Category: Gulf Coast

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Macondo Well, Oil Spill

Saving Time, Cutting Costs, Destroying Lives…a simple document

Many discussions have been held regarding British Petroleum’s corporate climate, the cost cutting, the record of safety, the notion that this corporation did or did not balance the drive for profit above all else, and it will be debated for a long time to come. The National Oil Spill Commission spent a lot of time and money trying to determine what BP, Transocean and Halliburton … Continue reading Saving Time, Cutting Costs, Destroying Lives…a simple document

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And now a word from our sponsors, British Petroleum, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, LIVE YOUR LIFE, Music, Oil Spill

And now a word from our sponsors…BP PLC Version

Sometimes you need a break… A Perfect Circle – The Noose “Recall the deeds as if they’re all someone else’s atrocious stories Now you stand reborn before us all, so glad to see you well. And not to pull your halo down, Around your neck and tug you to the ground, But I’m more than just a little curious How you’re plannin’ to go about … Continue reading And now a word from our sponsors…BP PLC Version

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Apocalypse, Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Class War, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, FCC, Google is Evil, Gulf Coast, Homeland Security, Net Neutrality, Oil Spill, Supression of Science, Telecoms, Verizon is Evil

The Head, It Spins…

In a quick perusal of the news this morning…and yesterday for that matter, I felt like a boxer taking punch after punch…and I gotta say it, I’m aggravated and disappointed, yet at the same time, more comfortable and secure in the correctness of my views that the government doesn’t care about anything but corporations and what they believe they can get away with, the problem with wilileaks … Continue reading The Head, It Spins…

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

Making Things Right…By Whose Definition?

Making things right. Over the past seven months or so this has become the new slogan, British Petroleum’s brand new bumper sticker they wish to slap on every American’s forehead who is paying attention to the Gulf. The CEO says it. The underlings say it. The television throws it at you every chance it gets. But what does that even mean? And who gets to … Continue reading Making Things Right…By Whose Definition?

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British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, New Orleans, Oil Spill

The Newer Meanings of Black Friday…sentimental thoughts

Hello everybody… Typically, I try not to make these things all that personal, usually covering up a lot of feelings with humor, dark cynicism, take a few jabs at politicians while emotionally stepping slightly outside of myself, a calculated distance learned from many years of social work that makes it easier to blunt the emotional impact of what I do for a living, but I … Continue reading The Newer Meanings of Black Friday…sentimental thoughts

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

BP Changes Court Strategy: We Are Not Americans

So, a group of BP’s investors got together last June and decided to sue British Petroleum, Tony Hayward and Bob Dudley for wasting corporate assets, exposing the company and therefore, its shareholders to billions of dollars in liabilities and for violating their responsibilities to its shareholders by allowing the BP oil catastraphuk to happen. This lawsuit was filed in Houston. Ah, but BP has a … Continue reading BP Changes Court Strategy: We Are Not Americans

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British Petroleum, Class War, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

Now, BP wants claimants’ legal rights to sue other companies

To sue or not to sue, this has been a question on the minds of many in the Gulf Coast. As things currently stand, if a claimant accepts a final payment from the $20 billion dollar escrow fund being run by Ken Feinberg, that claimant gives up their right to sue for punitive damages, but in a new rule being considered by Feinberg, these claimants … Continue reading Now, BP wants claimants’ legal rights to sue other companies

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Blogs, British Petroleum, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Macondo Well, Oil Spill

BP would never sacrifice safety for profit: a metaphor

On November 8th, the White House Oil Commission’s Chief Counsel, Fred Bartlit said, “To date we have not seen a single instance where a human being made a conscious decision to favor dollars over safety.” On November 16th, the interim findings of a report done by the National Academy of Engineers and the National Resource Council said, “Many of the pivotal choices made for the … Continue reading BP would never sacrifice safety for profit: a metaphor

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