Thread: Americans slagging off BP are w*nkers

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

(Oh, by the way - got an answer to those questions and supporting evidence, I keep asking for?)
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You are quite tedious in harping on about unanswered questions when you dodge the issue at every turn . . . give it a break and stop being a tedious twerp

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

Also, none of the slush fund money has been allocated to any victims yet, except to pay for BP's own staff engaged in the cleanup effort.

Not actually true:

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?...tentId=7063000

BP Claim Payments Exceed $100 Million

Release date: 19 June 2010

31,000 checks issued in seven weeks

New Orleans, La - BP said today that it has paid $104 million to residents along the Gulf Coast for claims filed as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has issued more than 31,000 checks in the past seven weeks.

"Our focus has been on getting money into the hands of fishermen, shrimpers, condo owners and others who have not been able to earn income due to the spill," said Darryl Willis, of the BP claims team. "We have also been addressing the larger, more complex claims and have been successful in sending more checks to commercial entities."

BP has received about 64,000 claims to date. A 1,000-member claim team is working around the clock to receive and process claims. There are 33 field offices set up in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, and BP is accepting calls through an 800 number as well as accepting applications online. BP has received about 84,000 calls on the claims alone.

The average time from filing a claim to checks being issued is 4 days for individuals and seven days for more complex business claims that have provided supporting documentation. Willis said BP's commitment is to move expeditiously and fairly to meet the needs of the residents of the Gulf Coast.

Claims can be filed by phone at 1-800-440-0858 (TTY device 1-800-573-8249), on the web at www.bp.com/claims, or by visiting one of our claims offices across the Gulf Coast.

Originally Posted by PAG

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

Also, none of the slush fund money has been allocated to any victims yet, except to pay for BP's own staff engaged in the cleanup effort.

Not actually true:

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?...tentId=7063000

BP Claim Payments Exceed $100 Million

Release date: 19 June 2010

31,000 checks issued in seven weeks

New Orleans, La - BP said today that it has paid $104 million to residents along the Gulf Coast for claims filed as a result of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has issued more than 31,000 checks in the past seven weeks.

"Our focus has been on getting money into the hands of fishermen, shrimpers, condo owners and others who have not been able to earn income due to the spill," said Darryl Willis, of the BP claims team. "We have also been addressing the larger, more complex claims and have been successful in sending more checks to commercial entities."

BP has received about 64,000 claims to date. A 1,000-member claim team is working around the clock to receive and process claims. There are 33 field offices set up in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, and BP is accepting calls through an 800 number as well as accepting applications online. BP has received about 84,000 calls on the claims alone.

The average time from filing a claim to checks being issued is 4 days for individuals and seven days for more complex business claims that have provided supporting documentation. Willis said BP's commitment is to move expeditiously and fairly to meet the needs of the residents of the Gulf Coast.

Claims can be filed by phone at 1-800-440-0858 (TTY device 1-800-573-8249), on the web at www.bp.com/claims, or by visiting one of our claims offices across the Gulf Coast.

Nah,
cheaper to just pay it than investigate it.
4 days, right?
The fucking post takes 4 days.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Originally Posted by sabang

Wait for the first catastrophe to happen, and then play catch up with the technology. Real smart.

That's the way it always works. From the space shuttle to deepwater drilling. You want stuff made from oil? Plastics, jet fuel etc? Gotta drill for oil in deeper waters.

Whch is why a drastic shift in developed countries citizen lifestyles has to happen. No more garbage made of packaging, no more suv's rumbling in the cities. No more careless, mindless consumerism one- upmanship .

Time for a return to worshipping the only thing that matters, the planet.

Originally Posted by dotcom

If "BP" survive as a company it will be a miracle.

Not only is their CEO an idiot but shortcuts out on that rig put the entire company in jeopardy.

And the dead men?

Just where are those manslaughter indictments??

Originally Posted by Ripley

to worshipping the only thing that matters, the planet.

er , beer is the only thing that matters - take your wild fringe dwelling hipster worship elsewhere.

Blame obama, not Americans in general, please.
I applauded Barton's apology to BP, while most others did not. Hek, Hayward took one day vakay in two months; how many leisure days has obama had in the past 62, including golf with Biden on Saturday and inviting Wolfgang Puck to cook a big dinner for his pals at the WH on Sunday?

Originally Posted by sabang

The US media are certainly acting like a bunch of Tossers.
All this bullshit over a frikkin Saturday Yacht race ffs.

hayward is the CEO of a corporation that will have polluted US waters for many, many years to come. and on friday he went before congress and responded with "i don't know" countless times.

and this weekend he went off to enjoy pristine waters somewhere else in the world.

IMO US media organizations have rightly drawn attention to his behavior, and americans are justifiably upset by it.

and please note that i know he never had any intention of answering those questions before congress (he essentially was pleading the 5th)....in fact he had days (if not weeks) to prepare the answers.

