Oil above Justice

The Associated Press recently investigated and gave out statistics publicly about the oil spill and BP. I wish to share those with you right now before I give you my take. First up, did you know that the oil spill has cost BP nearly four billion dollars? Sounds like a lot right? Not to BP. Another fact, four billion dollars is ONLY a QUARTER of what BP profited in 2009.


In the 1970's, when another oil catastrophe took place, oil companies provided the Government ideas for companies investing into state of the art clean up techniques. To ensure that another spill wouldn't happen again.

You've seen what they’re doing to clean up the spill, real state of the art, huh?

Once again BP wants to sweeten up the Government by saying they will invest in state of the art clean up to prevent another spill from happening again. Even though they promised that in the 70's and it's happening again now. Another thing, the judge that will be deciding whether or not BP will be banned from offshore drilling for six months, has STOCK IN BP.

Fear not, oil hasn't touched Washington, right? In 2009 McCain/Palin ran with the idea of having an energy cap law. It has been dropped. I saved the best for last, though, the statistic that shocked me the most. As of day 100 we have only lost a quarter of what America uses as a whole in ONE DAY.

Ladies and gentlemen, oil is our drug. We are so dependent on oil it's ridiculous. We have given BP and other oil companies so much power and money, that BP will go absolutely unscathed. While we search for alternative energy, remember these same companies are dishing out millions of dollars to silence alternative energy. If we got competition in energy with oil we would be less dependent therefore they will have less power and profit. And as we watch history repeating itself with their promises of state of the art technology to the government in the 70's and to today I hope you realize that what they are doing is just a repeated attempt to save their companies and profits.

There’s another spill going on right now and it's going on all over our government with our representatives having stock in BP etc. BP ruined a major source of income and economy in the gulf. They have taken away what people base their lives on. And through all this BP can just lie to Washington and each and every one of us over and over again and they will receive NO JUSTICE just a small hole in their pockets out of LAST YEARS PROFITS.

I really hope that I am not the only person who says NO to what BP is saying.

Oil Spiel: Leakage stopped (for now)

After months of irreversible spillage into the Gulf of Mexico a cap has finally stopped the leakage but, of course BP has finally told the truth for once and said, "Don’t hold your breath, it might not be over yet," perhaps the most honest statement in this whole ordeal. If this cap breaks and Oil returns to spilling into the gulf BP should dig there black oil slick sandy graves at beach side because they will officially be over.


No, not really.

Nothing else will happen to them if they close it people will forget and go on to the next big story probably the Ashton Kutcher violent outburst on the phone (that's my prediction, just imagine it...)

On topic; a lot of people lately have said "Don’t shop at the BP" which doesn't make any sense. The BP's where I live, and probably where you live, are run by a family business. What that dimwit that runs BP does is his decision. The family that runs the BP down the street to you have no say in his or his monkeys (I mean advisors) decisions. All you're doing is breaking another business in this economic downside that has claimed many, don’t add to the list. I say if you don’t shop at BP continue to not shop at BP; don’t line anymore pockets than you have too. But, if you shop at BP often, don’t re-route where your quick stop is.

Next will be a long clean up and trying to get boats back on those waters. But, judging by the fact hundreds of thousands of gallons spilled every day, it will be a very long time. Also, all through this ordeal, anyone notice how BP tried to downplay how much is spilling? When it first spilled and broke headlines it was only 100,000 gallons a day then they "re-researched it" bumped to 200,000 "re-researched it" again up to 500,000. They have done nothing but lie to the public these last couple of months and the Government really should do something about it.

But I can see the wrong approach already being taken

This clearly happened because BP and its workers failed to take the precautions necessary. And what do we do when they can’t take the precautions necessary? We add more precautions if you can’t eat 3 scoops of ice cream you don’t add 3 more scoops of ice cream. Adding more precautions is just more precautions that won’t be followed.

Once again Obama was being too soft. I don’t blame him that the spill happened I blame him for the fact he bended into what the conservatives campaigned for the entire time: "Drill baby drill!" He spoke against it (the conservatives supported it) and was debated on TV. He WON the election, got a Democratic majority in the senate and house, and what does he do? He signs an offshore drilling law? What the hell is that? Don’t democrats dominate everything? Once again Liberals are being pushed around. It could be one Republican and all the rest Dems and still be pushed around, put it together. If Obama signs more of these offshore drilling bills and companies like BP keep recklessly extracting oil these spills will be a hell of a lot more common, so please don’t.

Oh, and by the way, BP making a Youtube channel and advertising on every other vid I watch to befriend you? Really? Are you really more concerned about getting what little support you have now. You already are hated just for being an oil company. A cheap attempt is all it is. And the fact you can’t even comment on their page or videos?

Stupid.