sparks Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 So after dragging BP (or 'British petroleum' as obama erroneously calls it) through the type of media campaign usually reserved for the members of the 'axis of evil', the US is trying to haul UK citizens (including MP's) in front of a kangaroo Court - or senate hearing as it's otherwise known. Now why should anyone from the UK be bullied into attending when... 1. Remember how the US refused to let a pilot attend an inquest, or even send over full information, regarding a friendly fire incident. 2. What right has the US to lecture us on 'deals' and 'corruption' given the following revelation - just the latest in a long line of such 'events'.... US unable to account for billions of Iraq oil money It appears our 'Ally' is being a bit hypocritical again... The US defence department is unable to account for almost $9bn taken from Iraqi oil revenues for use in reconstruction, according to an official audit released yesterday. The report by the US Special Investigator for Iraq Reconstruction says $8.7bn (£5.6bn) out of $9.1bn withdrawn between 2004 and 2007 from a special account set up by the UN Security Council is unaccounted for. That's 95% of Iraq's own oil money in a UN account that has 'disappeared'... We know ALL oil companies are guilty of some form of corruption, and collude with their own governments, so if we have to send someone, personally I'd nominate George Galloway...love him or hate him, he can certainly tell a 'kangaroo court' where to shove it and make them look stupid, so is worth it purely for entertainment value alone ! Another thing.... Cost of one oil spill = 3x 2012 Olympic Games...! Rather puts things into perspective doesn't it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks Posted August 4, 2010 Author Share Posted August 4, 2010 Oh dear Mr Obama.... Most of BP oil spill has gone, says US Most the the oil that spilled from the giant BP gulf leak has gone, the US government said today. White House energy adviser Carol Browner said a new assessment found that about three quarters has either been captured, burned off, evaporated or broken down chemically. "It was captured. It was skimmed. It was burned. It was contained. Mother Nature did her part," she said. So will BP get most of their $32bn back?.... And will that committee still want that inquiry?...Winky: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidP Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Its all about US politics, nothing serious. Obama is in a little electoral trouble and his own response to the oil spill hasn't be wonderful, so he's trying to divert attention. I reckon they will quietly drop or downgrade this investigation thing over time. And it is certainly breathtaking hypocrisy given the environmental damage US based multi-nationals have done in most corners of the world over the last 100 years!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I thought I read somewhere that the original oil rig disaster was caused by US personnel working on behalf of BP ? So it was Americans yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 Maybe someone should tell obama that... I gave him a chance, but he's just like all the rest - with his tongue up the arse of multinational business....american multinational business that is :Winky: And I wonder why he hasn't mentioned the Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone', created by american companies and farmers? Dead Zone For the hundreds of thousands of people in the Gulf of Mexico who depend on commercial and sport fishing, directly and indirectly, the assault on sea life from the BP oil disaster has been a serious blow. But it's hardly unfamiliar. That's because even before the spill, up to 8,000 square miles of gulf waters would turn every year into dead zones—vast areas of the coast so depleted of oxygen that shrimp, crabs and other marine animals could no longer live..... First noted by scientists in the 1960s, dead zones are formed when huge amounts of nutrients—such as those found in agricultural fertilizers, municipal sewage and other wastes—overload the water, leading to explosive algae growth that ultimately robs oxygen from marine life below. A 2008 study found more than 400 dead zones around the world, and the Gulf of Mexico's is one of the largest. Snaking along the Louisiana and Texas coasts, the expanding Gulf Dead Zone has drastically reduced seafood stocks and pushed fishers further out to sea. The primary culprit? Nitrate-laced runoff from agricultural operations along the Mississippi River, which eventually drain into gulf waters. One study found that 51 percent of the Mississippi's nitrogen load was from commercial fertilizer, with livestock manure, human sewage and runoff from other crops contributing to the mix. But then it's 'good ole USA pollution', so that's ok... :Laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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