FReep this DNCC petition "Help Obama hold BP accountable" !!

Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee ^ | 5.4.10

[libh8er]

...Sign our petition. Stand with President Obama to hold BP accountable for this disastrous spill. Rush Limbaugh is entirely wrong: This oil will not clean itself up. Corporations must be held accountable for their actions, and the right wing must stop making excuses for environmental bad actors....

[FlingWingFlyer]

Join Barack the Kenyan and his ‘RAT comrades! Put your jackboot on the throat of BP now!

[mlocher]

Corporations must be held accountable for their actions

And the judicial branch of our government will ensure that all lawsuits are properly settled.

Obama is assuming the role of the judicial branch in much of his BP rhetoric. Contrary to popular belief, Obama is not cook, waiter and bottle washer. (Although I wish he were -- at a diner in Kenya.)

[mlocher]

Uh, all I could do was sign an electronic petition. But, I did the best I could. Hehe.

[cranked]

Another “help” Jack Squat Barry take over another aspect of the US economy? Hell no! As for BP, they will be held accountable WITHOUT the political manuevering of this lame jack squat administration.

[TBP]

Help hold BO accountable. Put a boot on his neck now.

[Star Traveler]

Well, I don’t know ... it seems to me that BP is the one responsible, if they own the rig (perhaps it was owned by several partners...). Anyway, whoever owns it, they’re the ones who are going to be responsible to clean up the mess.

There is only one other party I can think of that could possibly be “responsible” for this cleanup — and this “other party” is usually responsible for a lot of these kinds of troubles.

That “other party” who may be “responsible” for the “clean-up” of this mess — well..., that’s the American Taxpayer. And to tell you the truth, the way I see it all working out is that BP is going to shift a good part of that “responsibility” over to the American Taxpayer.

So, I would say, “Get ready to be as responsible for this mess, as BP is...” as that’s probably what is going to happen ... anyway...

I mean, the “money” is going to come from somewhere, and it’s either going to come from the “business and investors” or it’s going to come from the American Taxpayer... [... I’m not sure which one you want it to be, though ...]

[Domandred]

Didn’t BP already say they would cover the costs of cleanup? Oh that’s right, the envirowackos want some criminal charges made up and sue them for even more money to give to some other undeserving envirowhacko organization.

[Mike Darancette]

Tell Landreau to give her BP money to the shrimpers that will nor be able make a living.

[Mike Darancette]

Put your jackboot on the throat of BP now!

BP has insurance and lawyers for this.

[verum ago]

Um, how exactly are we supposed to FReep this thing? I don’t see an option for anti-signing it.

[FrankR]

BP is in the process of cleaning it up; they've come up with the ingenius method of using domes to contain the oil right out of the ground, and then pump it to the surface.

They're also taking great strides to clean of the part that already spilled. They are taking the claims of businessmen and fishermen for their losses, and they are providing hundreds of jobs, sorely needed during this obama recession.

I think BP is acting as admirably as possible, given the circumstances. So, I'm going to pass on your little "petition", as I wouldn't join barack obama on an Easter Egg hunt...oops, forgot, he's a muslim and they don't do that.

Now, run back to DU and your regular haunts where people are stupid enough to fall for your tricks...we don't want any.

The only "slick" I see is "slick willie II", obama.

[TigersEye]

It has a comments section. Enter a fake e-mail addie and put in your remarks. Like...

Barry0 is a lying jug-eared communist.

It worked for me.

[TigersEye]

How much has BP paid in taxes to the U.S. Treasury?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Done!

[Smokin' Joe]

...it seems to me that BP is the one responsible, if they own the rig

BP doesn't own the rig. Transocean Drilling owns the rig.

I don't profess to have intimate knowledge of their contractual arrangements, and I'd bet the politicians proclaiming "responsibility" (quite possibly in violation of service contracts) don't have any knowledge of how the oil industry conducts business at all.

No more than than they understand mutual liability waivers in standard service provider contracts (like with the fishermen who wanted to work on the cleanup).

Rights and responsibilities of the contractual parties are spelled out in detail, and I am sure the lawyers for all companies concerned, from manufacturers to drilling fluids reps, to rig instrumentation providers, and a host of other companies have been poring over all the fine print while the press and politicians blab on...

I have only heard oilfield rumors as to the events leading up to the disaster, (so I won't repeat them here), but if they were correct, the situation was complex, and a host of things which should not have gone wrong went wrong, seriously and irrecoverably, simultaneously.

Who is liable for what portion of the mess might not be decided for years.

[ggwyo]

Maybe you should read the reports on what companies were subcontracted to manage this well.

BP owns it
Trans ocean co. dilled it
Haliburton. performed the cementing to it 20 hours before it blew up.

So I would really have to question the well drilling process and the typical Haliburton quality of well services.

Based off of the article I was reading Haliburton over pressured the well in the cementing process and probably fractured the well casing.

But then again I only worked for oil companies I didn’t own them.

[libh8er]

Um, how exactly are we supposed to FReep this thing? I don’t see an option for anti-signing it.

Why do you need an option for 'anti' signing it ? There is a text box - just speak your mind.

[libh8er]

Now, run back to DU and your regular haunts where people are stupid enough to fall for your tricks...we don't want any.

You spent all that effort typing it *here* when there was a comments box on the site I provided a link to. And you've been a FReeper how long ? Perhaps I should have explained for the benefit of some, what 'FReeping' means, but I am sure enough did it already and it wouldn't have mattered.

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

BP doesn't own the rig. Transocean Drilling owns the rig.

Oh man! Someone bamboozled BP into thinking they were responsible..., when all they had to do was say, "It ain't our rig!" LOL ...

Someone -- quick -- give them a call and tell them to get their PR people on it right away and have them start saying "Transocean Drilling" and leave BP's name out of it ... :-)