Oil Leak at Gulf of Mexico Oil Well

[Guest American4Progress]

FORMER BUSH OFFICIAL JOSH BOLTEN ADVISING BP ON HOW TO 'DEFEND ITS INTERESTS' AND RESTORE ITS REPUTATION

 

Oil giant BP has embarked on an aggressive campaign to repair its public image in the wake of its disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It has repeatedly run full-page ads in major newspapers, retained high-powered lobbying and public relations firms, and launched a series of television ads with CEO Tony Hayward trying to apologize. The company even hired Anne Womack-Kolton, a former top aide to Vice President Cheney, to be its new spokesperson. Now, the London Times reports that former chief of staff to President Bush Josh Bolten is on BP's team. Bolten is a member of an "international advisory board" assisting BP "to defend its interests against a fierce onslaught from the US Government." Last week, President Obama excoriated BP for its lavish spending on public relations after the oil disaster. "My understanding is, is that BP has contracted for $50 million worth of TV advertising to manage their image during the course of this disaster," the President said, adding, "And what I don't want to hear is, when they're spending that kind of money on their shareholders and spending that kind of money on TV advertising, that they're nickel-and-diming fishermen or small businesses here in the Gulf who are having a hard time."

[Guest Troy]

Regardless of who owns what I'd have to agree with "Broke Investor" on this one. BP PLC is an ADR so anyone can buy it through the NYSE. It's stock price has been cut in half over the past 45 days and since, most likely, BP's not going out of business, it would almost certainly be a "buy" right now.

 

Let's see where it is in a few months as it's at 31.14 right now.

Time'll tell ...

 

Actually UK owns the majority of the stock at 44%. The US owns 39%. Your government cannot force a foreign company to stop dividends. I am waiting to see what moves BlackRock makes.

[Guest BP]

BP notes the fall in its share price in US trading last night. The company is not aware of any reason which justifies this share price movement.

 

BP continues to keep the market updated on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill through regular announcements. The response to this incident is our top priority.

 

BP faces this situation as a strong company. In March, we indicated that the company’s cash inflows and outflows were balanced at an oil price of around $60/barrel. This was before the costs of the incident.

 

Under the current trading environment, we are generating significant additional cash flow. In addition, our gearing is currently below the bottom of our targeted range. Our asset base is strong and valuable, with more than 18bn barrels of proved reserves and 63bn barrels of resources as at the end of 2009. All of the above gives us significant capacity and flexibility in dealing with the cost of responding to the incident, the environmental remediation and the payment of legitimate claims.

 

BP will continue to keep the market fully informed of further developments in the response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in compliance with its listing obligations.

[Guest BP]

Today BP announced it is providing the State of Florida with an additional $25 million grant to continue implementation of the State’s Area Contingency Plan.

 

This $25 million grant is in addition to a previous $25 million block grant that BP announced on May 5 to help accelerate the implementation of the State’s Area Contingency Plan, and a $25 million tourism grant announced on May 17.

“Working in partnership with the state is important to an effective spill response. So we are pleased to make these additional funds available per the Governor’s request,” said Doug Suttles, BP’s Chief Operating Officer, Exploration and Production.

 

This additional grant is another example of BP’s commitment to help mitigate the impact of the oil and gas spill from the MC252 well on the State of Florida.

[Guest BP]

Today BP announced it is providing the State of Mississippi with an additional $25 million grant to continue implementation of the State's Area Contingency Plan.

 

This $25 million grant is in addition to a previous $25 million block grant that BP announced on May 5 to help accelerate the implementation of the State's Area Contingency Plan, and a $15 million tourism grant announced on May 17.

 

"Working in partnership with the State is important to an effective spill response. So we are pleased to make these additional funds available per the Governor's request," said Doug Suttles, BP's Chief Operating Officer, Exploration and Production.

 

"This money will be used to ensure we're aggressive in attacking any part of the spill that comes our way and to provide additional protection for our most environmentally sensitive areas along our coastline," said Governor Haley Barbour. "This also prevents us from tapping into state money to fight the spill, and I appreciate BP's timely response to our request."

 

This additional grant is another example of BP's commitment to help mitigate the impact of the oil and gas spill from the MC252 well on the State of Mississippi.

[Guest BP]

Today BP announced it is providing the State of Alabama with an additional $25 million grant to continue implementation of the State's Area Contingency Plan.

