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>> so what's new? i mean, that's -- that's what they do. that's why every time you fill up at bp you'll 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: let's 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 corporations can spend unlimited amounts toward campaign advertising. do you believe that the ric...

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. that's 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. i'm just disappointed the obama administration doesn't give him a profile in courage award as opposed to the way he's being treated right n...

We all know that. we know we've had a big problem for a long time. it's gotten better. things usually do get better, and hopefully this will continue to get better. our best hope really are the younger generations who've 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. let's turn to the oil disaster. it's day 99. what are your thoughts on this whole mess? >> well, i have ...

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 don't think any corporation, any oil company should be able to own this precious and disappearing resource. it's a fossil fuel. there's...

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 can't get anybody on the phone. you know? if you do get anybody on the phone, you know, they're 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 people, thought we still had a say, but really don't. and that's -- >> larry: when we come back --...