BP Sucessfull

[UnderseaLcpl]

No, really. I do. Even when they're British.

I honestly don't know why or how they put up with the **** government and the press keeps giving them, but I'm glad they do.

In other news, I don't understand why this oil spill is such a big deal. Didn't the Germans sink like, 30 tankers in the Gulf during WW2?
Yeah, they were smaller than modern tankers, but combined they certainly spilled more oil than this rig has. And yet, the Gulf is fine. There's so much marine wildlife in the Gulf that people get their jollies bitching about motorboats running over manatees.

The Mississipi dumps billions of gallons of effluent, soil, and agricultural runoff into the Gulf every year, and yet, the Gulf is fine. It's teeming with life. The biggest problems it has aren't with pollutants, but rather with all the dirt that the Mississipi dumps into the delta. Good ol' Mother Nature personally oversaw that one. I guess she's not an activist.

BP is doing everything they can do to fix this mess and they are doing it in a timely and effective fashion. They're certainly doing more than any activists are. In the meantime there were millions of dollars' worth of crushed BP stock for the taking that could be put to good use by people who supposedly mean well. Did the activists utililize it? Hell no! They're too busy bitching about **** they have no control over and have no understanding of.

Some guy who knew what the hell he was talking about once said "The environment is far too important to be left to environmentalists." He was right. Speaking of which....

Originally Posted by Dowly

Maybe because it affects not just the company but America too?

I like you, Dowly, but c'mon man. Do you really think BP hasn't thought of that? They have an army of PR personnel whose only job is to make sure they don't piss people off. BP is a lot more concerned with their image than you are. For instance....

Originally Posted by Dowly

And they shouldn't be at fault, becaaaause..?

They should be at fault, and they know that. Last time I checked BP has spent almost half a billion dollars of its own money trying to contain the spill. The state has spent another $3 billion doing absolutely nothing, apparently. How much have you spent?