 

This $25 million grant is in addition to a previous $25 million block grant that BP announced on May 5 to help accelerate the implementation of the State's Area Contingency Plan, and a $15 million tourism grant announced on May 17.

 

"Working in partnership with the state is important to an effective spill response. So we are pleased to make these additional funds available pursuant to the Governor's request," said Doug Suttles, BP's Chief Operating Officer, Exploration and Production.

 

"These funds will be put to good use to help carry out the state's protection plan, including a project to fill in the Katrina Cut," said Governor Bob Riley.

 

This additional grant is another example of BP's commitment to help mitigate the impact of the oil and gas spill from the MC252 well on the State of Alabama.

[Guest Bradley DeRoche]

In the aftermath of the BP Oil Spill, the Obama Administration has ordered a moratorium on existing Gulf of Mexico deep water drilling, which will result in the immediate suspension of operations at 33 rigs in the Gulf.

 

This moratorium on offshore deep water drilling will cause irreparable harm to our energy service industry and drive a stake through the heart of American communities already suffering tremendously from the environmental and economic impacts of the BP oil spill. Economic impacts will not last just six months, but will last for several years to come and ultimately result in irreversible damage to our local economy, culture and way of life.

 

It has been estimated that up to 6,000 Louisianans will lose their jobs within three weeks of the rig shutdowns, and up to 10,000 Louisiana jobs will be lost within a few months. Furthermore, idle rigs in the Gulf will likely be contracted overseas for work in foreign countries, not returning to the Gulf for several years after the moratorium, if not at all.

 

Job losses could total more than 20,000 in just 18 months. The Deep Water Horizon oil spill has cost the seafood and tourism industry dearly in lost revenue. Thousands of fishermen have been out of work for over a month. It is unconscionable to compound this economic crisis with an energy policy decision that will result in additional catastrophic losses for our hard-working residents, small businesses and coastal communities.

 

An estimated 33% of the nation’s domestic oil comes form the Gulf of Mexico. Eighty percent of the Gulf’s oil and 45% of its natural gas comes from operations in more than 1,000 feet of water- the deep water.

 

Port Fourchon in Lafourche Parish services 90 percent of deep water operations in the Gulf of Mexico. We URGE President Obama to reduce the six-month moratorium on deep water drilling in the Gulf to no more than 30 days, during which time any additional rig inspections can be conducted by Minerals Management Service officials, greatly reducing the job loss and negative economic impact felt by our region while ensuring a safer industry.

[Guest greenzen]

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Yvh7JfaLXqQ

BP Dispersants might be evaporating in the air and vegetation and wildlife.

As of June 7, it was estimated that more than 779,000 gallons of dispersants have been applied on the surface and 317,000 gallons have been pumped deep into the water column in an effort to dilute the oil. The effects of using dispersants at such depths or in such enormous volumes have not been tested.

[Guest Organizing for America]

The BP oil spill is the worst environmental disaster of its kind in our nation's history. My administration has deployed every tool at our disposal for the response efforts. Thousands are working around the clock, including some of the top scientists and engineers from around the world.

 

We are working to hold BP accountable for the damage to the lands and the livelihoods of the Gulf Coast, and we are taking strong precautions to make certain a spill like this never happens again.

 

But our work will not end with this crisis. That's one of the reasons why I invited lawmakers from both parties to join me at the White House today to discuss what it will take to move forward on legislation to promote a new economy powered by green jobs, combat climate change, and end our dependence on foreign oil.

 

Today, we consume more than 20 percent of the world's oil, but have less than two percent of the world's oil reserves. Beyond the risks inherent in drilling four miles beneath the surface of the Earth, our dependence on oil means that we will continue to send billions of dollars of our hard-earned wealth to other countries every month -- including many in dangerous and unstable regions.

 

In other words, our continued dependence on fossil fuels will jeopardize our national security. It will smother our planet. And it will continue to put our economy and our environment at risk. We cannot delay any longer, and that is why I am asking for your help.

 

Please stand with me today in backing clean energy. Adding your name will help Organizing for America create a powerful, public display of support for making this change happen.

 

The time has come, once and for all, for this nation to fully embrace a new future. That means continuing our unprecedented effort to make everything -- from our homes and businesses to our cars and trucks -- more energy-efficient. It means rolling back billions of dollars of tax breaks to oil companies so we can prioritize investments in clean energy research and development.

