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>> so whats new? i mean, thats -- thats what they do. thats why every time you fill up at bp youll help contribute to his pension fund. and now here comes the fan mail from the independent gas station owners who really have nothing to do with bp. okay. >> larry: lets get a call. orlando, florida. hello. >> caller: hello. michael, when obama was running for president, he received a record number of small donations from average-income americans like myself. the supreme court has now ruled that cor...

During the bush years. and so for the obama administration to take this position is just -- you know, he should be saying, look, this is exactly who we want in our armed forces. we want men and women of conscience and people who will stand up and fight for the things they believe in. thats what this soldier, this young soldier, 22 years old, has done. he deserves our support, our gratitude. his legal defense fund now deserves our help. whatever we can do. im just disappointed the obama administr...

We all know that. we know weve had a big problem for a long time. its gotten better. things usually do get better, and hopefully this will continue to get better. our best hope really are the younger generations whove grown up in a much better environment where their friends, their relationships, their culture does not have racism as any building block of their foundation. and so -- so the future, for me, i think it looks good. right now we still have obviously a problem. >> larry: okay. lets tu...

Another question would be, and this is a twitter, if you were the new ceo of bp, you were taking over, what would you say to the american people? >> i would -- wow. i would apologize. and i would say that, americans, we left your shores back in 1784, made a little return visit in 1812, sorry about that, but the gulf and the natural resources that surround your country belong to you and to the people of the world. not to a corporation. i mean, frankly, larry, i dont think any corporation, any oil...

85 days to figure out how to plug a seven-inch hole? really, what has happened to us? and you could make a list of so many things of how our culture has just, you know -- i mean, nothing works anymore. you cant get anybody on the phone. you know? if you do get anybody on the phone, you know, theyre in the philippines or some place. i just -- i just -- i just think that historians, when they write about us, are going to say that we allowed these corporations to become the government. and we, the ...

Hello. >> caller: hello. michael, when obama was running for president, he received a record number of small donations from average-income americans like myself. the supreme court has now ruled that corporations can spend unlimited amounts toward campaign advertising. do you believe that the rich and powerful are trying to marginalize average voters by outspending them in campaign elections? >> yes. next question. >> larry: all right. all right. another question would be, and this is a twitter, ...

Defending the cover-up and the lying that took place primarily during the bush years. and so for the obama administration to take this position is just -- you know, he should be saying, look, this is exactly who we want in our armed forces. we want men and women of conscience and people who will stand up and fight for the things they believe in. thats what this soldier, this young soldier, 22 years old, has done. he deserves our support, our gratitude. his legal defense fund now deserves our hel...

To doing the job we elected them to do. >> larry: concerning sherrod, what does that say about race in america? >> well, we still have -- we still have a big problem. thats what it says. we all know that. we know weve had a big problem for a long time. its gotten better. things usually do get better, and hopefully this will continue to get better. our best hope really are the younger generations whove grown up in a much better environment where their friends, their relationships, their culture d...

And we, the people, thought we still had a say, but really dont. and thats -- >> larry: when we come back -- >> -- a pretty sad statement. i hate to make it. >> larry: when we come back, well get a tweet on this question of bp. [ female announcer ] when a hurricane strikes, people will lose belongings, their homes...hope... theyll need your help. this hurricane season is predicted to be severe. american red cross volunteers are ready to go to work. you can help. a click can feed and shelter a ch...

>> larry: lets check in with anderson cooper. hell host "a.c. 360." whats our lead? >> bps ceo tony hayward is out. he says bp has been a model of social responsibility in the gulf. were "keeping them honest." "360 exclusive," how bp is doing risky offshore drilling in alaska but regulated as if its safe onshore drilling. were "keeping them honest" on that. how polygamist leader, warren jeffs -- remember. him -- got his sex crime conviction overturned. a former member of the sect, carolyn je...