BP, I told you so

tom p said:
I stated some time ago that the warm waters in the Gulf would cause the majority of the oil spill to either evaporate or be consumed by microbes. This has now come to pass, so I feel entitled to say I told you so. We have had several serious oil spills over the years, on this side of the pond, they have all been shown to have had a negligible effect on the environment despite all the apocalyptic warnings from all the usual suspects.



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CONGRATULATIONS! I AM SURE THIS HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR YEAR. I AM GLAD THAT ONCE AGAIN YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSCORE YOUR DISLIKE, ANIMUS, AND GENERAL DISDAIN YOU HOLD FOR AMERICANS.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WERE SOMETHING UNEXPECTED OR UNUSUAL. WE ARE EAGER FOR THE DAY YOU SAY SOMETHING WITH GENUINE AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION CONSIDERING YOU HANG OUT ON AN AMERICAN MESSAGE BOARD WAY MORE THAN MANY OF THE AMERICANS HERE DO.

GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE YOUR DAY!
 
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usaloyal2theend said:
CONGRATULATIONS! I AM SURE THIS HAS BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR YEAR. I AM GLAD THAT ONCE AGAIN YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSCORE YOUR DISLIKE, ANIMUS, AND GENERAL DISDAIN YOU HOLD FOR AMERICANS.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WERE SOMETHING UNEXPECTED OR UNUSUAL. WE ARE EAGER FOR THE DAY YOU SAY SOMETHING WITH GENUINE AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION CONSIDERING YOU HANG OUT ON AN AMERICAN MESSAGE BOARD WAY MORE THAN MANY OF THE AMERICANS HERE DO.

GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE YOUR DAY!
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Who's we? Are you using the Royal Prerogative? I have said from the beginning that there is a huge amount of hysteria and misinformation about all this, if you don't like that, then too bad. I am reminded of the words of the great Mark Twain, "A good lie will have travelled half way around the world while the truth is still putting on her boots."

By the way, posts in bold upper case are usually associated with loonies and trolls.
 
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tom p said:
Who's we? Are you using the Royal Prerogative? I have said from the beginning that there is a huge amount of hysteria and misinformation about all this, if you don't like that, then too bad. I am reminded of the words of the great Mark Twain, "A good lie will have travelled half way around the world while the truth is still putting on her boots."

By the way, posts in bold upper case are usually associated with loonies and trolls.
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Mr. Clemens was American, so you hate him, don't you?

How many BP shares do you own?

BP has one of the worst safety track records of any major oil company.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bps-dismal-safety-record/story?id=10763042
 
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Cypress said:
I think you're being too emotional on this, and the British press is notorious for being sensationalist and tabloid-ish. Which is why you have BBC, to provide a modicum of balanced and professional journalism.

First, I don't accept your assertion that Transocean is getting off scott free. This is going to be played out in the courts, and its way too early for anyone - or any british tabloid - to be making declarative statements couched in a veneer of absolute certainty.

Second, you will probably never find an american liberal on this board defending the corporate misdeeds of Halliburton, Dole, or any other entity guilty of corporate misdeeds. This board has literally hundreds of examples of liberals excoriating the criminal and environmental misdeeds of the american corporate empire in latin america, middle east and asia. Do a search. Or google General Smedley Butler, who has been routinely quoted by lefties on this board.

third, as a matter of public perception, the big boys in the room are always going to get more attention than the small fry or the contractors. Halliburton's misdeeds, murders, and rapes in Iraq are all broadly attributed to the Halliburtion corporation in media and popular culture, regardless of the many misdeeds perpetrated by halliburton contractors operating under the umbrella of the Haliburtion corporation. That's just the way the world works bro, just deal with it.

Lastly, our legal system is somewhat unique in the world, where there is some semblance of a paltry attempt to make the courts and legal justice available to the common man against the monied interests and corporate power. There's a lot of jokes about ambulance chasing lawyers, primarily perpetrated by the right wing, but our system of justice I think grew out of our revolutionary founder's mistrust of the old world school of thought that money and power should be protected and enshrined against the complaints of the dirty hippies and the working schmucks. Upton Sinclair is regarded in liberal circles as an american icon, perhaps in a way he never would have in royalist europe.


