God this makes me angry. You’re like astronauts? Eff off. Go away until you have fixed the problem, jerk. I don’t need to hear about your Apollo 13-ness until you’ve actually done something.
Then we’d just have less time before the oil reached shore after the rig explodes.
I’m not one of those crazy “we can’t drill offshore” people, but I do think we need some serious legislation to actually enforce safety regulations at these rigs. Because BP and Chevron and Exxon aren’t going to do it themselves, and they damn sure aren’t going to clean up after themselves when the wind blows or their shoddy workmanship falls apart.
Maybe we should go Russian style and have a government oil company like Gazprom. We could get a Putin-like guy to run it with an iron fist. That’s crazy, i’m just angry.
Why do we always suggest a government entity would somehow be better that private enterprise? Have we not seen enough government enterprise failures to convince us yet? Oh, no, not yet. We’re going to hand our health care over to the same feds who don’t have engineers savvy enough to stop an oil leak. I can’t wait to meet the government doctor so incompetent that he can’t fix a leaky heart valve. And the hits just keep on comin’……..
Well, the reason why some think that government might work a little better in this perticular situation is because it is CURRENTLY private enterprise and the leak is STILL going. The government, in theory, has more resources availble to it then private enterprise, so in theory, they might be able to stop the leak quicker then private enterprise. Now, that being said, I am for SMALL government, and minimal government involment, the above statments is just my theory on why some people are saying the government could handle it better. Do I agree with it? I don’t know.
And all I can say about your theory is that a government that believes it has superior resources and continues to sit on the sidelines, as the current administration appears to be, is no government at all.
To George–I was responding to Nerd’s theory of big government. I never said the government was terrible. I merely pointed out that if the theory is true–the government is better prepared to handle this situation, uh…… why aren’t they doing something? Many have stated that they’ve not done enough other than attempt to brow beat BP into doing something the government can’t quite articulate other than “you’re making our President look bad (inept), stop it”. A government purporting to be superior really ought to “show us the goods”, don’t you think? Try to keep up George, dear. I actually took a debate class or two.
So BP is handling this poorly and the president is handling this poorly. Ok, i agree. I thought you were saying the government should not get involved in the first post, and then saying that the goverment is inept because they aren’t getting involved in the 2nd post.
To George-actually the posters are both right on and your attempt to be sarcastic to call Brokette “Beckian” is actually high praise indeed.
Obama and his officials have already said that BP has the ability to do things that they can’t. It may be true or it may be politically easier for Obama to sit on the sideleines and in the aftermath sue and regulate. While sounding nice, it doesnt fix a damn thing.
As much as people dont like it we are going to need oil for a long time and guess what, a pile of it is underwater. Lets learn from this-how to do it better and more efficiently, but lets not forget we all make mistakes-just look at all of the things we insure against each and every day. This is really no different.
Mr. Hayward obviously needs to take a lesson in risk management. Deep water oil drilling is among the riskiest endeavors in the world. Figuring out how to fix a big OOPS should have been a priority long before one actually occurred. Based on some reports in the media, both BP and Transocean were made aware of safety issues long before it escalated to this catastrophe. They should be held criminally liable for everything that has happened.
Mr. Hayward’s comments to the media, particularly the one about wanting to get his life back echo his blatant disregard for the irreparable damage his company has done to the environmental, social and economic systems of the Gulf States.
Tonight my husband and I are having what will very likely be our last filet of Gulf Red Snapper all because of BP.
To say I am angry about all of this is a gross understatement. I hope Hayward and all his cronies rot in hell.
God this makes me angry. You’re like astronauts? Eff off. Go away until you have fixed the problem, jerk. I don’t need to hear about your Apollo 13-ness until you’ve actually done something.
Amen, George.
if we allowed drilling in “shallower” waters?
Then we’d just have less time before the oil reached shore after the rig explodes.
I’m not one of those crazy “we can’t drill offshore” people, but I do think we need some serious legislation to actually enforce safety regulations at these rigs. Because BP and Chevron and Exxon aren’t going to do it themselves, and they damn sure aren’t going to clean up after themselves when the wind blows or their shoddy workmanship falls apart.
Maybe we should go Russian style and have a government oil company like Gazprom. We could get a Putin-like guy to run it with an iron fist. That’s crazy, i’m just angry.
Why do we always suggest a government entity would somehow be better that private enterprise? Have we not seen enough government enterprise failures to convince us yet? Oh, no, not yet. We’re going to hand our health care over to the same feds who don’t have engineers savvy enough to stop an oil leak. I can’t wait to meet the government doctor so incompetent that he can’t fix a leaky heart valve. And the hits just keep on comin’……..
This is closing the barn door after the horse is gone!
Well, the reason why some think that government might work a little better in this perticular situation is because it is CURRENTLY private enterprise and the leak is STILL going. The government, in theory, has more resources availble to it then private enterprise, so in theory, they might be able to stop the leak quicker then private enterprise. Now, that being said, I am for SMALL government, and minimal government involment, the above statments is just my theory on why some people are saying the government could handle it better. Do I agree with it? I don’t know.
And all I can say about your theory is that a government that believes it has superior resources and continues to sit on the sidelines, as the current administration appears to be, is no government at all.
Wow Brokette…i’m no Obama fan, but you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
Argument A: The government is terrible and shouldn’t get involved in this!
2 posts later, Argument B: If the government won’t get involved, they are a terrible government!
Very Glenn Beck-ian.
To George–I was responding to Nerd’s theory of big government. I never said the government was terrible. I merely pointed out that if the theory is true–the government is better prepared to handle this situation, uh…… why aren’t they doing something? Many have stated that they’ve not done enough other than attempt to brow beat BP into doing something the government can’t quite articulate other than “you’re making our President look bad (inept), stop it”. A government purporting to be superior really ought to “show us the goods”, don’t you think? Try to keep up George, dear. I actually took a debate class or two.
So BP is handling this poorly and the president is handling this poorly. Ok, i agree. I thought you were saying the government should not get involved in the first post, and then saying that the goverment is inept because they aren’t getting involved in the 2nd post.
How is that hope and change working out for you?
I think I HOPE we elect a new president soon who will CHANGE what this one has done.
To George-actually the posters are both right on and your attempt to be sarcastic to call Brokette “Beckian” is actually high praise indeed.
Obama and his officials have already said that BP has the ability to do things that they can’t. It may be true or it may be politically easier for Obama to sit on the sideleines and in the aftermath sue and regulate. While sounding nice, it doesnt fix a damn thing.
As much as people dont like it we are going to need oil for a long time and guess what, a pile of it is underwater. Lets learn from this-how to do it better and more efficiently, but lets not forget we all make mistakes-just look at all of the things we insure against each and every day. This is really no different.
Mr. Hayward obviously needs to take a lesson in risk management. Deep water oil drilling is among the riskiest endeavors in the world. Figuring out how to fix a big OOPS should have been a priority long before one actually occurred. Based on some reports in the media, both BP and Transocean were made aware of safety issues long before it escalated to this catastrophe. They should be held criminally liable for everything that has happened.
Mr. Hayward’s comments to the media, particularly the one about wanting to get his life back echo his blatant disregard for the irreparable damage his company has done to the environmental, social and economic systems of the Gulf States.
Tonight my husband and I are having what will very likely be our last filet of Gulf Red Snapper all because of BP.
To say I am angry about all of this is a gross understatement. I hope Hayward and all his cronies rot in hell.