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Date Posted: 09:01:24 05/26/10 Wed
Author: Paul Davis
Subject: Re: Speaking of BP
In reply to: Shirley 's message, "Speaking of BP" on 06:39:24 05/26/10 Wed


Oil companies get away with a lot, because they put out the money.

>A couple of weeks ago, we watched "60 Minutes" as they
>interviewed one of the men injured in the BP
>explosion. He told of a major incident involving that
>failed safety cap device. One of the men approached a
>supervisor and said bits of rubber from a gasket-type
>part on the device. He asked if that indicated
>something serious was failing. The supervisor told
>him it was unimportant and not to worry about it.
>That was a major failure, one of many. Why not blame
>BP for cutting corners? Did you know BP is not
>allowed to operate in Great Britain due to a massive
>explosion at one of their sites there? They have a
>bad track record when it comes to safety concerns.
>They have a massive expansion taking place at the
>Whiting, IN facility 20 miles north of us. Will this
>latest disaster impact that? They're hiring over
>1,000 people and a cutback will impact our economy.
>
>It's never made any sense to me that as Big Oil
>continues to make record profits but escapes paying
>royalty fees to the federal government. Why is that?
>Is Big Oil another too big tp fail like AIG?

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