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Activists call for BP to be held financially responsible
Published: 10 June, 2010, 22:49
Edited: 18 July, 2010, 06:01
Activists with the group Seize BP hold a protest in front of the BP Amoco Government Affairs Office in Washington, DC, June 3, 2010 (AFP Photo / Saul Loeb)
(15.9Mb) embed videoFor the second time in less than a week, protesters gathered in Washington, DC to protest what they call BP’s negligence and called on BP to be financially responsible for those hurt most by the Gulf oil spill.
"They were never given enough to be able to get through the month,” said Joan Stallard, an activist with MoveOn.org.
She continued, “Where they were used to getting $3,500 in income, BP’s handing out checks for $2,000 so they're just squeezing, squeezing."
Tighe Barry dressed up like a BP worker as he parodied BP CEO Tony Hayward.
"I was sitting in my office in London,” he joked, “How could I be held responsible?”
He and other members of Code Pink and MoveOn.org are suggesting BP should pay for it all.
“The BP jokers are going on news every day telling lies and dong whatever they feel like,” said Barry.
“Let’s expose them for really what the truth is, that they really are they’re greedy. They put money above people,” said Barry.
Just last week, a much larger group of protesters gathered outside BP’s Washington, DC lobbying office, calling for action.
It was a much smaller group out in front of a building where BP used to lease an office. But for people walking by during the lunchtime protest, they were at least able to see that the outrage is still alive.
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers continue to probe the Obama administration, including Senator Mary Landrieu (Democrat-Louisiana). She asked Ken Salazar, the Secretary of the Interior, not to call a moratorium on offshore drilling. On Wednesday, Landrieu said many companies in her state will suffer much more.
“If these long list of companies that are not oil companies but oil service companies, have to either go out of business or take bankruptcy or lay off thousands of workers are going to ask BP to pick up their salaries and make them whole?” asked Landrieu.
“The answer to that is yes we will,” said Salazar. “BP is responsible and BP is responsible for all the damages that flow from the BP oil spill."
But the question remains: How much will BP really pay?
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The anti-British stance taken by Obama has not gone unnoticed in the UK. Obama has been loosing credibility and respect in the UK for his failed promises and the continuation of Bush era policies. I don't know where all the smart BP lawyers have gone but my understanding was that BP had only very limited financial liabilty in this issue. If that is indeed the case, and if Obama keeps on trying to trash the company and squeeze it for every penny it has, then I am sure a few choice words along the lines of 'deal with it yourself', or 'we are cutting our losses and walking away', may change the dynamics somewhat. I must say also, for such a big and powerful company, BP really has got a very poor PR department.
Oil Spill is just a big lie, the truth is BP intentionally hit an enormous Volcano when drilling and nothing can stop it now until the preasure deplates and that could be after few years. Until them most of the fish will die in the Oceans and there will be a big famin on the Planet. Illuminati are not goind down that easy, they are fighting to the last breath.
A lot of people have blamed BP for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but the people who are really responsible for the mess are the "environmentalists" in the Democratic Party in USA who wont allow drilling in mainland USA or shelf so that oil companies are forced to drill in very deep waters.