Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) apologizes to BP executive
 

http://c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/0...ply+sorry.aspx

Gee, I wonder why there's no mention of this, here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEwNc...eature=related :wah:

I think what the gentleman from Texas is trying to say is that the smoke hasnt even settled from this... investigations are not yet completed, the distaster is still on-going, nothing has been solved or settled... yet despite all of this, a judgement of guilt has not only been passed by the white-house against BP, but also the punishment handed out.

it is a shame really.

BP had it coming, sure... but IMHO they had it coming six months from now after following the due process of law

This also seems like a good place to leave this:

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/c...orld/story.jpg

Nice move Mr President, a really nice way to treat an employer of so many thousands of your citizens....I should imagine your quite relieved there is currently something more newsworthy out there than your pitiful attempts at putting your own countries affairs in order.

Yes sir, nothing feels better than a flexing of the muscles and public humiliation, especially on the world stage.

A bit hypocritical don't you think....coming from possibly the planets biggest polluter.

While your about it why don't you dismiss the thousands of British troops currently in iraq and Afghanistan.

I'm now beginning to fully realise why your so unpopular with so many of your fellow countrymen on this forum :nope:

Rant over...feel a bit better now :DL

Agreed. Obama is a Chicago thug and bully. Black Capone!

On the bright side, we haven't elected a President yet that's nuked anyone since the 40's. :haha: I hope that never changes. :stare:

I dunno, things have been getting kind of slow lately, some excitement would be nice :hmmm:

I watched this on the new today. He retracted the apology.

It is a sad state of affairs Jim....

The coward caved to peer pressure.

Know what say what you believe and believe what you say dont be such a pussy !

Yep..he caved.

And then caved a second time, but in the other direction. Take a stand, one way or the other. Ah, politics.

Fully agree Chris and I feel much better now I've vented.

I just think it was a an easy/cheap shot by Obama, an opportunity for him to appease those who are frustrated at his lack of leadership in other important areas such as Iran and North Korea to name but two.

Things BP has done:

hired private security firms to keep reporters/photographers from accessing public beaches

not provided proper protective gear for workers, and made those workers sign nondisclosure agreements as a condition of employment (after certainly ending the previous employment of some of those new workers via the spill)

had more serious safety violations than just about any other oil company in the world

probably ruined the Gulf for decades

Oh, I'm sure I could go on..

Maybe some of the rednecks seeing their livelihoods destroyed will realize that voting mindlessly for conservative Republicans like Barton isn't in their best interest.

Things BP has done

Work hard to fix the damn leak.

Maybe they should have worked hard to prevent such a thing from happening in the first place. :hmm2:

Isnt that the federal regulators job?

Meanwhile...

Eight days ago, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered barges to begin vacuuming crude oil out of his state's oil-soaked waters. Today, against the governor's wishes, those barges sat idle, even as more oil flowed toward the Louisiana shore.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spil...ry?id=10946379

The problem is enormous for both. First of all, BP has to cap a well 1 mile down in the ocean. That is the first daunting task. Hardly something for the faint at heart and certainly not easly done if.....EVER. In the mean time the relief wells are the only hope of stopping the flow for good. That however takes time. By next month from the looks of it the relief well will be complete. I can not recall, at least in my memory, having a well opened like this at the depths it is located. Therefore, combating such a thing is all new from what I can see. But in the meantime we are going to beat the hell out of guy from the UK who works for BP just for a good show I suppose. We will grill him until he is crispy. On the other side of the court we have Obama. He was kind of, 'oh well' from the start of this. Once some folks started barking and Jindal in Louisiana started his barking did Obama wake up to this very bad mess. So what to do? Make a PR appearance. Demand monies for those affected and hope to save any shred of evidence of leadership. Personally, I would have hoped that the two countries friendship and the Allies that they are this entire ongoing incident was handled in a better manner then it was. It did irritated me watching a BP exec get grilled. It seems to serve no purpose other than to look like something is being done.

The fall guy:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/201006...ynews_bs2709_2