Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Page 7

SteamWake · 06-11-10, 01:44 PM

It will be very interisting to see where this leads...

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BP's directors plan to suspend the oil giant's dividend payment, the BBC has learned.

BBC business editor Robert Peston says that the directors are to meet on Monday to make a formal decision.

However, any formal announcement will not be made until after negotiations with the US president on Wednesday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10291371.stm

krashkart · 06-11-10, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Seriously though on this side of the Atlantic...

Which side, US or Europe? I missed the chance to ask earlier.

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

It will be very interisting to see where this leads...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10291371.stm

From the graph it looks like the dividend would be healthy. Krashkart read article now...

XabbaRus · 06-11-10, 02:19 PM

I meant on the UK side of the Atlantic.

krashkart · 06-11-10, 02:32 PM

Ah, okay. Could you tell me why? I wasn't expecting to have a leader that didn't like the UK.

CaptainHaplo · 06-11-10, 04:33 PM

krashkart - the UK isn't socialist enough for O to like you guys.

He likes venuzeula and cuba though - just watch him try to nationalize the petroleum industry over this mess.....

06-11-10, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

krashkart - the UK isn't socialist enough for O to like you guys.

He likes venuzeula and cuba though - just watch him try to nationalize the petroleum industry over this mess.....

Jesus loves oil spills.

krashkart · 06-11-10, 04:50 PM

^^ You crazy bastard!

06-11-10, 04:55 PM

Behold, the true Messiah!

http://current.com/entertainment/com...video-feed.htm

antikristuseke · 06-11-10, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Behold, the true Messiah!

http://current.com/entertainment/com...video-feed.htm

LMFAO!

You have got to be ****ing kidding me. Some people...

06-11-10, 05:20 PM

XabbaRus · 06-11-10, 05:25 PM

It's the way that Obama is emphasising "British Petroleum". IE making straight out who is to blame and the feeling is he is emphasising the British part, ie it ain't American responsibility at all. BP hasn't been called British Petroleum for years.

There was a US senator on British TV today and he wasn't too happy with the language used by Obama either as it is having the effect of alientating some of us Brits. Also there is speculation here that it serves Obama politically as he can play the big strong man. He just looks stupid.

Geez even Bush didn't shoot his mouth off like Obama is at the moment.

What gets me is that Obama and some of his cronies want BP to not only pay compensation to the families of the oil workers and the people on the the gulf coast who are being affected, but also pay compensation to all the oil workers whose rigs in the gulf have been shut down due to this. Now isn't that just a bit too much that last one?

SteamWake · 06-11-10, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

It's the way that Obama is emphasising "British Petroleum". IE making straight out who is to blame and the feeling is he is emphasising the British part, ie it ain't American responsibility at all. BP hasn't been called British Petroleum for years.

There was a US senator on British TV today and he wasn't too happy with the language used by Obama either as it is having the effect of alientating some of us Brits. Also there is speculation here that it serves Obama politically as he can play the big strong man. He just looks stupid.

Geez even Bush didn't shoot his mouth off like Obama is at the moment.

What gets me is that Obama and some of his cronies want BP to not only pay compensation to the families of the oil workers and the people on the the gulf coast who are being affected, but also pay compensation to all the oil workers whose rigs in the gulf have been shut down due to this. Now isn't that just a bit too much that last one?

See my post about where they wont be satisfied until BP is driven out of buisness... after all that wealth needs to be given back to the gov..... er pepole.

antikristuseke · 06-11-10, 05:52 PM

Personally I think it is more about shifting as much blame as possible towards a foreign entity rather than something closer to home, but I guess I could allways use a new tinfoil hat.

XabbaRus · 06-12-10, 02:58 AM

My point exactly, but there is a further edge to it.

krashkart · 06-12-10, 01:12 PM

Whatever the sentiment is being expressed by Washington toward the world, it does not mirror my own view.

Maybe that's why I like forums so much. I get to meet a lot of people from all over the world who are, well, people. Just the other day I made friends with a dude in Russia. Not once when I was a kid did I believe that an American and a Russian could ever be friends (see why I hate governments so much?), so to me -- even though times have changed so much -- that's pretty dang special. Any-hways.... *twiddles thumbs*

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Ah, okay. Could you tell me why? I wasn't expecting to have a leader that didn't like the UK. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

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CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	krashkart - the UK isn't socialist enough for O to like you guys. He likes venuzeula and cuba though - just watch him try to nationalize the petroleum industry over this mess..... __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	^^ You crazy bastard! __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

06-11-10, 05:25 PM	#101
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It's the way that Obama is emphasising "British Petroleum". IE making straight out who is to blame and the feeling is he is emphasising the British part, ie it ain't American responsibility at all. BP hasn't been called British Petroleum for years. There was a US senator on British TV today and he wasn't too happy with the language used by Obama either as it is having the effect of alientating some of us Brits. Also there is speculation here that it serves Obama politically as he can play the big strong man. He just looks stupid. Geez even Bush didn't shoot his mouth off like Obama is at the moment. What gets me is that Obama and some of his cronies want BP to not only pay compensation to the families of the oil workers and the people on the the gulf coast who are being affected, but also pay compensation to all the oil workers whose rigs in the gulf have been shut down due to this. Now isn't that just a bit too much that last one? __________________

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Personally I think it is more about shifting as much blame as possible towards a foreign entity rather than something closer to home, but I guess I could allways use a new tinfoil hat.

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XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	My point exactly, but there is a further edge to it. __________________

06-12-10, 01:12 PM	#105
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Whatever the sentiment is being expressed by Washington toward the world, it does not mirror my own view. Maybe that's why I like forums so much. I get to meet a lot of people from all over the world who are, well, people. Just the other day I made friends with a dude in Russia. Not once when I was a kid did I believe that an American and a Russian could ever be friends (see why I hate governments so much?), so to me -- even though times have changed so much -- that's pretty dang special. Any-hways.... twiddles thumbs __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard