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Actually the last time BP won a safety award was 2006. And the president has no say on who and what RoSPA gives out.
Like I said, you can thank deregulation and lack of big gubment for this one.
Don't forget the libs' pal and Obama's guy, Ken Salazar, who granted BP a categorical exclusion to allow the Deepwater Horizon to operate without analysis as specified and required by the National Environmental Policy Act. Oh, and that was in 2009 under Obama.
Actually the last time BP won a safety award was 2006. And the president has no say on who and what RoSPA gives out.
Like I said, you can thank deregulation and lack of big gubment for this one.
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Originally Posted by HistorianDude
It's very easy to ignore something that never happened in the first place.
What's sad, is that someplace, somebody had to originally make this **** up.
One of you need to provide conclusive proof that no such award was given. I just did a search and the AP is contradicting your assertion that the award is a lie.
The SAFETY Award for Excellence in 4 categories: High OCS Activity Operator Moderate OCS Activity Operator Drilling Contractor Production Contractor
These awards recognize outstanding safety and pollution prevention performance by the offshore oil and gas industry in four categories. The 2010 SAFE Finalists are:
High OCS Activity BP Exploration & Production Inc.
Eni US Operating Co.
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Don't forget the libs' pal and Obama's guy, Ken Salazar, who granted BP a categorical exclusion to allow the Deepwater Horizon to operate without analysis as specified and required by the National Environmental Policy Act. Oh, and that was in 2009 under Obama.
Facts are nasty little things though.
So you are in turn admitting deregulation is what led to this tragedy? Well guess which previous president deregulated offshore drilling more than any president ever?
Salazar is a sack of crap, I'll give you that but please don't act like rightwingers have a halo over their heads.
Tell that to the 11 workers who died in the gulf as a direct result of W's non-regulatory offshore drilling policies.
Wow, I must have missed something. I thought Obama was president 6 weeks ago, making it HIS offshore drilling policies. He owns this. And if he didn't like the policies, he should have changed them instead of living the rockstar life.
De-regulation doves have their hands full if they insist on assuming that RE-Regulation will do anything to change the industry. I'd like to point out that the Airline Deregulation Act is not blamed everytime there's an aircraft accident. So why do some folks insist that deregulation is a major contributor to accidents in other deregulated arenas?
One of you need to provide conclusive proof that no such award was given. I just did a search and the AP is contradicting your assertion that the award is a lie.
Proof please.
I googled "BP Safety Award" and this is the first thing:
BPA, a BP/Shell jv based in Hemel Hempstead UK, has been awarded one of the prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) President’s Occupational Health & Safety Awards for their 2005 performance. The President’s award is given on achieving 10 successive annual gold awards
David Rawlins, RoSPA Awards Manager said, “BPA have demonstrated how seriously they take health and safety management and are a fine example to many other companies. We would like to see more organisations following their lead by providing a positive example.”
The RoSPA Occupational Health & Safety Awards 2006 are sponsored by NEBOSH (The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health), the leading health and safety professional examining body and are not just about reducing the number of accidents and cases of ill-health at work; they are also about ensuring that organisations have good health and safety management systems in place. They help to reinforce the message that good health and safety is good business and clearly demonstrate an organisation’s commitment to the achievement of high levels of performance in this crucial area
Note the date in bold.
Considering the ridiculousness of the accusation, I'd say the burden is on you to provide proof that Obama awarded BP a safety award.
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Well considering they were one of 3 finalists for the safety award under Obama, I wouldn't say this is too far a stretch.
Thanks for at least admitting the notion that Obama awarded them something was nothing but a political stone throw.
And Obama has absolutely no say on what companies are awarded for anything in the oil industry.
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High OCS Activity Operator