 

But the only way the transition to clean energy will ultimately succeed is if the private sector is fully invested in this future -- if capital comes off the sidelines and the ingenuity of our entrepreneurs is unleashed. And we can do that by finally putting a price on carbon pollution.

 

Many businesses have already embraced this idea because it provides a level of certainty about the future. And by pouring resources into research and development, by building new markets, we will reinvent our economy -- creating opportunities for entrepreneurship, for new companies and new jobs all across the country.

 

There will be transition costs and a time of adjustment. But if we refuse to take into account the full costs of our fossil fuel addiction -- and if we refuse to heed the warnings from the disaster in the Gulf -- we will have missed our best chance to seize the clean-energy future we know America needs to thrive in the years and decades to come.

 

The House of Representatives has already passed a comprehensive energy and climate bill, and there is currently a plan in the Senate -- a plan that was developed with ideas from Democrats and Republicans -- that would achieve the same goal. Today, I met with congressional leaders to determine a path forward. But this is an issue that Washington has long ignored in favor of protecting the status quo.

 

So I'm asking for your help today to show that the American people are ready for a clean-energy future.

 

Please add your name to mine:

 

http://my.barackobama.com/CleanEnergy

 

Thank you,

 

President Barack Obama

[Guest James J.]

With dead dolphins rolling up on shore and tarry mud embracing the outer islands in Louisiana we are well beyond the days of "threatening the gulf". The gulf is being poisoned by the oil pouring out of that well from Key West to Texas. I will vote against you in 2012. But, I am with you on this disaster, because I am tired of how people are being treated.

[Guest Troy]

In the aftermath of the BP Oil Spill, the Obama Administration has ordered a moratorium on existing Gulf of Mexico deep water drilling, which will result in the immediate suspension of operations at 33 rigs in the Gulf.

 

This moratorium on offshore deep water drilling will cause irreparable harm to our energy service industry and drive a stake through the heart of American communities already suffering tremendously from the environmental and economic impacts of the BP oil spill. Economic impacts will not last just six months, but will last for several years to come and ultimately result in irreversible damage to our local economy, culture and way of life.

 

It has been estimated that up to 6,000 Louisianans will lose their jobs within three weeks of the rig shutdowns, and up to 10,000 Louisiana jobs will be lost within a few months. Furthermore, idle rigs in the Gulf will likely be contracted overseas for work in foreign countries, not returning to the Gulf for several years after the moratorium, if not at all.

 

Job losses could total more than 20,000 in just 18 months. The Deep Water Horizon oil spill has cost the seafood and tourism industry dearly in lost revenue. Thousands of fishermen have been out of work for over a month. It is unconscionable to compound this economic crisis with an energy policy decision that will result in additional catastrophic losses for our hard-working residents, small businesses and coastal communities.

 

An estimated 33% of the nation’s domestic oil comes form the Gulf of Mexico. Eighty percent of the Gulf’s oil and 45% of its natural gas comes from operations in more than 1,000 feet of water- the deep water.

 

Port Fourchon in Lafourche Parish services 90 percent of deep water operations in the Gulf of Mexico. We URGE President Obama to reduce the six-month moratorium on deep water drilling in the Gulf to no more than 30 days, during which time any additional rig inspections can be conducted by Minerals Management Service officials, greatly reducing the job loss and negative economic impact felt by our region while ensuring a safer industry.

 

I'm categorically disputing the statistic "Eighty percent of the Gulf’s oil and 45% of its natural gas comes from operations in more than 1,000 feet of water- the deep water" - where is this number from? It's my understanding 99 percent of the oil and gas comes from operations that are not "deep water" at all.

[Guest American4Progress]

The oil industry and its backers are trying every means to cover up the harsh evidence of oil's destruction. Alabama fire officials report that BP is "purposely keeping trained local officials away from the spill response."

 

Numerous press reports indicate that BP is blocking the media from reporting on the Gulf oil disaster. Last month, Fox News anchor Brit Hume scoffed at the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, wondering, "Where's the oil?" The company has even hired Anne Womack-Kolton, a former top aide to Vice President Cheney, to be its new spokesperson.

