BP Oil

[BENESSE]

Sorry Rick, I know you were hoping for more.

[Justin Case]

Sue my employer for not giving me a safe place to work. Have you ever read your employee handbook, dude?

Chic isn't derogatory ? sorry , didnt mean to offend.

[Camp10]

I can tell you from my experience as a lineman that you cant keep media away from a scene when it is on public property. Unless LEO will shut the area down for you, they have the right (pesky first amendment) to talk to you. They will walk past our signs and cones right into the work zone and ask about how much longer, etc. BP might own the mess but not the beach.

[Justin Case]

Yes, 100% correct,,,, Thank you.

[Rick]

Wow! Did you see that? He was flat of his back and still threw a punch.

That's what we call spunk, Rick.

Indeed! Now let's see if Trabitha counters...

[Justin Case]

Wow! Did you see that? He was flat of his back and still threw a punch.

That's what we call spunk, Rick.

Indeed! Now let's see if Trabitha counters...

Are You Trying to cause problems ?

[2dumb2kwit]

Are You Trying to cause problems ?

I think Rick is trying to fill in for Ken, sense he's been so busy, lately.LOL

[BENESSE]

I think Rick is trying to fill in for Ken, sense he's been so busy, lately.LOL

Or, there's nothing good on TV.
Or, his many BOBs are done and updated.
Or, Mrs. Rick is away and off his back regarding house chores.
Or......

[Rick]

Slow night.

[2dumb2kwit]

Before people get carried away, wanting to destroy BP....they need to follow the money.

Who benifits from what action?

[Rick]

I do if you send it to me. Is that what you meant?

[2dumb2kwit]

I do if you send it to me. Is that what you meant?

Yeah....that's it. Why don't you go stand by the mailbox, and wait for the check. LOL

[nell67]

Sue my employer for not giving me a safe place to work. Have you ever read your employee handbook, dude?

You don't seem to see the difference here. This isn't someone on the street. They aren't protesters. They are EMPLOYEES of a large corporation, brought there to do a job. They are allotted the same rights as any other employee in the USA. Just like road crews can't talk to the media when they are working on a highway project. It's UNSAFE. If the employees wished to be interviewed, they are more than capable of walking the...what...100 yards to the mass of media personnel to speak up.

Dude isn't derogatory...and I don't even think I used it.
Chic IS derogatory and I know you used that.

Not taking his side Trabitha,but it looks like you did

[BENESSE]

Before people get carried away, wanting to destroy BP....they need to follow the money.

Who benifits from what action?

Don't know......let's bankrupt them and find out.
(If we don't then their lawyers will for sure.)

[2dumb2kwit]

Don't know......let's bankrupt them and find out.
(If we don't then their lawyers will for sure.)

If you're talking about BP, you're looking in the wrong direction.

...and why would you want to bankrupt them? Do you understand how many people you're talking about destroying, financially, that had nothing to do with the spill???

[2dumb2kwit]

Did y'all know???

Federal law has also hampered the assistance. The Jones Act, the maritime law that requires all goods be carried in U.S. waters by U.S.-flagged ships, has prevented Dutch ships with spill-fighting equipment from entering U.S. coastal areas.

Three days after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, the Dutch government offered to help.

It was willing to provide ships outfitted with oil-skimming booms, and it proposed a plan for building sand barriers to protect sensitive marshlands.

The response from the Obama administration and BP, which are coordinating the cleanup: “The embassy got a nice letter from the administration that said, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,'” said Geert Visser, consul general for the Netherlands in Houston.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...y/7043272.html

[BENESSE]

If you're talking about BP, you're looking in the wrong direction.

...and why would you want to bankrupt them? Do you understand how many people you're talking about destroying, financially, that had nothing to do with the spill???

That's how it always works, doesn't it? Innocent people get screwed no matter what.
The same argument was used to justify bailing out Wall St. and a bunch of people went apoplectic over it. Hey, everyone has the right to be hypocritical at will but it does dilute the argument.

[2dumb2kwit]

That's how it always works, doesn't it? Innocent people get screwed no matter what.
The same argument was used to justify bailing out Wall St. and a bunch of people went apoplectic over it. Hey, everyone has the right to be hypocritical at will but it does dilute the argument.

Apples and oranges.
I didn't say give them a pass. Hold them responsible for the bill. If that breaks them, then so be it. Just plain wanting to break them is not going to help anyone. Think about it....if you break them, who gets stuck with the bill???

[Justin Case]

I wonder if BP had insurance for this ?

[DOGMAN]

Dude isn't derogatory...

Actually, in western cowboy and hunting guide culture, "dude" is very derogatory. A dude, is a city slicker, who pays money to experience a water downed version of what a cowboy or guide does for a living. If a co-worker calls you "dude"...it could lead to blows!

example- in reference to someone who may own a 5 acre ranchette, have a horse and always wears a giant 10-gallon cowboy hat..."that dude is all hat and no cattle"...its basically calling someone a poser, or greenhorn