BP CEO: "I would like my life back."

[Bluebear]

"Disruption".

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BP's CEO said Sunday he's sorry for the largest oil spill in U.S. history and the "massive disruption" it has caused the Gulf Coast, telling reporters the company hopes to corral most of the crude offshore.

"The first thing to say is I'm sorry," Tony Hayward said when asked what he would tell people in Louisiana, where heavy oil has already reached parts of the state's southeastern marshes.

"We're sorry for the massive disruption it's caused their lives. There's no one who wants this over more than I do. I would like my life back."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/30/gulf.oil.spill/?hpt=T1

[AllentownJake]

1. In any sane culture Mr. Hayward

You wouldn't be living right now..be thankful we are insane.

[hlthe2b]

6. he and all his cronies would have been tarred & feathered...

in types past--and not the cartoon type of treatment...

[AllentownJake]

10. I think if he didn't have a large security detail

It would be unadvisable for him to walk around anywhere...in this country.

[caseymoz]

158. I'm sorry, that was a crime against humanity.

Sheesh! Rhetorically, I could wish that Rush Limbaugh be dipped in crude just to illustrate how "natural" does not mean non-polluting, but I would never really wish that.

[hlthe2b]

169. Who is wishing for it?

I stated a fact. In past times they would have been tarred and feathered.


What is it with some DUers that they always feel the need to imply that no other is as pure in mind and heart as they? :eyes:

[AllentownJake]

200. Weak liberals

Failure to understand justice in the history of the movement towards freedom.

[skyounkin]

235. Call me when we start having justice again in this counrtry.

Until then I will remain "weak" and wish death upon those who have caused this massive catastrophe.

[caseymoz]

230. Sorry if I misunderstood that, but the context of this subthread . . .

. . . I mistakingly thought you were saying that was SANE. Could you at least see where I might have been tempted to draw that conclusion?

Plus, it was historically inaccurate. They tarred and feathered people for a lot of things, none of them for continent-sized oil spills. So, might I be forgiven for thinking that your post was not factually based but an expression of your emotions?

Sorry for the misunderstanding. The object is not to act purer in mind and heart, but in an age where we should be thinking about restoring rights and justice to people, I think when people say something barbaric, somebody must point it out, purer in mind and heart or not.

[hlthe2b]

237. Thanks for the response...

And, yes, they tarred and feather people for all manner of scoundrel-type behaviors--theft and corruption included. All which might fit here. Third degree burns and death were the result in most instances, though most of the stories we've all likely heard echo the cartoon version--as though it was just a little messy inconvenience.

No, of course most of us would never condone such actions, though we certainly harbor dreams of justice in the form of long long jail terms for those guilty of wanton negligence or worse. I know I do.

[truedelphi]

238. Like you yourself said - in any sane culture.

In the past people in this nation went out and pulled apart the Customs Houses unfairly taxing and penalizing them and their families - brick by brick. (Howard Zinn as source- and this occurred in 1830's or 40's)

Closer to this time period - in the last Major Depression, around thirty states of the then forty eight that made up the nation had laws PROHIBITING FORECLOSURES!

And then of course, there was the good ol' fashioned tarring and feathering that often took place in time period leading up to the Revolution.

But we have become a more Christian (ie CorpoRATe) nation. We see it as far better to off without mercy people in Iraq, Afghanistan, and folks on boats heading to Gaza, then to deal with the real terrorists!

[snake in the grass]

260. Just as...

a failure to understand ambiguity and the need for a 'strong' leader are traits that conservatives share (see the study http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:mzB4mftyxmcJ:psychoanalystsopposewar.org/resources_files/ConsevatismAsMotivatedSocialCognition.pdf+conservatism+as+motivated+social+cognition&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgji7ys_4NiihFPsfVp6kyc5dyWLvHl_38BmAQiZ4LiA4brEU81IQjdDwbFNlr52J-7txe-FRePNgGQFtlosh0-fHFp0DHtg_RTEL6a9zvRAMS-NgDIXEsTUdIVoOonaYpcQu0D&sig=AHIEtbS8XJGElpYLYTRxs9lsYid_3FntRg">Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition), so too do we liberals have our own problems and you touched on it very aptly. Let's be honest with each other on this: liberals do tend to see themselves as the 'better' people, and in many ways we are when it comes to compassion, justice, education, etc. I have no problem with that. Just look at the likes of Limbaugh or Hannity and their followers. The question is how to deal with this mindset when interacting with the other side. Sometimes it demands more patience than we can muster in the face of the malignant ignorance that dominates the right.