 

Joining Womack-Kolton in attempting to repair BP's image is former chief of staff to President Bush, Josh Bolten. After BP's stock hit a 14-year low, the company announced it "is not aware of any reason which justifies this share price movement." BP's "evasion in the face of hard evidence" is reminiscent, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann noted Wednesday, of "another infamous flack" — the Saddam Hussein official known popularly as "Baghdad Bob," notorious "for his optimistic, if fanciful, statements about Iraq's triumph over the American infidels."

 

The Senate debate on the Murkowski resolution drew from the same playbook: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT, $246,979) said, "Warming is not a big deal and is not a bad thing." Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ, $332,332) claimed the resolution "is not about the science of climate change." Opponents of the Murkowski resolution called out these lies. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) said that voting for the resolution is "to assert that there is no climate change or global warming going on, and to dismiss scientific facts that already exist." "What are we going to do next, repeal the laws of gravity?" Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) asked. The Murkowski resolution and BP's public relations blitz mean that, liberal blogger Digby writes, "we are beginning to see the oil industry really pushing back hard."

[Guest Troy]

I'm categorically disputing the statistic "Eighty percent of the Gulf's oil and 45% of its natural gas comes from operations in more than 1,000 feet of water- the deep water" - where is this number from? It's my understanding 99 percent of the oil and gas comes from operations that are not "deep water" at all.

 

Here's the NOAA's map of the 4000 rigs in the Gulf, now, you're telling me 80 percent of these, which are clearly visible upon the highest point of the continental shelf, are in over 10,000 feet of water?

I am afraid you are misinformed sir...

 

[Guest Kat]

The environmental disaster and ensuing bad press have taken a toll on confidence in BP, with its share prices hitting the lowest level since 1997.

 

The company says it can pay for what it calls "legitimate claims" arising from the worst oil spill in US history.

 

Senior BP officials, wedged between angry government officials and unhappy shareholders, are expected to meet the Obama administration next week.

 

[Defenders of Wildlife]

We have a right to be upset. We are no longer a Colony that you can control. Our water and land is becoming dangerously toxic. Plants and Wildlife are dying. Our President needs to take control of the situation.

 

[Guest Deepwater Horizon Response]

Jeff Phillips, Environmental Contaminants Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, rescues a Brown Pelican from the Barataria Bay in Grand Isle, La., June 4, 2010. State and federal wildlife services pulled approximately 60 Brown Pelicans, in the last two days, covered in oil from the Barataria Bay area. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ann Marie Gorden.

 

[Guest Deepwater Horizon Response]

Sea turtle experts engaged in the response clean a small Kemp's ridley turtle with a toothbrush. Photo by University of California, Davis.

 

[Guest LAW]

S.3473 -- To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Engrossed in Senate [Passed Senate] - ES)

 

AN ACT

 

To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

 

SECTION 1. ADVANCES FROM OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL.

 

Section 6002( b ) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2752) is amended in the second sentence--

 

(1) by inserting `(1)' after `Coast Guard'; and

 

(2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: `and (2) in the case of the discharge of oil that began in 2010 in connection with the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, may, without further appropriation, obtain 1 or more advances from the Fund as needed, up to a maximum of $100,000,000 for each advance, with the total amount of all advances not to exceed the amounts available under section 9509( c )(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and within 7 days of each advance, shall notify Congress of the amount advanced and the facts and circumstances necessitating the advance'.

 

SEC. 2. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

 

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled `Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

 

Passed the Senate June 9, 2010.

[Guest LAW]

BP AND NOAA NEED TO BETTER MONITOR OIL BENEATH THE OCEAN'S SURFACE -- (House of Representatives - June 09, 2010)

 

(Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, yesterday, officials admitted that a significant amount of oil may be spreading through the deep ocean in layers of highly dissolved oil. This revelation is anything but recent, except to BP.

 

Last month, I sent a letter, along with my colleagues in the Florida delegation, calling on the administration to examine the amounts of oil suspended in the water column below the ocean surface; yet until yesterday, officials failed to acknowledge what many in the scientific community were already saying, that underwater oil plumes are possible and that they pose a tremendous threat.

 

My congressional district is home to a variety of ecosystems--coral reefs, mangroves, sea grass beds, as well as countless species of fish. NOAA and BP must do a better job of examining the impact of crude oil and chemical dispersants at all depths of the ocean's surface. My constituents who rely on fishing, diving and tourism for their livelihood demand that we utilize all available resources. Get this right before the disaster becomes even worse.

