Oil spill: BP 'did not sacrifice safety to save money'

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

An inquiry ordered by US President Barack Obama into the BP oil spill has given support to many of the company's own findings, challenging claims BP sacrificed safety to save money.

During a presentation to the oil spill commission, the panel's chief investigator said he agreed with 90% of BP's conclusions about the disaster.

Preliminary findings are expected to be released later on Monday.

BP has been widely criticised since the 20 April blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11714906

[FiveGoodMen]

1. !

:eyes:

[Arkana]

2. Arkana: "Yes you fucking did, BP"

[lob1]

3. "...he agreed with 90% of BP's conclusions about the disaster."

In other words, the government lies to us about 90% of the time.

[gratuitous]

6. Oh gee whiz

I suppose you're going to judge the entirety of BP's corporate behavior based on that smidgen of 10% of their conclusions? You'd probably want to judge Ted Bundy by activitives that occupied, really, even less than 10% of everything he did in life. Golly, you libruls are soooo intolerant!

[lob1]

11. It's unfair. You eat ONE foot and everyone calls you a cannibal.

[Junkdrawer]

14. !

:spray:

[awoke_in_2003]

21. To quote the godfather of soul....

"Get on the good foot"

[christx30]

20. Yeah!

What about all the people the Ted Bundy didn't kill!

[dipsydoodle]

7. Yes but it is your government headed up by President Obama

so in effect your saying HE lies to you 90% of the time.

Have I got that right ?

[lob1]

15. About the oil spill, yes.

He agreed with every word BP said, and ignored scientists who said differently. Do you believe 75% of the oil is gone?

[dipsydoodle]

31. Most of it has by now probably become something else

but I'm not sure quite what it has become. Whatever harmfulness remains will only become apparent with time. Comments from many "scientists" at present are pure conjecture. Hopefully there will be no long term residual effect.

[Junkdrawer]

4. Q.E.D.

The US Government and Big Oil are now married.

Do we get to throw rice?

[Jackpine Radical]

25. You mean they were LIVING IN SIN all those years before?

Anyway, I always thought they had a three-way with the Saudi royals.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. How much did that cost?

[ibegurpard]

8. indeed...we could have save taxpayer dollars

and just fucking rubberstamped BP's claims

[Roma]

9. Fred Bartlit! Who the hell appointed or hired him Chief Counsel ?

Bartlit has more than 40 years of experience investigating and trying high-profile cases around the country, including many involving technically complex engineering and economic issues. He has served as lead counsel in more than 50 major trials gaining a reputation for both his zealous pursuit of facts and his professional integrity.

In December 2000, he successfully represented President George W. Bush trial counsel in Florida concerning the disputed election results in Bush v. Gore. He is a currently a partner in the law firm of Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott located in Denver and Chicago.

http://www.bartlit-beck.com/about-news-149.html

[Junkdrawer]

13. The word is Bipartisan

Don't you DARE say Obama and Bush are too much alike.

(I KNOW you were thinking it.)

[TroglodyteScholar]

10. Yea, maybe it's true technically, but they DID sacrifice safety to save TIME.

And everyone knows that time is money. You do the math.

[Xipe Totec]

12. So they sacrificed it for some other arcane reason?

Perhaps they did not sacrifice safety to save money, but to make it.

[Earth_First]

18. Ah-ha! The power to carefully craft words...

Brilliant, yet not fooled!

[CLANG]

16. And that folks, is called a coverup.

[SoapBox]

17. Bull...

and you know the rest of that word...

[Taverner]

19. Excuse me - but whiskey tango foxtrot?

Who did this report?

[matt819]

22. Oh, okay then

Well, I'm glad that's cleared up. So I guess all those engineers who were critical of the construction at the time of the explosion were wrong. And the reports of substandard concrete? Wrong.

This report has been brought to you, and bought and paid for, by BP.

[notadmblnd]

23. Of course not.. They sacrificed safety so they could give themselves bonuses.

There's no savings in that.

[DRoseDARs]

24. The 11 dead workers beg to differ. As does all the evidence and whistleblowing. n/t

[AlbertCat]

26. BP 'did not sacrifice safety to save money'

So what did they sacrifice safety for?

[sakabatou]

27. BULLSHIT!

[w4rma]

28. Fake inquiry. (nt)

[aquart]

29. Pasture pastry.

Meadow muffins. Barn buns. BULLSHIT.

[lunasun]

30. Oh O K if that is what they say

That is good enough for me then.................NOT!