More Dodging Games

[Moeceefus]

"A U.S. lawmaker is calling on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to investigate whether BP influenced the release of Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.
Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey wants to know whether a quid pro quo led to the 2009 decision by U.K. and Scottish lawmakers to set the Libyan terrorist free."


Why cant they just cap the damn well?! This "investigation" is a waste time and of tax dollars. What the Dems want to investigate has been well known since the time of this murderers release. This just seems like another attempt to dodge the real issue at hand and try to act like they are on the side of the people. They should be stopping the spill, charging the criminal exec's who knew there was an issue before hand, and fining the **** out of BP. This whole BP thing is getting beyond ridiculous.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I particularly like the knee-jerk reaction of wanting to set up a US 'international rescue' team to cap any future occurance, if they had the know-how they should've done it, or leave it to those that at least think know they know...

...with hindsight, tyres (with a 'y') and golf balls was never going to work, even 'W' would've guessed that correctly! :haha:

[Moeceefus]

I particularly like the knee-jerk reaction of wanting to set up a US 'international rescue' team to cap any future occurance, if they had the know-how they should've done it, or leave it to those that at least think know they know...

...with hindsight, tyres (with a 'y') and golf balls was never going to work, even 'W' would've guessed that correctly! :haha:


Indeed. It is alarming that these oil companies dont have proven methods to stop these kinds of disasters ready to launch on or close to site, before even being allowed to drill.

[SteamWake]

Funny that this thread would be posted on the day that evidently a cap has been sucessfully applied and is being tested as we speak.

By the way, I'm pretty sure that the goverment had little to do with the process.

[Moeceefus]

Funny that this thread would be posted on the day that evidently a cap has been sucessfully applied and is being tested as we speak.

By the way, I'm pretty sure that the goverment had little to do with the process.


Its temporary and a test. The point is a solution should have been developed long before it was an issue. Not throw something together 3 months after the fact. Also back on topic, do you think an investigation is necessary in regards to the release of the Lockerbie bomber?

[ETR3(SS)]

The point is a solution should have been developed long before it was an issue. Not throw something together 3 months after the fact. Honestly, would you expect anything but that from the oil companies? Oil is a finite resource; do you think the oil companies are planning for their future when all the oil disappears?

[Oberon]

BP...Lockerbie?

Now they're really grasping at straws... :nope:

[TarJak]

BP needs to hire these guys as their ad men:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKpMMi5sGDM

[krashkart]

BP needs to hire these guys as their ad men:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKpMMi5sGDM


Bloody brilliant. :rotfl2:

I thought both ads were pretty good.

[AngusJS]

I seem to remember there being serious questions as to whether Megrahi was actually guilty, so demonizing BP over his release seems kind of silly.

In court, Gauci was asked five times if he recognised anyone in the courtroom, without replying. Only when the prosecutor pointed to Megrahi did Gauci say that "he resembles him". On a previous occasion Gauci had identified Abu Talb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Talb) (who the defence contended was the real bomber) saying that Talb resembled the customer "a lot". Gauci's police statements identified the customer as over 6 feet tall and over 50 years of age; Megrahi is 5 feet 8 inches, and in late 1988 was 36.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103_bombing_trial

[Betonov]

my god, it's like politics in slovenia, doing everything EXCEPT solving the problem
and really, out of all the fat overpaid nonworking eggheads oil companies have, there should be atleast one that would have come up with a quick response plan and tried to make money out of it when this situation arose

[Moeceefus]

I think any sort of industry that effects the ecosystem should be subject to strict international rules and regulations. Measures to prevent disasters such as these should be developed long before these companies are allowed to do anything. The fact that BP is dealing with this crisis on the fly and didn't have solutions ready to begin with is shameful. Companies that make billions a year certainly have the resources to throw at development of anything.

[SteamWake]

my god, it's like politics in slovenia, doing everything EXCEPT solving the problem

Wow preciesly ! this really struck a chord with me because it is becomming more and more apparent that it is true.

Espically today with the feds stepping in and halting the testing of the new cap.