[Guest BlackRain]

Shrimp prices are going up

 

June 11 Shrimp Prices

 

Gulf of Mexico Whites U-12 $9.75 per pound

Gulf of Mexico Browns U-12 $9.65 per pound

India Tigers U-12 $9.50 per pound

Indonesian Tigers U-12 $9.15 per pound

Mexico West Coast No. 1 Whites U-12 $10.35 per pound

Mexico West Coast No. 2 Whites U-12 $10.15 per pound

Mexico West Coast No. 1 Browns U-12 $9.55 per pound

Mexico West Coast No. 2 Browns U-12 $9.35 per pound

Central & South America Whites U-12 $10.50 per pound

 

Current Shrimp Prices

[Guest GOP]

Washington, DC - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, discussed the White House's response to the BP oil spill on CNBC's Fast Money today:

 

Host: Congressman Pence, it's Steve Grasso. Let me ask you one question about the lifting of the liability caps. Isn't that Washington choosing the winners and losers in this game? Because obviously, the lower-tier players without the big market cap aren't going to be able to put up enough capital to actually have some work in progress in those regions.

 

Rep. Pence: It's an extremely important point that the existing caps encourage investment, encourage entrepreneurship, and encourage the smaller exploration interests to be in this business, which we want to be doing as we work toward an all-of-the-above energy strategy. And it includes encouraging the development of our domestic reserves in oil and natural gas. You get rid of those caps entirely and you're only going to have the big players in. And it also goes to the point, is BP responsible? Absolutely.

 

I haven't heard BP say yet, although you guys suggested they are pushing back on some economic impacts, I haven't heard BP say yet that they wouldn't pay the full cost and the full impact of this and so why we would need to permanently change policy when BP is willing to voluntarily provide the resources to offset the impacts on the environment, the economy and the region, I think it's a legitimate basis for debate.

 

Host: I am curious Congressman, why are you so confident that BP would actually be able figure out based on its balance sheet whether or not it can pay the dividend and meet the shareholders obligations but also pay the cleanup costs and the liability and the lawsuits years and years down the line. They didn't manage their business apparently very well. Why are you confident enough to say, "you know what BP, you can figure it out and we can stay out of it."

 

Rep. Pence: No, I am just more confident that they can figure out than Senator Schumer can. What we need to say to them is, "this is your problem, you own the responsibility to work the problem and pay for the discharge." But again I am amazed to learn yesterday on your network, that the President of the United States never picked up the phone, never had the conversation in 50 days with the CEO of BP. We just simply need a change in the leadership posture of this adminstration and the leadership practices of this president. That's our coastline. We need to hold them accountable; we will in the short term and the long term for the economy and the environment but the president has got to provide the energetic leadership that the American people expect and the law requires it.

[Guest Always Red]

Enjoy twisting your way out of this one Democrats...

 

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday regarding Democrat efforts to use the oil spill liability trust fund to pay for new, unrelated spending:

 

For more than fifty straight days, an underwater geyser of oil now roughly the size of Vermont has been polluting the Gulf. This is the kind of crisis that in the past would have united the nation in a focused effort to solve the problem. And yet day after day, as this toxic oil continues to flow, what we get from the administration is some new twist on the blame game or some ham-handed effort to appear in control of the situation.

 

Meanwhile, here in Congress, we're getting much the same thing: the deficit Extenders Bill that's now on the floor was supposed to be about giving job creators some assurance that the tax benefits they're currently receiving, and which they depend on to retain workers will be there the next time they have to make a major business-related decision.

 

Yet Democrats are using this bill as another opportunity to extend government's reach. Desperate for funds to bail out government programs, they're raiding a trust fund that was created — get this — to pay for just the kind of cleanup we now need in the Gulf. They're quintupling the tax oil companies pay into the oil spill liability trust fund that was created in the wake of Exxon Valdez, and instead of using this money to clean up the oil spewing in the Gulf, they're raiding the trust fund to pay for new, unrelated spending.

 

In other words, they're using the crisis in the Gulf not only as cover for even more government spending, but as a major source of funding for it. This is an outrage. And it should give every American a window into the Democrat approach to spending as well as their lack of seriousness about the debt; they just can't restrain themselves. That's the only possible excuse for raiding this trust fund for unrelated government spending. At the same time, as Americans wonder when this gusher will ever be plugged, we hear word that the administration and the Majority Leader want to piggyback their controversial new national energy tax — also known as "cap-and-trade," to an oil spill response bill that could and should be an opportunity for true bipartisan cooperation.

