Halliburton (R) & BP (R) knew of problems before Gulf oil fiasco - did nothing

[SpiralHawk]

RepubliCorps exhibiting Republicon Family, Inc. Values -- greed, greed, greed, negligence, exploitation and FAIL.

Firms Knew of Cement Flaws Before Spill, Panel Says

Halliburton and BP knew weeks before the fatal explosion of
the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico that the cement
mixture they planned to use to seal the bottom of the well
was unstable but still went ahead with the job, the
presidential commission investigating the accident said on
Thursday.

In the first official finding of responsibility for the
blowout, which killed 11 workers and led to the largest
offshore oil spill in American history, the commission staff
determined that Halliburton had conducted three laboratory
tests that indicated that the cement mixture did not meet
industry standards.

The result of at least one of those tests was given on March
8 to BP, which failed to act upon it, the panel's lead
investigator, Fred H. Bartlit Jr., said in a letter delivered
to the commissioners on Thursday.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na

[Arctic Dave]

1. Yeouch! This is definitely going to leave a mark. n/t

[avaistheone1]

2. This is a crime against humanity and nature itself.

[G_j]

3. Halliburton gets paid to create disasters

and "fix" 'em to...

[Guilded Lilly]

4. and what can stop them?

seriously, I sure as hell don't know. No one seems to know...and those that might, don't try.
We can damn them to whatever hell they belong in, but seriously...what in hell will stop them?

[SpiralHawk]

5. "More tax cuts for rich republicons. Smirk." - Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R)

"Tax cuts for the rich will fix the gulf (smirk), restore integrity to RepubliCorps, stop the RepubliStompers, and solve all of our problems. Smirk."

- Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R)

[Angry Dragon]

6. Does rush still have his lifetime membership to rentboy??

[SpiralHawk]

7. Don't know about that. But he will undoubtedly defend cronies Halliburton & BP

Even though those two RepubiCorps blatantly disregarded warnings, went ahead, and caused a massive toxic mess that is negatively thousands upon thousands of lives as it grossly pollutes the Gulf of Mexico...

Republicons & their corporations just do not do honor or responsibility,

[Angry Dragon]

9. I read not too long ago

that the reason bp was drilling that deep
was that we forced them to because we
would not let them drill closer.

But they did promise to protect the
seals and walruses

[SpiralHawk]

8. "Sneer." - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R)