“We have followed the IRS regulations as they’re currently written.”
~ The outgoing BP CEO, explaining the $9.9 billion tax credit the company took in the second quarter.
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~ Trav Robertson, spokesman for South Carolina Gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen, is talking out of his ass a little but the jab at Mark Sanford is duly noted.
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- Caleb Newquist
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- Caleb Newquist
- March 18, 2010
“She would be prepared to read the news without clothes and only wears the clothes because her employer requires it.”
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