 

So here again, we see the administration using a crisis, in this case the disaster in the Gulf, as an opportunity to muscle through Congress another deeply unpopular bill that has profound implications for small business and struggling households. Look: if the health care debate taught us anything, it's that Americans want these kinds of massive bills debated out in the open — not rushed past them on a holiday or tacked onto a must-pass bill aimed at alleviating the kind of suffering we're seeing in the Gulf.

 

The problem for Democrats is that debating the Democrat cap-and-trade bill might not fit neatly into the White House messaging plan, since it's been widely reported that a major part of the Kerry-Lieberman bill was essentially written by BP. This is clearly an inconvenient fact: an administration that seems to spend most of its time coming up with new ways to show how angry it is with BP is pushing a proposal that BP helped write.

 

I can't understand, and I don't think the American people will understand, why the Majority believes that it make sense to respond to the BP oil spill by imposing a gas tax increase on the American people that was advocated by – BP. I think the American people want us to work together to address the disaster in the Gulf, not exploit it for partisan political purposes. The oil spill trust fund ought to be used to clean up oil spills. This is one crisis that Americans won't let Democrats exploit for their policy purpose.

[Guest HUMAN]

The Democrats have always boosted that they could do a better job at oil spills then republicans could do.

 

Here we are at WHAT MONTH into this oil catastrophe?

 

Yet the democrats can't do jack.

 

A category 1 hurricane and we will have OIL RAINING down on the United States. <~~~~~~ The democrats will call this one? Oil Disbursement.

[Luke_Wilbur]

I know this is wishful thinking. But, this travesty should be far past Democrats vs. Republicans.

 

I read the news. We spur with ideas. And.....

 

No one listens to them.

 

BP does not respond.

 

They post information well. They even come to Congressional meetings. They hold a stiff upper lift and listen to the frustrations we all are having.

 

BP has no vision.

 

If I were in charge of BP right now. I would go beyond stating "We will compensate."

 

As we are waiting the company should revise their entire mission statement.

 

We will put the safety of our crew first. We will drill one well head without complete assurance that this catastrophe will never be repeated again. We will work on restoring the environment and economy of the region we have damaged better than it was before. Our company will be earth friendly and a profitable investment opportunity.

 

If I was the President I would move the Executive Offices to the Gulf. BP office should be right next door. Security can be handled by the secret service and the British government.

 

If the British don't want us to doggess a them and the consider BP a national treasure, then why not offer all their services to get this recovered.

 

One thing please do not do...

 

DO NOT TAX US FOR THE MISTAKE OF BP.

 

My boy wants me to play with him. So I am gone.

[Guest HUMAN]

NOT THIS TIME.

 

The democrats for YEARS have been rubbing the face of the Republican Party into the oil, and NOW with the democrats in charge of the WORST ECOLOGICAL DISASTER IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.

 

What is there response? Legislation at most "For Christ sakes!”

 

We have the technology to do it ourselves. Hey DUMOCRATS would you like for me to post it? Hummmm? Wanna really play?

 

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I know this is wishful thinking. But, this travesty should be far past Democrats vs. Republicans.

 

I read the news. We spur with ideas. And.....

 

No one listens to them.

 

BP does not respond.

 

They post information well. They even come to Congressional meetings. They hold a stiff upper lift and listen to the frustrations we all are having.

 

BP has no vision.

 

If I were in charge of BP right now. I would go beyond stating "We will compensate."

 

As we are waiting the company should revise their entire mission statement.

 

We will put the safety of our crew first. We will drill one well head without complete assurance that this catastrophe will never be repeated again. We will work on restoring the environment and economy of the region we have damaged better than it was before. Our company will be earth friendly and a profitable investment opportunity.

 

If I was the President I would move the Executive Offices to the Gulf. BP office should be right next door. Security can be handled by the secret service and the British government.

 

If the British don't want us to doggess a them and the consider BP a national treasure, then why not offer all their services to get this recovered.

 

One thing please do not do...

 

DO NOT TAX US FOR THE MISTAKE OF BP.

 

My boy wants me to play with him. So I am gone.