Blame game
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Mousefield
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I have watched this ongoing event on the news, sad that people lost their lives on the oil rig. 
Sure lots of oil still coming out every day and there seems to be no end in sight. :ashamed:
Don't they already have army people on the shore and the Coast Guard on the water, they are paid by the taxpayer. Sounds like this could be a real disaster for the environment and many business that rely on water transportation, fishing and tourism to name a few.
Sure lots of oil still coming out every day and there seems to be no end in sight. :ashamed:
Don't they already have army people on the shore and the Coast Guard on the water, they are paid by the taxpayer. Sounds like this could be a real disaster for the environment and many business that rely on water transportation, fishing and tourism to name a few.
rekees4300
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BP will soon be designated "too big to fail" and we all know what comes next.
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That would be an odd result.
One of the ladies in our church knew one of the guys that was killed. She has been very saddened and concerned because her husband still works on an offshore rig.
One of the ladies in our church knew one of the guys that was killed. She has been very saddened and concerned because her husband still works on an offshore rig.
after watching the hearings today thats what were going to be in for.I too feel bad lives were lost and the already strechted too thin military is asked to now pull this duty.Let the oil companies hire some of our out of work people to aid in the clean up.The blame has to rest at the feet of those that caused this not the tax payer again.Let them spend some of thier huge profits.
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I'm surprised at the reporting of the cap solution that failed. You'd think this thing was the size of air craft carrier or something, considering the scope of the problem that particular solution looked very rinky dink and rather pathetic to me. Billions and billions of dollars in profits thanks to you and me and they can't seem to take the time and incur the nominal expense to ensure a fail safe plan is in place. Where are the other oil companies with their seemingly ever increasing and record breaking billions of dollars in profits, are they trying to help at all or do they feel doing such would be incriminating by guilt of association therefore are prevented from contributing to the solution. I am absolutely amazed that tried and true strategies are not the norm for this type blow out, just a bunch of excuses.
Average American industry is being squeezed to death from a safety stand-point (the cost of which is the true cause of jobs going overseas imo) and the guys who can most afford to maximize implementing safety measures from a personnel and environmental standpoint and potentially offer the greatest risk are, seemingly, allowed to operate willy nilly in such an important area requiring the utmost diligence in prevention.
Average American industry is being squeezed to death from a safety stand-point (the cost of which is the true cause of jobs going overseas imo) and the guys who can most afford to maximize implementing safety measures from a personnel and environmental standpoint and potentially offer the greatest risk are, seemingly, allowed to operate willy nilly in such an important area requiring the utmost diligence in prevention.
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watch out the big oil companies have started the old blame game and I,ll bet its going to lead to tax payer involvement for the gulf clean up
In this post you started
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/171689-prc.html
you want jobs to stay in the U.S.
Well, here's oil production jobs in the U.S. Which way you want it?
Did you even hear what they think caused the explosion?
Did you here that BP was contracting out the work on the rig? The work was being done by the operating procedures of the drilling company, not BP.
BP has already stated that it was BPs oil and responsibility and they will pick up the cleanup tab, but they did not cause the explosion.
I did hear it but they also said when pressed they didn,t know how much cost they would pick up,not looking to get political or under anyones skin just pointing out that the tax payers may be in for more bailout money.
