Congressman Apologizes to BP CEO Tony Hayward

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[mikey3k]

@qpwillie There goes that rightiest Tourette's again. They blamed Carter for many years and they even had the balls to blame Clinton during the Bush years. Now they blame Obama for everything, hypocrites.

[smbaillie90]

USA started a war with iraq for a bit of oil...killing loads of people. A few fish dying isnt so bad!

[WickyWiggstaz]

@shittyfagg (part 2) and that's what rubs me up the wrong way. That these people give their opinions and call BP out on it, but don't even realise that a bit of oil on their beach or the loss of a bunch of tourists is nothing compared to what is happening halfway around the world. I also don't like the way that the US government diverted attention away from the American companies involved and placed blame on BP stressing it was British calling it British petroleum when its no longer called that

[WickyWiggstaz]

@shittyfagg nationality is not a big issue to me, I have many American friends, and I appreciate Europeans and British companies among others have done some shitty things abroad too. Difference is, in other countries the news highlights issues and people make clear that they aren't happy with it; meanwhile in the States the overwhelming majority don't give a shit about oil companies and poor procedures right until the point that it rocks up on their doorstep.

[shittyfagg]

@WickyWiggstaz (part 2) i mean, no matter what flag a huge corporation waves anywhere in the world, if they fuck up, they pay the price. That's the way it should be. And since this disaster happened on American soil I think the Americans had a fair point in saying BP fucked up. Regardless of their Union Jack.

I mean, if a Dutch company messes up abroad (yeah I'm talking to you, Shell, you fat bastards), such as in Nigeria, they should be held accountable for every last bit of human suffering.

[shittyfagg]

@WickyWiggstaz alright calm down there. I'm not sure where you read that I'm American, so i'll sort that first. I'm dutch. Second, I don't like being called a twat, not even on the internet, and especially not by someone who appears to be making somewhat of a valid point. So don't do that.

And apparently you don't like Americans criticising British Petrol when they themselves have blood on their hands in other foreign countries, which is fair, but why is nationality such a big issue to you..

[WickyWiggstaz]

@shittyfagg (part 2) Considering the fucking stunts American oil companies pull across the world, I find it hilarious that your politicians can speak as they have about BPs operation. It's even funnier when you look at what some of the American citizens had to say about it, not considering for 1 second how much worse other citizens of other countries have it at the hands of companies waving the "star spangled banner" "Take the log out of your own eye before taking the spec out of your brothers

[WickyWiggstaz]

@shittyfagg No, there are no laws which prohibited their procedure. And that's why they were held accountable after all, they were said to have cut corners and not regarded saftey....but they were still operating within the laws of the US.

I never said they shouldn't put money into an account to pay out, in fact, I pointed out that they are paying for the damage, but equally the Americans cannot keep treating BP like criminals when they were abiding by YOUR LAW. It's not about winning you twat

[shittyfagg]

@WickyWiggstaz there are no laws that say that when you spill oil into the ocean you have to pay for the clean-up? Well if they're not there then yeah technically they didn't break any laws. Alright. Fair enough. You win, BP.

[WickyWiggstaz]

Yeah, Anadarko weren't mentioned too much by the US government, wonder why? Oh yeah they're an American company and therefore are allowed to get it wrong. Obama handled this like an idiot, talking about kicking ass, what a fringe; is the rest of the world supposed to look at that guy and respect him? How unprofessional can a politician be?

I like Americans, but your politicians are a bunch of dickheads and you do need to look beyond your own borders and see the shit YOUR companies pull.

[WickyWiggstaz]

@shittyfagg The workers on the platform were American and BP didn't break any American laws. Only the US media didn't dwell on that too much and the US government certainly weren't going to point out the gaping hole in their law system. As it happens, BP is picking up the tab for the spillage.

I love the way America gets offended by this spill, yet thinks nothing of the spillages it's own companies cause and don't clear up ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the 3rd world

[shittyfagg]

so they're basically saying it isn't fair BP is paying the price for something they themselves fucked up? I'm sorry, that seems very, very un-american. Basically, if you're poor and can't afford health insurance it's your own fault, you die, oh too bad, tough luck, but when it's a massive corporation that fucks something up that has an effect on millions of people all of a sudden they DON'T have to pay for their own mistakes? WHAT?