B.P.'s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Thread (it's all here).....

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Yes, it is absolutely absurd to expect the owners of a business to take any responsibility for the way the business operates.
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As absurd as it is to try to find scapegoats where none exist. And I understand BP is taking responsibility for its actions. But if you think that BP stock holders should not receive the dividend, you have two options. Pressure BP into not giving the dividend. Failing that, get government to pass a law forbidding BP from issuing dividend (see where that gets you).
 
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B.P. has no excuse not to pay it's shareholders (they earned $4billion in the first quarter) they also had no business in running a $50 million ad saying what nice people they are. :smile::smile:
 
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you quote my tongue-in-cheek 'report'.

Then you go and mention some examples of some marital infidelities by conservatives.

Do you really want me to mention marital infidelities by your liberal heroes?

I save you the embarrassment, because I really don't think you want to go there.
 
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SirJosephPorter said:
As But if you think that BP stock holders should not receive the dividend, you have two options. Pressure BP into not giving the dividend.
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No, I don't have to worry, because BP stock will be worth very, very little when they get taken over after the carcass is beaten around. I would expect either ExxonMobil or RoyalDutchShell will wind up with the bits. I don't think you'll have to worry about dividends.
 
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No, I don't have to worry, because BP stock will be worth very, very little when they get taken over after the carcass is beaten around. I would expect either ExxonMobil or RoyalDutchShell will wind up with the bits. I don't think you'll have to worry about dividends.
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It is quite possible that BP may be taken over. It all depend upon how the crises plays out. But I would be equally happy owning Exxon or other shares. Anyway, if I don't have to worry about the dividend, if there isn't going to be any dividend, then why the insistence that I give dividend back?

YukonJack said:
you quote my tongue-in-cheek 'report'.

Then you go and mention some examples of some marital infidelities by conservatives.

Do you really want me to mention marital infidelities by your liberal heroes?

I save you the embarrassment, because I really don't think you want to go there.
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I don't see any sarcasm in trashing Gore, I didn't see any sarcasm there, you sounded quite serious. And trashing Gore for getting divorce is pot calling the kettle black, considering how many Republicans have had multiple divorces and how many have been involved in sex scandals (both
 
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This Thread isn't about Left or Right leaning Politicians screwing around on their Husbands or wives.

Yes, I'm addressing both of you. That would be SJP & YJ. Quit Trolling each other. Enough already.
 
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Ron in Regina said:
This Thread isn't about Left or Right leaning Politicians screwing around on their Husbands or wives.

Yes, I'm addressing both of you. That would be SJP & YJ. Quit Trolling each other. Enough already.
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Hey Ron- Sometimes watching a couple of three year olds bickering can add a little comic relief. :smile:
 
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There's another BP oil spill? - Shhh!! says BP, the Bushs' and Their CIA a Federal Judge Finds Out

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In one case, BP's CEO of Alaskan operations hired a former CIA expert to break into the home of a whistleblower, Chuck Hamel, who had complained of conditions at the pipe's tanker facility. BP tapped his phone calls with a US congressman and ran a surveillance and smear campaign against him. When caught, a US federal judge said BP's acts were "reminiscent of Nazi Germany."
 
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Amazing what phoniness, duplicity and lying can accomplish!

Here we are, for years we thought that Spike Lee and James Cameron were only directors of movies of questionable merit.

Now, it is finally revealed that these two worthies are only masquarading as movie directors while they are in real fact, oil drilling experts.

With their expertise, America is finally safe!
 
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B.P. has no excuse not to pay it's shareholders (they earned $4billion in the first quarter) they also had no business in running a $50 million ad saying what nice people they are. :smile::smile:
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Actually, BP's profits were $6+ B in the 1st quarter. Up almost $4B from $2+ B.
 
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Actually, BP's profits were $6+ B in the 1st quarter. Up almost $4B from $2+ B.
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Oh OK Anna- I must have been thinking Kronas or Liras or maybe it was a bad spell of Alzheimers. Hey, when I'm counting out money I usually quit after one billion anyhow. :lol::lol::lol:
 
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BP bankruptcy ahead? Rivals 'licking their chops'





Some have wondered whether BP can financially survive the disaster in the Gulf. Sure, the [COLOR=#366388 !important][COLOR=#366388 !important]oil [COLOR=#366388 !important]giant[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] is a diverse, international money-making machine, but the Guardian reportedhttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/yn...s/2010/jun/07/bp-deepwater-horizon-costs-soar Monday that BP had already spent $1.25 billion seven weeks into the oil spill, with no [COLOR=#366388 !important][COLOR=#366388 !important]clear [COLOR=#366388 !important]end [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 !important]in [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 !important]sight[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]. The company will be dealing with an avalanche of lawsuits for years (a New Orleans attorney told me she expects that some local law school grads will spend the bulk of their careers working on spill-related cases) and the company's stock recently nose-divedhttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/yn...36455082/SIG=10np72351/*http://yhoo.it/dboMrA. In spite of all this, [COLOR=#366388 !important][COLOR=#366388 !important]BP [COLOR=#366388 !important]CEO [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 !important]Tony [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 !important]Hayward[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] has repeatedly insistedhttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/yn...36455082/SIG=10n6h7kr8/*http://yhoo.it/9QSU2W that his company will see the disaster through until the Gulf Coast is "made whole" again.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100608/bs_ynews/ynews_bs2461
 
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BP bankruptcy ahead? Rivals 'licking their chops'





Some have wondered whether BP can financially survive the disaster in the Gulf. Sure, the [COLOR=#366388 !important][COLOR=#366388 !important]oil [COLOR=#366388 !important]giant[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] is a diverse, international money-making machine, but the Guardian reported Monday that BP had already spent $1.25 billion seven weeks into the oil spill, with no [COLOR=#366388 !important][COLOR=#366388 !important]clear [COLOR=#366388 !important]end [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 !important]in [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 !important]sight[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]. The company will be dealing with an avalanche of lawsuits for years (a New Orleans attorney told me she expects that some local law school grads will spend the bulk of their careers working on spill-related cases) and the company's stock recently nose-dived. In spite of all this, [COLOR=#366388 !important][COLOR=#366388 !important]BP [COLOR=#366388 !important]CEO [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 !important]Tony [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 !important]Hayward[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] has repeatedly insisted that his company will see the disaster through until the Gulf Coast is "made whole" again.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100608/bs_ynews/ynews_bs2461http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100608/bs_ynews/ynews_bs2461http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100608/bs_ynews/ynews_bs2461http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100608/bs_ynews/ynews_bs2461
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Not to mention the Insurance Company that underwrites them...............:lol::lol::lol::lol:
 
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