Personally, I'd have no problem keelhauling Limbaugh in the middle of the oil spill and that's not hyperbole. But, hey, that's just me.

[TwentyFive]

If Rush Limbaugh was dipped in Crude Oil - The question would be, "Which one is the polluter?" n/t

[AllentownJake]

199. Be very expensive as well to dip his entire fat ass. nt.

[breadandwine]

204. Poor baby!!!!!!!!!!!! Tone deaf Haywire wants his precious life back!

Did you ever consider BP's feelings?
Did you ever consider what THEY were going through?
It's not easy raping the Earth and humanity!
They were just minding their lonesome!

Leave BP alone!
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Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

172. the wetlands have plenty of both.

supplies would not be a problem.

[breadandwine]

207. Tarring and feathering BP wouldn't happen, hlthe2b.

With all the dead birds on the beach the feathers now come already tarred.

Thus, tarring and feathering BP could be done very efficiently.

That would represent an efficient use of resources.

Not likely in our wasteful society...........

[MadMaddie]

222. Sounds reasonable....just sayin...

[Caretha]

23. Clap.... Clap... Clap

[Blue_Tires]

52. +1

[Renew Deal]

112. Huh?

Are you saying he should be killed or suicided? Either way, I don't see how that's sane.

[DemoTex]

116. Baxtered or Lay-ed .. ?

The Enron way. Remember them?

[polmaven]

142. I have to agree.

I might say that, in any sane society he would be looking forward to living a life behind bars for the murder of the 11 people who died as a result to his company's direct negligence.

[AllentownJake]

197. I find it perfectly sane

I'm not against the death penalty in extreme cases...like ruining the eco-system and sources of incomce for a large geographic region.

Would see no problem of him being given a fair trial and a jury of his peers sending him to hell.

[Scruffy1]

205. It's too bad Top Kill was a failure

This bastard is still alive. But if he values his sociopathic skin he'd better stay out of exposed places.

[breadandwine]

209. Renew Deal, if top people in BP were to meet with, um, misfortune,

from a purely political and rational perspective it would probably do more to rouse the world from its current comatose state than all the rhetoric currently spewing forth.

BUT THAT WOULD BE WRONG.



Leave BP alone!
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[Odin2005]

123. +1

[caseymoz]

156. Sorry Al, I don't consider summary execution to be sane.

Under arrest is sane. Dead?

Have we become that used to thinking assassination orders are sane? Obama's doing damage.

[AllentownJake]

198. I think there should be a trial

a quick and speedy one as guaranteed under the constitution.

[caseymoz]

231. But I don't know what charge you would make under the Constitution

. . . that would bring the death penalty. But there are so many federal crimes that call for death, he's probably chargeable for one of them.

[AllentownJake]

236. Constitution gives the right to a speedy trial

and the death penalty is endorsed as a punishment as stated in the section for Treason. Therefore it can be applied to other crimes.

[caseymoz]

247. Only if supported by statute, unless you're going indict them for treason.

Which would be sophist, twisting the meaning of words in insane ways. You can't come up with a law that executes them after the fact, that would violate ex post facto.

A right to a speedy trial would also be sophist if you construe it as a right to a kangaroo court. In other words, you'd have to twist or break at least three amendments/rights to accomplish what your saying.

In other words, no, it wouldn't be the sane thing to do.

[Spheric]

250. Crimes against humanity. Think Nuremburg. /nt

[caseymoz]

258. Yes, it might come to that.

Depending on how bad things get with this. But even then, they took their time with the Nuremberg trials and made sure they were done right.

