just that fines that anyone would have to pay if they did something like this, please don't let Exxon bully these people they deserve better.

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Jackie Rawlings Riverside California — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:21:21 GMT

To bad for the White House as now the all the Presidents Justices can't help a friend out in their time of need. No matter the full Supreme Court will be available for future votes.

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tom woodward — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:21:35 GMT

exxon's 3-4 quarter profits in 2007 were how much??? What percent is that 2.5 billion? 19 years plus interest, and exxon continues to fight. This saga is beyond sad & pathatic, it makes anyone who gives a care about our world's environment, want vomit! The h--L with the Exons of this world. Keep riding your bikes, carpooling, busing and walking

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Floyd J. Hutchens Jr. — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:23:26 GMT

I was there from day one. We were told that we would be made whole. It cost me my business, marraige, and a way of life. For a corporation to be so callus who profits billions is reprehensible. If we can't rely upon the court system to uphold damages to we the citizenry then the rule of law is worthless, and anarchy can not be for behind.

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Randy Glover, Issaquah, Wash. (formerly Alaska) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:42:06 GMT

The previous Exxon CEO retired with a $400 million retirement package including use of a company jet for free. Nice gig if you can get it. I chose to be a commercial fisherman in Prince William Sound and I'm now broke. The justice system in this country is owned and operated by big business and always has been. We need to levy taxes on Alaskan resources to compensate citizens who are harmed by future spills and the upcoming pebble mine disaster. The companies will just have to pay in advance for the harm they cause now.

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Craig Weis — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:26:30 GMT

Each day as much oil drops off the bottom of cars to equal or exceed the total discharge of the Exxon Valdez, so what? Big deal. No one really cares...for it is the price of doing business.

So no court punishment is necessary for Exxon. Anyway any $ penalities will be added to the price of gasoline/oil anyway. So you and I are the ones who pay.

This tanked was not a double bottom hull as built today. Here in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin at BayShip Building Corporation we have contracts lasting many years for double bottom gasoline barges and the tugs that push them.

Don't like it stop driving so someone else can drive and not you!. cjw.

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Craig Weis — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:39:55 GMT

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Jim Hutchens,Mount Vernon WA — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:57:10 GMT

Craig, If your life was suddenly disrupted to the point where you cannot continue your profession, would you still consider that a non issue???? You have no idea the turmoil and strife that those of us that were there had to endure...I was there, I lived it and I am still bitter after 19 years. I will never be whole because the entire course of my life was changed on 3-24-89.

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Jeff,Bellingham,wash. — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:35:43 GMT

In 1989 I decided to fish the Kodiak salmon seine fishery. Prices were at record highs for salmon that year. 14 million fish passed the Kodiak fishery in 1989. That should have been one of the best seasons in history for Kodiak salmon. Then I recieved news of the spill and was told to go home and not take a job in the fishing industry. That season was a huge financial setback and took years to get back on our feet. My situation was minor compared to boat owners and locals. Lives were ruined and some cases remain so because of Exxon's greed.

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Jamie, Salt Lake, Utah — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:52:25 GMT

One has to be impressed with Exxon's clean up of it though. They spared no expense and the result is impressive.

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Richard Tarabochia, Seattle, WA — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:03:02 GMT

It's tragic, really tragic that Exxon can argue that they have spent 3.4 billion on the cleanup and fines and should be absolved of any future punitive damages. Half of the $3.4 billion they claim already spent was money thrown at the initial cleanup that did not clean up a thing. You can figure $1.7 billion was as good as flushed down the toilet because although it might have spent in the name of a cleanup effort in reality it was a public relations ploy to make Exxon look good at the time. Exxon has never made us whole as they promised they would. As a PWS salmon purse seine fisherman my losses as a result of the Exxon oil spill have neared $2 million. After losing my fishing boat and business as a result of the recklessness of Exxon and it's captain Joe Hazelwood I would find it extremely unsatisfactory to have our US Supreme Court overrule the lower court's judgement. Let's see if there is true justice in the good old United States of America or if the political powers that be will once again rule in favor of big business with it's political clout.

