https://dev2.scienceblogs.com/ en https://dev2.scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/07/16/bp-executives-deeply-offended <span>BP Executives Deeply Affected by OilSpill Parody </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/BP+Executives+Deeply+Affected+by+OilSpill Parody" rel="tag">BP Executives Deeply Affected by OilSpill Parody</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/oilspill" rel="tag">oilspill</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/petroleum" rel="tag">petroleum</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Gulf+of+Mexico" rel="tag">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/television" rel="tag">television</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Ray+Suarez" rel="tag">Ray Suarez</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/NewsHour" rel="tag">NewsHour</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Bob+Dudley" rel="tag">Bob Dudley</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/parody" rel="tag">parody</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p>As part of an hour-long live online interview with the <i>NewsHour</i>'s Ray Suarez, BP executive Bob Dudley responds to questions from the public, including <a target="window" href="http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/06/bp_spills_coffee.php">a video parodying the BP response effort</a>.</p> <!--more--><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wVFWCRfD0PQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wVFWCRfD0PQ&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?showinfo=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><p> I do feel sympathetic towards the BP peons -- you know, those people whom the executives depend upon but who are constantly trying not to be screwed out of pay raises, or their health insurance or retirement benefits as the result of the executives' continuing scummy efforts to increase their own bottom line. However, I am completely unmoved by Bob's whining in view of the fact that <a target="window" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/19/gulf-oil-spill-anarkdo-petroleum-blames-bp">BP's gross negligence directly caused this disaster in the first place</a>. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Thu, 07/15/2010 - 23:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/environment" hreflang="en">environment</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/politics" hreflang="en">Politics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bob-dudley" hreflang="en">Bob Dudley</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bp-executives-deeply-offended-oilspill-parody" hreflang="en">BP Executives Deeply Offended by OilSpill Parody</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/gulf-mexico" hreflang="en">Gulf of Mexico</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/news" hreflang="en">News</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/newshour" hreflang="en">NewsHour</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/oilspill" hreflang="en">oilspill</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/parody" hreflang="en">parody</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/petroleum" hreflang="en">petroleum</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ray-suarez" hreflang="en">Ray Suarez</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/television" hreflang="en">television</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/environment" hreflang="en">environment</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/politics" hreflang="en">Politics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076463" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279267504"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Puke-making. From the Casual Friday look to the appeal to patriotism ("part of the fabric of America") to the crisis-management team's required we-feel-the-pain look in his eye. Fuck him and his criminal corporation.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076463&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lX3ashrZ5w-FpruhnSKJn71w8aMy_68BYl1eVAQNCJA"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://matthewwills.com/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Matthew (not verified)</a> on 16 Jul 2010 <a href="https://dev2.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/22006/feed#comment-2076463">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076464" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1279270866"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Y'know, if some stranger happened to see Tony Hayward walking down the street minding his own business, and stepped up and just beat the living crap out of him - that person would go to jail, but would also become a global hero.</p> <p>Not that I'm trying to put any suggestions into anyone's mind, of course...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076464&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="NrlTW8z1nJ2tLVhOHQ2Wy23OEVjwcozRSDwxwsCjwsU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Pierce R. Butler (not verified)</span> on 16 Jul 2010 <a href="https://dev2.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/22006/feed#comment-2076464">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2010/07/16/bp-executives-deeply-offended%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:59:45 +0000 grrlscientist 91065 at https://dev2.scienceblogs.com