Oil spill

[Thriller]

^ Now what would your pop pop think about that?

[Londo Mollari]

tbh i dunno

but my pop pop's work is pretty secure...handy when you work in a monopolised industry

[Angnoch]

I don't think it is an OTT reaction to be outraged, and demand some form of recompense for the accident. Although slandering someone simply for taking a weekend break is more than slightly absurd...

You would have to be an idiot though to know that wouldn't be bad PR.

Judging from how he handled the company leading up to the incident and his lack public speaking skills he probably is, still though.


Kinda reminds me of a british George Bush.

@ Mollari

It's not an Idiotic expectation that he not go on vacation while the company (for which he is in charge) is directly responsible for one ofthe worst natural disasters in our history.

I know your probably po'ed that your pension fund is taking a hit on this. But if you want secuity with your money; don't invest any amount your not prepared to loose.

I never said he wasn't a fool, or that it was anything more than bad PR...just said that slandering someone for taking a break is absurd.

[MEZZANINE]

Anyone else watch Panorama last night ?

BP own the rights to drill on the site. BP is 40% US owned, less than 40% UK owned and has shareholders around the world, THE US OWN THE MAJORITY OF THE SHARES IN THIS MULTINATIONAL COMPANY

Transocean own and operate the rig for BP. THE MAJORITY OF TRANSOCEAN SHARES ARE ALSO US OWNED

The blowout protector, the part that BP suspect failed and caused the accident is MADE IN THE US BY A US OWNED COMPANY and purchased by Transocean

The cement job to prevent gas leaking which some workers claim was the fault WAS DONE BY ANOTHER US OWNED SUBCONTRACTOR

The design of the rig and components suspected of failing WERE APPROVED BY THE US GOVERNMENT

The rights the to start deep water drilling even though it was risky unknown territory WERE APPROVED AND PROMOTED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION because of the tax revenue and cheap oil it could produce.

Who is the biggest Oil user and biggest polluting country in the world, YES THAT WOULD BE THE USA


BP do have a poor safety record, as do many other multinationals, basically because compensation payments and fines are usually tiny in comparison to the profits they can make cutting corners but no one complains about this so long as they make money, only when accidents like this happen do people look for scapegoats.

What will the result be, the US government public attacks on BP will probably result in a takeover of BP by another oil giant when the share price bottoms out later this year ( after the leak has been stopped ), they will still trade under new ownership, the environmental impact will be massive and cleanup underfunded, the poor will still lose the most and end up paying more for petrol while some very rich people get even richer.


Anyone in the US dumb enough to blame people of the UK can kiss my cutie bootie. The UK is not just the best friend the US has, we are the only friend the US have. Burn bridges for short term political face saving it stupid and they will regret it in the long term.

[Ra]

Where did you see anyone blame the UK, its pretty much BP and Transocean's fault..

[[KMA]Avenger]

hmmm...seems like their is an effort to censor info about the spill. click this link and see what happens: http://everythingshare.com/louisiana-oi ... up-efforts

[Kit-Fox]

What exactly is supposed to happen KMA?

Or is this the latest conspiracy theory that all news is censored ( correct usage )

[Thriller]

No one is blaming you brits mezz. Where you get that idea.... Also BP is 40% british owned, 39% american

http://www.bp.com/extendedsectiongeneri ... Id=7019612

but that doesnt really matter.

Unless mi5 were somehow the masterminds behind the expolsion... but you would have to ask KMA about that.

[MEZZANINE]

No one is blaming you brits mezz. Where you get that idea.... Also BP is 40% british owned, 39% american

http://www.bp.com/extendedsectiongeneri ... Id=7019612

but that doesnt really matter.

Unless mi5 were somehow the masterminds behind the expolsion... but you would have to ask KMA about that.

Must have misread someone about damaging US/UK relations, I get all patriotic when I think someones having a go at my homeland

lol Im sure KMA thinks it the same Jame Bond style baddies who killed Diana and faking the moon landings... hell maybe he is right, makes about as much sense as everything else in the news

[[KMA]Avenger]

What exactly is supposed to happen KMA?

Or is this the latest conspiracy theory that all news is censored ( correct usage )

strange, i was clicking on it earlier and after the page finished loading i was being redirected to some dodgy merchandise shop...

no conspiracy, just thought info was being "censored" because i couldn't get the page to just stay on the article without using the stop button on the browser



edit:

this is a great article: http://www.dailymarkets.com/economy/201 ... oil-spill/


edit2:
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/o ... s_06142010

[[KMA]Avenger]

i ran a search on the net just out of pure curiosity to see what would come up and i found this, not saying it is correct or anything. simply posting what i found

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Va3W8J ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wfR16D3 ... re=related



i'm only upto part 2 so far but what he says in part 1 about Obama turning down help from 13 country's is also said in the first article i posted in the above post.
but 2 is where he presents his evidence about it being a deliberate act of sabotage OR, at the very least, they knew it was going to happen and they allowed it to.
i'm currently searching for his sources.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/g ... NUeCvOVdYI

[[KMA]Avenger]

sort of linked to the oil spill...in a round about way


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08 ... -drilling/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 24166.html

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 621AAhVUcI



LOL@ how dumb we all are!


edit: i forgot to mention, what i havent seen in those articles is who they are selling all that oil to, China, thats right! China is contracted to buy ALL of the oil they bring up...


LOL again @ how dumb we all are!!!

[[KMA]Avenger]

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread588204/pg1