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mcellisd murfreesboro tn — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:12:52 GMT

the real criminal here is society. society made me what i am. if we werent so addicted to oil, this never would have happened. perhaps we should pay more attention. i feel distracted....

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Colin Young, Brooklyn, NY — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:13:26 GMT

I haven't bought a gallon of gas from ExxonMobil since the Valdez spill, and won't until the spill is completely cleaned up and the vistims compensated fairly.

boycott ExxonMobil!

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jim crawford worthington,ky 41183 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:08:20 GMT

give me a break exxon should have to pay at the very least 10 billion and if there is any of the top people left in exxon they should be put in jail for the remainder of there lives this kind of things just must stop. a billion a day fine would would work . app 17 years is enough no tax breaks no mor bs lets get this overwitk ok!!!!!!!!!!!

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RP — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:25:40 GMT

I've vacationed in Alaska, Valdez, Prince Wm. Sound, etc. The area is still affected by the spill. Exxon/mobile sold the rights to BP oil, so they figured they could get out of paying. Exxon has spent more on legal costs than if they had paid the fine in the begining. I say double the fine. Make the Gov't regulate how the oil industries make profits and make it more affordable for the consumer. No more Billion dollar golden parachute for CEO's.

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Jackie Rawlings Riverside California — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:14:31 GMT

This case will go the way of protecting big business as the Bush appointees know how they are to vote. Yes Alito is out but Roberts knows his job and why his was appointed. The orders of the White House is to deny citizens rights and allow Big Business to run wild and free. Justice Roberts is already laying the ground for a vote in favor of Exxon, with the hopes others will follow. Now as for the victims well they should have paid attention to who they put in as Representatives and who their President was. We no longer have a US Justice System in place so Americans should stop looking for Justice.

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Shari, Seattle — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:39:59 GMT

Jamie from Utah, I know you love big business, and want to see everyone groveling on the ground just to keep corporations in the trillions, but what goes around comes around. Exxon will not get off easy, maybe not as we, well most of us would like, but something will come back to them in the end. What goes around, comes around.

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W. Margaret, Kasilof, Alaska — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:26:42 GMT

Many of the fisherman rented their boats, themselves, and their crews for the clean up. Many came to Valdez for clean up jobs and were paid well. Others came to fufill some inner need to feel they hepled. Now they think they "know it all" and have lots to say. Boats, homes, educations were paid for with the money from the clean up. Most were financially better off than they would have been fishing and the risk was less.There are 30,000 claimants but many of them were not fishing and had not fished for several years. They hold commercial licenses which was the only criteria for eligibility. Many of the commercial licenses are held by non-residents who deplete the resource, make their money and run back to their homes in the Lower 48. The area effected by the spill is considerably smaller than the courts ruled on, unless you understand the impact is worldwide. The ebb and flow of salmon runs is historic. The corruption of our ecological system is all of our doing. The spill was a tragedy and training, new equipment, and better design has been implemented. A lawsuit isn't the answer and has caused some financial problems to participants thinking a windfall is coming. We can't fix our problems from the bottom up but need to take control of our resource within Alaska. Let the lawyers get their due, put this to bed and focus on independance, control of our resources, less socialization, more self reliance and clean up our own back yards.Exxon is not our problem, let's prioritise and spend our effort on productive forward thinking.

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JENNY MUNSON LINDSBORG KS. — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:16:20 GMT

NO ONE IS LISTENING TO RON PAUL.YOU WANT CHANGE.HE IS THE MAN FOR CHANGE.OBAMA IS GOING TO GIVE THE OIL COMPANYS ALL THE CANDY IN THE STORE.

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Harry Man, Fulton, NY — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:23:08 GMT

My Daughter works for a gas station,
Corp sent a letter to There local station, The leter states that Gas will be $4.05 a gallon by March 31, 2008.
Hurray for Exxon.

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Harry Man, Fulton, NY — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:30:18 GMT

We need more common folk running our goverment,
I stoped by a local Assembly Man's office a few weeks ago and ask his Office worker who the goverment belongs to, Her asnnwer, "No body" so they think we are NO BODy. We need to show them who No Body is.
Vote for real change vote for your neighbor some
you work with lives Paycheck to paycheck.
I tried of the scams run by goverment in our name.
We the owner's of the store should get the best prices
on goods , and service provided by OUR Goverment!

