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

[XabbaRus]

760 violations based on what. How are they defined? Is it a paper violation or an actual violation.

I work in the oil industry and they have stop cards etc, but some of these violations will be more procedural rather than actual.

Also if you want to know why there is a feeling of pot kettle black in the UK over this in terms of lives lost then I will give you piper alpha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Alpha#Aftermath

[MGR1]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Also if you want to know why there is a feeling of pot kettle black in the UK over this in terms of lives lost then I will give you piper alpha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Alpha#Aftermath

Gah, I, like all Aberdonians who are old enough, remember that.

I remember going to see the Queen Mother unveil the memorial too - nice, bright sunny day. Hell of a lot of people went to see it.

One of the women I work with lost her husband during it.

Nasty business, nasty indeed.

Mike.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

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.

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.

[AVGWarhawk]

The fall guy:

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

[GoldenRivet]

and the "who's ass i have to kick" comment.

about what I expected.

a misguided and unprofessional attempt at looking tough.



I HAVE HAD IT WITH THIS M.F.ING OIL IN THIS G.D GULF!