BP spill is already far larger than the 1989 Exxon Valdez (lawyer, law school)

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by warptman

Manmountain, you need to ask to be moved from the Fries to making the burgers, I think the oil/grease is getting to you.

It's the vapors...

Probably could kill for a chocolate chip cookie right about now...

[richelles]

I think the last time I read gibberish such as MM is expressing was when they published Ted K’s Manifesto. The biggest difference is Ted’s memo was more literate, although it was about as rambling, and he understood opinions expressed without background have no credibility. I copied some of MM’s writings, then cut and pasted, a portion of the illiterate rantings together and was unable to discern any general theme in his writings. One thing does stand out, however, Met and Neph need to get that ticket to some other country, one in which English isn’t the language of commerce, because a Native English Speaker wouldn’t have made the errors in grammatical construction that MM has made. Looking at his written blurbs, cut and pasted to Word with appropriate spacing’s between blurbs, shows mostly underlined red marks. That means grammar, spelling, punctuation, tense, and selection of words mean little to this person in his excitement to get his disjointed thoughts typed onto his screen. Perhaps in some third rate country his illiterate writing might pass for literacy when the remaining population is totally uneducated.

[Captain Crunch]

" BP Excutive Bob Fryar made it very clear to us...that BP's first obligation is their shareholders"

We knew that was coming....the beginning of dodging the huge financial responsibilities

From CNN today.....live interview

[GrammasCabin]

Have you noticed that whenever they talk about re-imbursement the standard quote is always "we will pay all legitimate claims"? They always make sure to thow that word in no matter what. They're not worried, they already know where the loopholes are. My gut tells me the gulf coast will be decimated and all the poor souls living there will be left penniless with nowhere to go. This will turn into a nation-wide economic disaster as well as unprecedented environmental catasrophe.

[AADAD]

From the cronies at BP to the CNN tools it does not matter a whit what they think or say.

The earth will respond in her time and these corporate fascists will be a blank page in history.

[Captain Crunch]

Could rig-owner Transocean be liable for only $27 million? How can that be?

Transocean Ltd., the Swiss owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig, did file suit in federal court in Houston last month invoking a nineteenth-century law which, it says, limits its total liability for personal injury and wrongful death actions arising from the April 20 explosion to $26.7 million. (Eleven workers are missing and presumed dead, including nine Transocean employees, and an unspecified number of the 115 surviving crew members were injured.)

CNN...read the rest here, it get worse

BP's Gulf Coast oil spill -- a legal primer - Jun. 4, 2010

[RedJacket]

Contrary to early expectations, oil still oozes from Alaska’s beaches, toxins intact, and is expected to remain — perhaps even for centuries.
The BP disaster differs greatly from the Valdez. In the Gulf of Mexico, vast plumes of oil, attacked with harsh chemical dispersants, churn up from mile-deep waters. In Alaska, a surface slick swept over more than a thousand miles of rocky coast. Spilled oil behaves in many ways, but here, based on sad experience, is some of what to expect in the gulf.
How it Disappears


Even With a Cleanup, Spilled Oil Stays With Us - NYTimes.com

[RedJacket]

Originally Posted by Captain Crunch

Could rig-owner Transocean be liable for only $27 million? How can that be?

Transocean Ltd., the Swiss owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig, did file suit in federal court in Houston last month invoking a nineteenth-century law which, it says, limits its total liability for personal injury and wrongful death actions arising from the April 20 explosion to $26.7 million. (Eleven workers are missing and presumed dead, including nine Transocean employees, and an unspecified number of the 115 surviving crew members were injured.)

CNN...read the rest here, it get worse

BP's Gulf Coast oil spill -- a legal primer - Jun. 4, 2010

The Gulf Gusher is going to be a far bigger lottery win for the lawyers than was the Valdez Spill.

[Captain Crunch]

No doubt BP has 1000's of Jewish lawyers on retention all figuring out ways to get out of paying.

[AADAD]

Crunch. It is not necessary to insult Jews by calling them lawyers.