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Fisherman Cordova Alaska — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:40:24 GMT

Exxon says it spent 3.4 Billion on clean-up. I was there. They threw as much $$ as they could at it, not to clean up, but for show. We were given CASES of steaks to eat. One day, case of Mahi-mahi from Hawaii!!!We only had a crew of 5 on our boat. They also had INSURANCE that paid for much of it. They wrote off the rest in taxes against their HUGE PROFITS. They have won, plain and simple. JUSICE IS FOR SALE in our country. A BARGAIN for Exxon.

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jess watson PT, WA — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:09:05 GMT

everything it came in contact with died(even the ones cleaned by volunteers), i am not impressed with their botched clean-up(beaches are still oily), and after 20 years they cant make it right for us ALASKANS

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Stacy, Kodiak AK — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:08:28 GMT

BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING, I DO HAVE TO SAY THIS;
All you people from Washington, California and Kentucky, since you weren't here and you represent 100% of the comments even vaguely supporting Exxon, keep your stinkin nose and opinions to yourself. If you weren't effected, I don't want to hear anything you have to say. Go talk about something that has something to do with you.

Hello! My name is Stacy, and my fiance David is a
Claimant in the case. I've been trying to find an easy
source to answer these questions I have concerning the
case;
Dave and I both grew up in Kodiak, one of the effected
area's of the 1989 Exxon oil spill. We never thought
this case would come to an end! Now that it is finally
ending, so many questions have surfaced in the face of
the next generation receiving this punitive damage
money. Twenty years later, and twenty percent? of the
claimants in the case have died, or so I've heard. So
we are in our late twenties, receiving money from a
disaster that happened 20 years ago, predominantly to
our parents and older family members, and I don't
really know where to begin. This money will help to
fuel our lives, put a down payment on a home, and buy
the car we've needed for a long time. It would seem
like a gift from god, if not for the conditions of the
situation and our awful memories of the spill.
Before my questions, a comment.
First, I'd like to say I was on a Talk of Alaska web
site recently, listening to quicktime downloads of
interviews with people who lived in Cordova. Not
exactly Ver-Batum, but one lady mentioned that Exxon
is not a community supportive, Alaska supportive, or
Compassionate company, "YET". Her statement implied
that until Exxon-Mobil pays up, they'll never live
this disaster down, or regain the trust of Alaskans.
Well I think Exxon will NEVER be able to live down the
20 years of appeal, attempting everything in their
power NOT to compensate effected communities. Even if
Exxon pays the punitive damage award, it was by a
severely twisted arm that we got here. Remember Exxon
never WANTED to compensate us. We've been fighting
them in court for 20 years to do so, and so I
personally will never think of them as an "Alaska
supportive" oil company.

Now for my Questions;
First, if Exxon won the case which we all hope doesn't
happen, would that solidify Maritime law in todays
commerce? It's such an outdated law as are so many
others, that this specific case implies that no matter
what trouble you get into, your lawyer can just dig
through the ages and find a 200 year old law to get
you out of trouble. If we win, do you think there
should be a, "cleaning up" of our laws, and what we
deem fit for today's society? States in the original
13 colonies have these types of laws from over 200
years ago when our country was founded. Mabey every 50
years recognize which laws are no longer needed, or
simply do not apply to a faster, updated and much more
fluid way we do business in this country and the
world.
Second, How has this case lasted 20 years with the
small laundry list of people having known of Capt.
Hazelwoods drinking problem? And if Exxon has been
simply dancing around these issues, what does that say
about doing business with Exxon in general? l think
Alaska should take a breath, take a minute, and take a
good long look at the oil company romancing us just
for our oil. Its quite a slap in the face. Sure Alaska
can take care of itself against any wrongdoers, but
do we WANT to do business with a company who would
unfairly, and dishonestly fight to not compensate the
community? Do we WANT to work with a company who
smiles in our faces, yet fights us in court?
Third; We received a packet from the EQSF. This packet
was sent to all claimants. The documents enclosed
stated that if Exxon appealed, which they have, we
would not only re-appeal, but raise the damage money
back to the original 5 billion figure. However, my
understanding is we are still in court, frantically
clammering over 2.5. So understandably, Im confused as
to what exactly is happening behind the closed doors
of the court room.
Fourth and Final Question; The 2.5 billion dollars has
beeen sitting in the bank for nearly 20 years accruing
interest. That brings the grand total 20 years later
to nearly the original 5 billion figure. 2.5 billion
dollars divided by the 33,000 claimants comes to
around 72 thousand dollars per claimant, and thats the
number thats been tossed over the radio waves and
talked about in conversations all around alaska. But
with interest, does that not boost the individual
damage award to over 150 thousand dollars? Im confused
as to WHAT is happening to that interest money... are
we getting it?

