(Demotivator by William Benhoff, from a photo by Mark and Vicki Cipolle)
The year-end news for BP is peaches. The company behind the worst environmental disaster in our nation's history will probably have to spend more than the $40 billion the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe was expected to cost -- but less than the $200 billion Wall Street expected. From AP:
BP will survive the worst oil spill in U.S. history for several key reasons: It has little debt; its global businesses are forecast to generate $26 billion next year in cash flow from operations; the environmental impact of the spill isn't as bad as feared; and the government seems unlikely to ban BP from Gulf drilling.
Back in September, BP sort of threatened not to pay for the cleanup if the government kept it from drilling new wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
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the deep-water drilling moratorium was appropiate in that fewer than 40 wells were effected & it allowed review of emergency procedures, equipment, & training. the GOBP's TP that the airline industry isnt grounded after a crash is spurious because the airlines DO ground & inspect similar models after a crash. also, the vast majority of wells continued to drill just like the vast majority of planes continue to fly. >once again, GOBP agiprop targets the information-challenged citizen who most likely is captured by the RW entertainment & propaganda bubble.
'if you don't let me continue raping you, i'm not gonna pay for your STD antibiotics or anti-retrovirals.'
next BP will say we were asking for because of the" way we dress"
"... the environmental impact of the spill isn't as bad as feared"? Didn't Custer say something like that right before Little Bighorn?