Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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*

em2nought · 06-12-10, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

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?)

And here I was as a kid believing that me and big gov't could never be friends, this decade is showing that me and big business can't be friends either. Big anything seems to be a Forrest Gump in all the bad ways and none of the good.

mookiemookie · 06-13-10, 08:40 PM

BP rent a cop cuts off media access to a public beach. The cover-up continues:

06-11-10, 05:25 PM	#1
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? __________________

06-12-10, 02:58 AM	#4
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	#5
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

06-13-10, 08:40 PM	#7
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	BP rent a cop cuts off media access to a public beach. The cover-up continues: __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

06-11-10, 05:52 PM	#3
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.