[sasquuatch55]

179. Fuck Hayward, his life and his (culture)!

nt

[breadandwine]

203. Violence over BP -------

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8450668

[Catshrink]

2. Yeah, I'm sure all those dead birds & fish would like theirs back

and the fishermen would like their livelihoods back, too. Better get out your wallet, Mr. BP, because you're going to pay up big time.

[Jamastiene]

53. You beat me to it.

That guy is the biggest asshole I think I've seen in a long long time.

[truth2power]

94. No he isn't. n/t

[WatchWhatISay]

118. Unfortunately, you are right - he isn't

I could supply a long list but I don't really think anyone here needs that.

This guy is just your typical rich kid with an overblown sense of entitlement. He needs to keep his mouth shut, so as not to betray his personality disorders.

[TheEuclideanOne]

212. Exactly. He might want to apologize for saying how he truly feels

when he was initially asked. I think that fuckface originally said that The spill is small compared to the water in the ocean. He was also quite clear about any related lawsuits being frivolous.

So, he expects us to feel sorry for him that his life is inconvenienced by this? This guy is way out of touch with reality. If BP is smart, they should shut him the fuck up and put in one of those phony spokespersons that can take their "I don't give a shit about the problems we caused" and turn it into one of those fake "We really do care" positions.

[Lorien]

102. Not to mention the 11 workers killed on the platform

because of corporate GREED and negligence!

[peacetalksforall]

155. I don't know about 'negligence' - it was a series of deadly and purposeful decisons

to seal the greed.

And their stockholders are getting a free ride. They
are as much to be blamed because arrogrant ceo's like
this guy say they do it for the stockholders.

[troubledamerican]

234. + 1

"What about ME? And my BANK ACCOUNT?"

[barbtries]

129. not to mention the 11 men

who were incinerated. that poor guy :sarcasm:

[myrna minx]

3. Has anyone pointed out that this guy is a real ass?

:grr:

[Bluebear]

5. Louisiana isn't the only place in the world that has shrimp, you know.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8433044

The whole organization is all heart.

[tiptoe]

22. ...not to mention, the amount of dispersant & oil leaked is "tiny" compared to "very big ocean"

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0514/gulf-oil-spill-tiny-bp-boss/

Corexit, reportedly banned...in Britain. Brit CEO Hayward probably didn't know, when BP refused EPA order to switch to less-toxic oil dispersant. Besides, the dispersant is manufactured by BP's "sister company" Nalco, so it must be safe to use (with or without a self-serving profit motive).

"We made a few little mistakes early on."

no big deal, don't ya know?

[AsahinaKimi]

254. I think someone mentioned it a few postings up

Never hurts to say it again..

[Maru Kitteh]

4. In a perfect world, this man would be set naked on a tiny wooden raft with a bag of pretzels

in the middle of the oil.

[bobbolink]

57. Oil-soaked pretzels, right?

:nuke:

[Maru Kitteh]

75. Very very DRY pretzels with extra salt . . . and not a drop of water.

[nilram]

251. yes, perfect. And a tin cup and bucket so he could do some skimming.

[guitar man]

115. Screw that

Don't give him any pretzels....on second thought, don't give him the raft either, just throw him into the gulf, naked! :grr:

[SammyWinstonJack]

152. +1000!

[sasquuatch55]

182. Not in the oil, but where the sharks might get him before he drowned...

..On second thought he should drown in his precious oil!

[ecstatic]

191. I second that. I love pretzels so that's almost like a consolation prize nt

[Bluebear]

252. perfect

[Skidmore]

7. So would thousands of others whose lives and livelihoods you've destroyed, bub.

What an arrogant jerk.

[laughingliberal]

41. Not to mention the 11 dead workers. nt

[NC_Nurse]

8. Oh, right. It's all about HIM.

ugh.