So on balance, I once again have to reject your assertions and speculations. I think your brit tabloids are manipulating your emotions and your nationalism, but like I said,the british press is not really a professional journalistic endeavor, broadly speaking. They sell sensationalism. That's why you dudes had to invent the BBC.
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The BBC was invented, as you term it, in 1922, long before tabloid journalism. As for our Press, it is still the best in the world for its diversity and pluralism. When all the American media was terrified to report the truth about Gulf War II, our newpapers refused to kowtow to Bush and Blair. I suspect that you are too young to have the hinterland of knowledge needed otherwise you wouldn't make such stupid comments.
 
tom p said:
The BBC was invented, as you term it, in 1922, long before tabloid journalism. As for our Press, it is still the best in the world for its diversity and pluralism. When all the American media was terrified to report the truth about Gulf War II, our newpapers refused to kowtow to Bush and Blair. I suspect that you are too young to have the hinterland of knowledge needed otherwise you wouldn't make such stupid comments.
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Maybe he's not that daft.

The phrase "tabloid journalism", first used in 1901 meaning newspapers "in a small format which handle stories in an easily assimilable and often sensational way" (OED), is also in trouble.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3714293.stm
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charver said:
Maybe he's not that daft.
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Just because their papers don't show tits and bums a la the Sun and Star, doesn't mean they are any more reputable. [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism"]Yellow journalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Puck112188c.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Puck112188c.jpg/300px-Puck112188c.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/d/db/Puck112188c.jpg/300px-Puck112188c.jpg[/ame] was invented in the US where it is practised on a wide scale.
 
tom p said:
Just because their papers don't show tits and bums a la the Sun and Star, doesn't mean they are any more reputable. Yellow journalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia was invented in the US where it is practised on a wide scale.
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Yes, we both have shit newspapers so whether we're in Washington DC or Washington, Tyne and Wear, we can both stay informed as to the identity of the latest visitor to Paris Hilton's special pocket.

It brings a tear to the eye.
 
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charver said:
Yes, we both have shit newspapers so whether we're in Washington DC or Washington, Tyne and Wear, we can both stay informed as to the identity of the latest visitor to Paris Hilton's special pocket.

It brings a tear to the eye.
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I worked for BT once and they sent me to Washington DC, I subsequently joined Racal and they sent me to the other Washington for a weekend with no overtime. I didn't stay with them very long! As for newspapers, I maintain we punch well beyond our weight. How many countries can boast so many quality papers such as the Guardian, Telegraph, Times and Independent, Observer, and the Financial Times?
 
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tom prendergast said:
I worked for BT once and they sent me to Washington DC, I subsequently joined Racal and they sent me to the other Washington for a weekend with no overtime. I didn't stay with them very long! As for newspapers, I maintain we punch well beyond our weight. How many countries can boast so many quality papers such as the Guardian, Telegraph, Times and Independent, Observer, and the Financial Times?
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An understandable decision. :)

Although i've heard Washington DC is pretty shite (obviously not as shite as our own dear Washington) but this is solely down to Dave Gorman talking about it while Googlewhacking and that.

I wouldn't argue that our broadsheets are usually very good (even if some them aren't actually broad any more) but our tabloids are an embarrassment.
 
charver said:
An understandable decision. :)

Although i've heard Washington DC is pretty shite (obviously not as shite as our own dear Washington) but this is solely down to Dave Gorman talking about it while Googlewhacking and that.

I wouldn't argue that our broadsheets are usually very good (even if some them aren't actually broad any more) but our tabloids are an embarrassment.
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I was staying in Rockville Maryland in a condotel and used the Metro to get to the centre, did all the museums, Capitol Hill, White House etc. I especially recommend the Smithsonian and National Archive museums.
 
how does it feel to have legion troll obsessed with you tom? you not only get one of his trolls, but multiple trolls following you around with the idiotic continued insults about where you live :cof1:
 
Tom's a good guy, he just has an unfortunate tendency to attach nationalism to multi-national corporations that don't even have a CEO from his nation...
 
Damocles said:
Tom's a good guy, he just has an unfortunate tendency to attach nationalism to multi-national corporations that don't even have a CEO from his nation...
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They had a Limey CEO until last week. Now the damage is done, and Tom keeps lying about how BP isn't responsible, plus he hates America.

Since he hates America and Americans, why doesn't he stick to UK boards?
 
Southern Woman said:
They had a Limey CEO until last week. Now the damage is done, and Tom keeps lying about how BP isn't responsible, plus he hates America.

Since he hates America and Americans, why doesn't he stick to UK boards?
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since you hate freedom and troll...why do you even go to messageboards? why don't you stick to troll boards and obsessive poster infatuation boards?

idiot
 
Yurt said:
since you hate freedom and troll...why do you even go to messageboards? why don't you stick to troll boards and obsessive poster infatuation boards?

idiot
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Yurtsie the guy who poses as a lawyer and calls everybody else Legion Troll on another board is talking about obsession now.

Must be a slow day on the imaginary client list. Let's ask the ambulances to slow down.
 
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