Well that's all! Thanks so much for your time!
Stacy

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Paul Harder — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:00:24 GMT

Exxon never came close to cleaning up it's mess. The true cost of cleaning up their mess would have cost tens of billions. If the Supreme court screws the fishermen on this no brainer, it will be the beginning of the end of the American faith in the judicial system. It's already hanging by a thread. The beginning of anarchy. Without punishing damages, oils spills will just become part of the cost of doing business in the future. They need to feel some pain to change their heartless attitudes. 2.5 billion isn't near enough.

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Paul Harder — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:02:09 GMT

Exxon never came close to cleaning up it's mess. The true cost of cleaning up their mess would have cost tens of billions. If the Supreme court screws the fishermen on this no brainer, it will be the beginning of the end of the American faith in the judicial system. It's already hanging by a thread. Without punishing damages, oils spills will just become part of the cost of doing business in the future. They need to feel some pain to change their heartless attitudes. 2.5 billion isn't near enough.

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Amy Williamsburg, Va — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:07:04 GMT

The only way to show Exxon what we think is to NOT BUY EXXON GAS! Start an email. Spread the word.

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Lisa Comer Kihei, Hi — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:49:30 GMT

Nineteen years is a long time to wait. Hang-on, only a couple more weeks!

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John Martin, Jr. Hoonah, Ak — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:01:11 GMT

If you really think about it....I mean sit back and really ponder the situation....You have to come to the same obvious opinion that I, as an Alaska Native, have arrived at. Since your arrival on our shores on or about 1492 your record on environmental issues stinks! Boycott Exxon.

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eccleslady — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:18:27 GMT

Exxon is not a fit company or for that matter operations skills one lie after the other that destroyed enough lifes for decades and ecanomicly destroyed home famlies and still live with it all the people in the prince william sound it will never end there unfit company stealing peoples lifes and still getting away with it ban exxon from alaska forever there a no good company alls they want to do is sue happy

The Exxon Valdez disaster

Richard Killian ( Ireland ) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:34:21 GMT

i watched the program last night regarding the whole oil spill and what went on. I have to say that its a total dissgrace the way that EXXON treated the people with utter contempt, even the experts. They may well denie this but i think they know dam well that the area still needs a lot of money pumped in to try to get it back to the way it was. I dont see EXXON making any effort, even now, to try to rebuild the lifes of those effected, not to mention the wildlife. Enopught of this rubbish regarding the fact that they have paid the fines etc and 'enough is enough' . In my mind enough has been done when EXXOn make the effort to put back whats been taken from the area. I have to say, its the same old same old, if you have money thats all that matters , eh??!! Powerful companies, whats a few thousand lifes for a nice profit. O yeah, the quote which stuck in my mind from the program ' a few critters lost here will be replaced from up the way' , what an arrogent son of a b. The scale of the loss of life including mico organisms and the whole food chain there was destroyed in a matter of weeks. Its now more than 20 years on and the food chain is stilll badly wrong. Still no sign of killer whales. I',m sure there is still an abundance of 'tar' left under the sand!!

The Exxon Valdez disaster

jeff callarman Dumaguete, Philippines — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:36:01 GMT

We as a human race make all of our mistakes by trusting in man. Governments are corrupt, Churches are but financial institutions and the media is on a leash. Their is but one true God with only one truth, and not all of the half truths and lies that man teaches. The USA is about to fall followed by total world chaos and WW III. Amen, let the end come so that God's kingdom will reign forever with no more true horror stories ever again.