[Motown_Johnny]

9. all the dead wildlife would like their lives back too

what an ass

[thelordofhell]

11. Why hasn't this man been fired?

Oh yeah, no such thing as corporate accountability unless you're a Chinese or Japanese company.

[tiptoe]

33. fired? The fact the poser hasn't resigned might mean he has reason to expect a bonus from BP

[Autumn Colors]

12. Disruption???

A disruption??? That would imply a temporary interruption, wouldn't it??

No, I'm pretty sure the way of life for many of those in the Gulf is over. What are those in the fishing industry supposed to do? Go back to college? For what? The MULTITUDE of job openings available? To compete with people who have been looking for a job for months, if not years, but can't find one?

Mr. Hayward, I hope you NEVER get your life back. May it be disrupted by a nice, long prison sentence ... or at least made hell by the public for years and years (since we all know you probably won't go to jail).

[spooky3]

31. He can have his life back in jail. This guy is narcissism squared.

[Jamastiene]

56. Well said. n/t

[Cattledog]

13. He needs some Cajun justice!

[Autumn Colors]

18. Yes, give them some guillotines & let them rediscover their French roots (nt)

[Retrograde]

87. It's better than my proposed solution

of stuffing the hole with BP management dweebs

[Renew Deal]

113. If a teabagger posted that you'd be appalled

Instead you should be ashamed.

[Autumn Colors]

147. About BP? Hell no I wouldn't!

Doesn't matter who says it, I would agree. Sorry, but when someone from "the other side" says something I agree with, I'll give credit where credit is due.

I'll thank you to stop trying to tell me what I would think and do in any given situation though.

PS: I've never been anti-death penalty.

I should be ashamed? OK, that's your OPINION and you're entitled to it. I'm entitled to disagree and not be ashamed. No regrets. That's how I feel and I'm just being honest about it.

[Autumn Colors]

148. Better yet

Maybe the public will make his life such a hell that the bastard will do it himself and save the Cajuns the trouble.

[fascisthunter]

175. the teabagger's rage is based on misinformation

there is a difference right there as to what motivates our free speech.

As for what was posted... I've seen much worse and when I think of the actions of BP or the Tea baggers, I'd say it was much deserved.

[Richard Steele]

14. Back? It never left. It's HAPPENING RIGHT NOW YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!!!

Just sayin'.

[Barack_America]

15. Wow. A statement like that would earn you the guillotine not that long ago.

[Lint Head]

16. You can't have it back you greedy SOB!

[frustrated_lefty]

17. Stand in line, you sack of shit.

[heliarc]

120. Well said. nt

[Raine]

19. Aw sorry

my heart just bleeds for you. :sarcasm: :nopity: ASSHOLE! :mad:

[ThatsMyBarack]

194. Ditto here!

:nopity: :mad:

[Liberal Veteran]

20. My heart bleeds sweet crude oil for him.

:nopity:

[BootinUp]

21. Guess the champagne didn't taste the same to him. nt

[City Lights]

24. FOAD, Hayward.

You are one sorry excuse for a human being. I hope the rest of your life is one big "disruption." May you never again know a moment of peace.

:nuke:

[Captain Hilts]

25. Boo hoo!

[nichomachus]

26. I'm all for giving him life

In prison.

[Bluebear]

30. +

[TheWatcher]

86. You're being INSANELY lenient.

He should pray for as much mercy.

[Dr.Phool]

165. Give him a FRSP

<a href="" target="_blank"><img src="" border="0" alt="frsp"></a>

[Urban Prairie]

27. Aww that is just tooo bad, so sad for you, Hayward...

Go back to BP HQ and fire the janitor. You will feel much better tomorrow.

[rpannier]

28. Might have a little sympathy for the guy

if he hadn't been cutting corners to make a profit
Hadn't then been lying about the amount of oil that is spilling from the gulf
Hadn't tried to hide his crimes
Hadn't blamed others
Had taken responsibility

[Duer 157099]

29. That quote will make sure he never does

I mean, talk about using the one sentence that absolutely positively should NEVER be uttered under circumstances where not only 11 human beings have died, LITERALLY, but millions of other life forms as well.