^ Yep, and if obama would have got his finger out, the clean-up would have started immediately, while allowing BP to address the fix rather than pressuring the company with fekin hearings and threats of criminal lawsuits.

I had to visit BP the other day to conduct a fire safety check. The 30 year veterans I was with were not happy punters as there shares have plummeted by 100k and there due to retire shortly.

Now that would really piss a punter off.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Yep, and if obama would have got his finger out, the clean-up would have started immediately

You really have no clue, do you . . . Immediately . . . I';m sure sme of our oil workers here will tell you that the cause and circumstances would have to be ascertained first.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

while allowing BP to address the fix rather than pressuring the company with fekin hearings and threats of criminal lawsuits.

Blaming this on Obama is simply ridiculous . . . criminal lawsuits? The government?

Your grasp on reality isn't the best, is it.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Blame obama, not Americans in general, please.
I applauded Barton's apology to BP, while most others did not. Hek, Hayward took one day vakay in two months; how many leisure days has obama had in the past 62, including golf with Biden on Saturday and inviting Wolfgang Puck to cook a big dinner for his pals at the WH on Sunday?

Yeah, and then bastard had to take another 5 mins out today to have another dump.
If he really cared about the environment he would have had a toilet installed at his desk in the oval office.
If he and the American press want to snipe at matey from BP then Obama needs to spend every second, sorry nano second working tirelessly with no sleep, or food or golf or goumet dining until the oil is cleaned up.
And, if he dares to Do Michelle in the next 6 months then he is the anti christ.
Every thrust will cost BP and the American public millions.

Originally Posted by Number 42

and there are plenty of wells out there that are even deeper

no there ain't sabang

this well was the deepest EVER

Best you do a fact-check before making comments of FACT...

I think that BO is rubbing his monkey hands at the moment.
"How much can I make out of this"? he is thinking.
20, 40 maybe 60 billion?
Ok, we're gonna lose a few birds, but the fishing industry, the tourist industry etc etc can relax this year, they done their business, BP will pay all, don't matter about whether or not it would have been a good year or a bad one, we will encourage them to claim for a good one.
We will not investigate claims closely, too expensive. We will simply pay, it,s not our money anyway.
Oh, hold on it is our money, well it is now.
Monkeys should not be allowed to run the world.
Might as well have JJ run the USA, might be cheaper.

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

I think that BO is rubbing his monkey hands at the moment... Monkeys should not be allowed to run the world...

That "monkey" has achieved more in his life than you could/would in 10 of yours.

So the question is: if he's a "monkey" then what does that make you.

Cheetah out of the Tarzan films has more money than all of us put together.
Don't mean nothing.
had OB been white with the same policies, ideas, ideals etc he may have made Mayor, just.
If he was lucky.
Watch this space, I thought that Bush was gonna be the worst thing that happened to America in history, I may well be wrong.

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

Cheetah out of the Tarzan films has more money than all of us put together. Don't mean nothing.

Obama's success is far from measured purely in simplistic money terms so you're right, it doesn't mean anything.

I notice you didn't answer the question.

I don't know about would, but I certainly know about could.
The desire to be Pres of USA should probably exclude you from being so.

I saved a life today after a fucking horrendous car accident, I've done it before on 4 occations.
I've justified my birth 4 times Ant.
Justify yours.

^
Thinning Red hair?

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

That "monkey" has achieved more in his life than you could/would in 10 of yours.

True. A Nobel Prize for the world peace he is going to achieve. Did you mention that to the Afghans?

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

I thought that Bush was gonna be the worst thing that happened to America in history, I may well be wrong.

May I say, you are wrong already?

Since some posters are not really up to date on the issues (mind, this is from 1 June, so perhaps we can blame Alzheimer's for the ignorance of some posters here), let me confirm my claim that the US Govt is considering criminal charges against BP:

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder surveyed the BP oil leak by air, then met with federal and state prosecutors now considering a long list of charges against those responsible for the spill. "We have begun both a criminal as well as a civil investigation as is our obligation under the law," said Holder. "Our environmental laws are very clear and we have a responsibility to enforce them and we will do so."
Holder says his top environmental and civil attorneys have been in the oil-soaked region for the past two weeks, reviewing the case against BP and others.

AG Holder confirms criminal investigation in BP oil leak | wwltv.com | WWLTV.com News

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

"We have begun both a criminal as well as a civil investigation as is our obligation under the law," said Holder. "Our environmental laws are very clear and we have a responsibility to enforce them and we will do so."

Civil and criminal investigations are different from:

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

address the fix rather than pressuring the company with fekin hearings and threats of criminal lawsuits.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

let me confirm my claim that the US Govt is considering criminal charges against BP:

Considering . . . Tough, long words . . . difficult to understand . . . but read on . . .

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

against those responsible for the spill

Yes, those responsible . . .

POMs who pollute the world's oceans are wankers.

toddle off back to issues, Dotcom, your own private MKP.