...Oh yeah, and then there's this video about how Exxon need only pay 1/10th the original settlement to the people of Alaska...

http://videosift.com/video/Good-day-for-Exxon-Child-Rapists>> ^Drachen_Jager:

Let's all give a big thank you to Dick Cheney for this one. His office granted BP the exemption they needed to avoid spending the extra $500k on a remote shut-off device for the well that would have immediately stopped the leak.
I bet that $500k is looking like a bargain now, right BP?

Animation: Gulf of Mexico oil spill growth and movement
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_anima.html

Diagram from 4/30/10: Beneath the Oil Slick
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/04/whats_going_on_beneath_the_sea.html

The Times-Picayune Latest News: 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/

>> ^quantumushroom:

The biggest disaster to hit America is Barack Hussein Obama. Oil rig fail? Shit happens. But the non-stop war on the American way of life from the Red House Regime is far more dangerous and insidious than some oil spill that will be forgotten in a year.


Middle Aged Men With Swords Hacking Meat? More like Obama hacking the constitution with a hammer and sickle. Am I right quantum? Am I right?

Oh wait, wrong thread.

>> ^Mcboinkens:

>> ^BoneRemake:
"can someone fill me in on why the Blow out preventer did not work ? The B.O.P is in the picture, right above it its leaking, is the bop messed up or non functional or what ? "
Well I am glad I did not post that before watching it all. So mr BP president, WHY OH WHY THE HELL DIDNT THE BOP WORK ? thats the things main job.. thats it only job. When all is said and done and independent investigations are away with , I really hope that its not because of a old bop that bp just did not want to replace. They should have two blow out presenters then !


BP doesn't produce the Blow-out preventers, they just use the ones that were on Transoceans rig, which Transocean placed on their rig. If you are going to blame this all on a blowout preventor fail, find the source of who makes the BOP that was used on the rig. Not only that, but do you know how hard it is to simply replace a BOP when it is in that deep of water? Not to mention the fact that they didn't know it would not work. Many of the workers on those kind of rigs say that the rigs managed by BP are some of the safest in the industry.


As for another earlier comment, "Those amoral greedy motherfuckers at BP are STILL trying to deregulate offshore drilling practices, even in the Arctic where the environment is way more vulnerable to these kinds of disasters."
Can you provide some evidence? And if its true, I'm sure the entire industry feels the same way. Don't just pick one company.


Furthermore, this rig wasn't even BP's. It is owned by Transocean. BP was essentially renting it to help them drill the well. BP has spent millions of dollars trying to clean this up, because they felt it was their duty since they were renting it. Putting all the blame on them is unfair.


You're inadvertantly falling for their racket- BP rents the rig precisely because it allows them to minimize liability and provide a level of deniability for their responsibility when- and I do stress when- these types of disasters occur. It is very exactly fair to blame them for this catastrophe, but don't shed a tear for poor BP. The US's tax laws will allow them to write off every penny of the clean-up costs.

>> ^quantumushroom:

The biggest disaster to hit America is Barack Hussein Obama. Oil rig fail? Shit happens. But the non-stop war on the American way of life from the Red House Regime is far more dangerous and insidious than some oil spill that will be forgotten in a year.


Thank you for reminding us all just what an asshole troll you are.

Part of Obama's motivation to go along with lifting that moratorium was to ease the demand for foreign oil, and therefore ease pressure on the military to maintain the oil empire, including the wars in the mid-east. I don't think it would be fair place much blame on him directly for any of those problems.

But that doesn't mean the blame game isn't going on...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8655259.stm>> ^entr0py:

>> ^JesseoftheNorth:
As much as it pains me to say, Obama deserves some of the blame for this for lifting the moratorium on offshore drilling.

Obama lifted the moratorium on offshore drilling a month ago. I don't think they've thrown up any new oil rigs in that span of time. Though it does show just how unwise his plans were. Which is why he reinstated the suspension on new drilling.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8654138.stm

>> ^quantumushroom:

The biggest disaster to hit America is Barack Hussein Obama. Oil rig fail? Shit happens. But the non-stop war on the American way of life from the Red House Regime is far more dangerous and insidious than some oil spill that will be forgotten in a year.


It's like someone hired you full time to inject as much retard into a post as possible. People with an undergrad degree and a PHD thesis in retard cannot come up with better stuff than you.

>> ^JesseoftheNorth:

As much as it pains me to say, Obama deserves some of the blame for this for lifting the moratorium on offshore drilling.


Obama lifted the moratorium on offshore drilling a month ago. I don't think they've thrown up any new oil rigs in that span of time. Though it does show just how unwise his plans were. Which is why he reinstated the suspension on new drilling.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8654138.stm

This article compared this oil spill to oil spills related to Hurricane Katrina in '05 and Exxon-Valdeez in '89:

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/04/long-term_impact_of_gulf_of_me.html

In reply to this comment by demon_ix:
I guess nature isn't done screwing with you, huh
I hope that thing gets contained in time, but there isn't much hope for that, is there
In reply to this comment by dotdude:
I've posted some links from our local paper concerning your oil spill video:

http://videosift.com/video/Gulf-Of-Mexico-Oil-Spill-Forecast?loadcomm=1#comment-987472

>> ^quantumushroom:

The biggest disaster to hit America is Barack Hussein Obama. Oil rig fail? Shit happens. But the non-stop war on the American way of life from the Red House Regime is far more dangerous and insidious than some oil spill that will be forgotten in a year.


Rofl, half of America could disappear in to the San Andreas fault and you'd still be bitching about Obama.

X D

I guess nature isn't done screwing with you, huh
I hope that thing gets contained in time, but there isn't much hope for that, is there
In reply to this comment by dotdude:
I've posted some links from our local paper concerning your oil spill video:

http://videosift.com/video/Gulf-Of-Mexico-Oil-Spill-Forecast?loadcomm=1#comment-987472

Animation: Gulf of Mexico oil spill growth and movement
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_anima.html

Diagram from 4/30/10: Beneath the Oil Slick
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/04/whats_going_on_beneath_the_sea.html

The Times-Picayune Latest News: 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/

I've posted some links from our local paper concerning your oil spill video:

http://videosift.com/video/Gulf-Of-Mexico-Oil-Spill-Forecast?loadcomm=1#comment-987472

Animation: Gulf of Mexico oil spill growth and movement
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_anima.html

Diagram from 4/30/10: Beneath the Oil Slick
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/04/whats_going_on_beneath_the_sea.html

The Times-Picayune Latest News: 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/

In light of the recent spill in the Gulf of Mexico, I'd like to give the BP executives some practice in deflecting questioning.

So, *quality