If he had instead said "I would like my life-style back" even then he'd get justified criticism, but nowhere near what he's due for using the phrase he did.

[Arkana]

32. "No."

Christ on a crutch, what a selfish thing to say. Waaaah, waaaah, waaaah--the oil spill means my company is going to get fucking shanked! What will become of me when I can't buy 12 new yachts for every month of the year?

[undeterred]

34. This is your life, and its never going to go away

unless you bail on your job.

[Karenina]

35. This smarmy turd reminds me of someone...

[1776Forever]

36. Mr. Hayword - Thank Dick Cheney! He did you the "favor"! We must always remember that!!

Monday, May 3, 2010 13:30 ET
Who's to blame for the oil spill? Dick Cheney
By Alex Pareene

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/05/03/dick_cheney_halliburton_oil_spill

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill could end up being the worst American man-made environmental catastrophe of this generation. With the oil still spilling and investigations into the causes yet to come, it's too early to neatly assign blame to any one person. But for now, let's hold Dick Cheney personally responsible for the whole thing.

Here's the evidence: The Wall Street Journal reports that the oil well didn't have a remote-control shut-off switch. The reason it didn't have a thing that it seems every single offshore drilling rig should have? According to environmental lawyer Mike Papantonio, it's because Dick Cheney's energy task force decided that the $500,000 switches were too expensive, and they didn't want to make BP buy any.

Is that not enough reason to blame the former Dark Lord of the Naval Observatory? Guess what: Halliburton is involved, too! The Los Angeles Times reports that BP contracted Dick Cheney's old company to cement the deepwater drill hole. Cementing the hole was, according to the U.S. Minerals Management Service, "the single most-important factor in 18 of 39 well blowouts in the Gulf of Mexico over a 14-year period." And Hallburton is already under investigation for faulty cementing in an Australian well last year.

The spill will very likely destroy the fragile economies of at least five states and it could even plunge the nation back into a recession. So thanks, Dick. Nice work.

[bdamomma]

141. where is "Dick" anyway haven't heard a peep from him

[sasquuatch55]

185. Nor his evil spawn.

nt

[newspeak]

213. Maybe we all need to know exactly what went on in Cheney's secret little

energy meeting. How much more damage is this man responsible for? How much did he sell us out to his sociopathic. greedhead friends? Disclose Cheney's energy meeting. That's what we should be demanding.

[1776Forever]

240. I agree totally but it seems there are big strings attached if you know what I mean. I would also

like to know what happen to the Iraqi oil? Someone told me on another post yesterday that there is no oil coming out of Iraq now, at least not that much after I had questioned why the Iraqi people who are displaced from their homes have not received any money for them to rebuild. I always thought that had a lot to do with the invasion. Any ideas?

[Swamp Rat]

37. Hmm... eom

[northernlights]

38. boo fucking hoo

you narcissistic arsehole.

The "temporary disruption" to life on the Gulf is more like generations of ruin, you self-absorbed, spoiled, pampered jerk.

[glitch]

39. As if the world didn't already know he's an asshole.

Must be some kind of mental illness that makes him keep proving it over and over and over...

[MerryBlooms]

40. What an arrogant POS

Tell you what, Mr. Hayward, how about you get your life back when the Gulf gets its life back. How about when the sea life stops dying off, in say about 20 years to never? - is that soon enough for you? Fuck You and your insincere apology and fuck you and your manufactured self serving misery.

[Cleita]

42. Didn't Brownie say the same thing during Katrina, or something equally

as heinous? Maybe those men who died on the rig and those fishermen who have been put out of business have the same sentiment. They want their lives back.

[sabrina 1]

43. The eleven men who died would like their lives back also.

However, no one person is responsible for this. This is decades of a deliberate handing over of this government, this country's assets to private Corporations.

We can't say we didn't know. But even on progressive boards we now have apologists for handing over to private industry, public funds such as the shifting of the Medicaid Funds to private Corps in the HCR Bill. That had and still has so many defenders, despite the abysmal and even criminal record of those corporations.

