No Shit, Sherlock: "Oil spill crisis a setback for BP and its chief executive" (WashPost)

[stevedeshazer]

That is an actual headline in this morning's Washington Post.

Oil spill crisis a setback for BP and its chief executive

Think about that for a second.

<snip>

On the day he got news that the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, BP chief executive Tony Hayward received a series of crisis updates in his London offices. The rig belonged to Transocean, but BP had leased it to drill an exploration well and BP bore legal responsibility for any consequences.

The grim updates were interspersed with long silences. One person there said that on several occasions, Hayward asked, "What did we do to deserve this?"

Twelve days later, Hayward is grappling with the widening oil slick from the damaged well -- an environmental crisis for the Gulf Coast states, a political crisis for U.S. offshore drilling and a corporate crisis for one of the world's biggest oil giants.

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Here you have one of the leading US newspapers cheerleading for poor old downtrodden BP and its chief executive. Presstitutes for Big Oil.

Don't you just feel sorry for the poor guy and his trans-national conglomerate? After all, in their own words, what did they do to deserve this?

Oh, the humanity.

[Mind_your_head]

1. "Business" is the oil that humanity runs on, or no?

If you can't make a "buck", how can you "live"?

Or mebbe you CAN live ~ and live better ~ w/o worrying about the $$$ all of the time.....

:think:

[QC]

2. The poor corporations! My heart bleeds!

Here's hoping that BP gets sued out of existence.

[tblue]

3. Yes, it's just a charlie horse.

That reporter must've been thinking solely of how that CEO is gonna have to face the inconvenienced shareholders and directors, the poor unfortunate things who might lose a couple bucks over this little glitch.

[hayu_lol]

4. Wonder if any of our deep researchers could come up...

with how heavily Carlysle Group(Bush)is invested in BP?

[bemildred]

5. Indeed.

:thumbsup:

"It's only a flesh wound."

[AnArmyVeteran]

6. What a sociopathic asshole! His salary won't go down a dime. He doesn't give a damn...

Tony Hayward will probably get another multi-million dollar bonus just like he did last year, even if the horrible oil spill cost 12 billion to clean up. Corporate executives NEVER suffer any consequences for their irresponsible leadership, none. And Tony Hayward just demonstrated he is a sociopath because the first thing he thought about was himself, and not the 12 people he killed and the environmental calamity that will cost billions and ruin the livelihoods of millions of people. CEOs are usually soulless creatures who have no regard for other human beings. That's how they get to high positions in corporations. They don't do it because they are brilliant, god-like or all knowing.

[stevedeshazer]

7. What you said.

[aquart]

8. What was his bonus for the last five years?

Was it enough to pay for sane and sensible precautions?