It's hard to know where it began, but there are a few prominent names I can think of. And anyone who, after this, continues to support the privatization of this country, shares the blame.

[flamingdem]

44. Now Tony is sure FOOD POISONING is causing the hospitalization of oil clean-up workers nt

[CountAllVotes]

51. bastard!

[flamingdem]

55. fore! nt

[waiting for hope]

45. What an asshat ..

If they had done things the correct and safe way, he wouldn't be feeling so beat up. Screw him. He still will have millions to go off and do what he wants to, while the rest of us will have to struggle with the damage.

[inna]

74. "The Coolest Tupperware Party ever!" - LOL??

o_k.

:eyes:

[waiting for hope]

77. Apparently I have nothing better to do with

my time and was compared to a bored housewife who delights in throwing Tupperware parties. Until I was laid off (and have now found a job) I have always worked. I decided to take the offending post and make it a positive .. take from it what you will, I frankly don't care.

[inna]

81. LOL, to be honest, I was prepared to say something nasty (because my feelings are still hurt),

but... thanks for explaining in good will... Peace! :thumbsup:

[inna]

82. I don't care care either. :shrug:

[JTFrog]

157. I thought linking to anti-DU sites in your sig was taboo.

Although it is funny that you link to something that only those with dutch elm disease can read anyway.

:shrug:

[Jester Messiah]

46. Oh, you want -your- life back.

How about all the lives you're ruining with your greed and incompetence, you bastard. No, it's all about you, isn't it? Somebody should show this guy the oil slick real close and personal, with a pair of cement shoes so he can get the best view.

[lpbk2713]

47. I'm sure it's been terribly inconvenient.

:sarcasm:


But his salary and his stock options will help ease the pain.

Piss on him.

[CountAllVotes]

48. yes Tony and the workers have food poisoning

not related to the toxic crap they are cleaning up now is it?

[havocmom]

49. New Rule: Brits named Tony with poodle hairdos don't get to snivel about their lives

They seem too fond of ruining, OR ENDING, other people's lives

Just say no to Poodle-do-Tony-Troublemakers. Retire this one like Blair. Or maybe use them to stuff holes in sea beds.

[Bluebear]

67. Really he looks like Uncle Louis from Xmas Vacation.

:)

[Bluebear]

68. dupe

:)

[pipi_k]

50. I hope he's haunted every single day of his life

by the ghosts of living things that died as a result of this spill fuckup of massive proportions.

[burnsei sensei]

54. Mr. Hayward,

1. Quit your job,
2. Forego your CEO privileges, bonuses, stock deals, etc.
3. Write honestly to the public about this disaster, and render transparent all of the corporate concealment.

[Jamastiene]

58. This Hayward guy is quite possibly the biggest asshole I have ever seen...

and that is saying something.

The more he opens his mouth, the more I hate him. God, what a fucking asshole he is.

[tavalon]

128. He said a thoughtless, somewhat sociopathic thing

Cheney, OTOH, is the biggest Asshole I've ever seen.

[Puzzler]

59. That's why they pay you the BIG BUCKS Mr. Hayward.

[mikita]

60. I dare not put in writing what I want to do to this

fucking asshole.

Wants HIS life back?????????????????

[Jamastiene]

79. I'm surprised there isn't a dart board or boxing video game or something

with his face on it yet. It would be therapeutic at this point. He's such a fucking asshole.

[flamingdem]

61. Whiney 'ittle TONY likes a little play with RUBBER GAS MASKS it makes him HOT

but he won't purchase masks for the workers though he fancies them in hazmat suits.

[MineralMan]

62. Yah, well...we'd like our Gulf back. You can't always get what you want.

But we may give you what you need.

[SoCalDem]

63. And I would like to see ALL the BP, Halliburton, Trans-Ocean executives

living in an oil-soaked marsh,, in a triple-wide.. all of them wearing ankle bracelets that make it impossible for them to LEAVE.. their food? whatever they can catch.. their water? wells drilled through the muck & oily water..

[PADemD]

136. +1000

[Karmadillo]

64. The pathology of power.

nt

[Skittles]

65. FUCK YOU TONY

[CountAllVotes]

66. HEAR HEAR!!!!!!!

:kick:

[BootinUp]

69. Did he say, "Now watch this drive" right after that? nt

[WinkyDink]

84. I think it was: "Those fish were going to be eaten, so this is working out quite well for them."

[spanone]

70. how about the eleven dead, sir?

[flamingdem]

71. Nothing that a little Boiling in Oil wouldn't solve

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zjKxCA1O-D0/S60R3CNLYwI/AAAAAAAACYU/fIn58tGGxVY/s1600/St+John+at+the+place+of+martyrdom.jpg

[Bluebear]

98. yikes!

:scared:

[flamingdem]

107. You started quite the thread bluebear! People want BP blood! nt

[riverbendviewgal]

193. Great Picture

I sent it on to my friends..
with the caption,
Boil, Baby, Boil.

Better than tarred and feathered.

[Laura902]

72. awww poor baby!

:puke: :mad:

[Golden Raisin]

73. And the Marie Antoinette

"Let them eat cake" Award goes to......... He wants H-I-S life back. This highly paid, powerful magnate sitting on a gazillion shares of preferred BP stock wants HIS life back. Unbelievable arrogance. His Board of Directors ought to muzzle him. When he opens his mouth in public he makes things worse.

[ohheckyeah]

76. So would all the creatures your oil spill killed

and the people who now have no livelihood.

[Jamastiene]

80. and the 11 workers who died...

and the ecosystem his company killed and the people and animals who are still suffering because of his arrogance.

[ohheckyeah]

105. Truly.,

Does this asshole think we should feel sorry for him? Does he think we care that his life is less than perfect right now?

[Bluebear]

257. +

[Initech]

78. He should not be allowed to get it back, dipshit.

He should be doing time for this. :nopity:

[WinkyDink]

83. So would 11 of his employees, except not just poetically.

[TheWatcher]

85. Self. Absorbed. PSYCHOPATH.

I would refer everyone to AllenTown Jake's Post concerning this.

Mr. Hayward if there is ANYONE on this PLANET that deserves to have their life TAKEN AWAY from them, it's YOU.

You are a waste of Oxygen.

A Mistake.

Garbage that needs to be disposed of.

I'd better stop.....

This piece of shit's very EXISTENCE incites Violence.

[Canuckistanian]

88. Translation: "I have to do some actual work and be responsible"

"This working for a living SUCKS, man"

[Sebastian Doyle]

89. Tell it to the dead dolphins, Tony.

I'm sure they would like their lives back too, you fucking piece of corporatist shit. :grr:

[CLANG]

90. It's quite an inconvenience for him, please understand!!

[Mind_your_head]

91. Hayward would like his life back? Really!

Hayward....do not pass "go"...do not collect $200 dollars. This is NOT A GAME!

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE! That's what it means to be "captain" or "CEO". YOU are responsible. and the *smart* runs a "tight ship". Hayward doesn't run a tight-ship and/or he's irresponsible!

WHO was the BP rep who told the Deep Horizon crew/engineers...."it's this (my) way or the highway". Don't protect THAT bean-counter/corporate PRICK.

Dead dolphins at your door! PRICK

[truth2power]

92. Foot in mouth disease. ....

Yeah, I was thinking, but somebody already said it, that all those turtles and dolphins etc. would like their lives back, too. Sheesh!! :banghead:

[wordpix]

93. "gee, I thought this job was about golf junkets and jetting around the world first class"

Hayward didn't think he'd end up stuck in a stinking oily mess he created down there in Louisiana bayou country

[obxhead]

95. I would like his remaining life to be served in prison....

life and a day in fact.

Fucking asshole.

[marmar]

96. What planet are these people from?

nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

163. Planet Greed in the Self-Absorbed Galaxy.

[DebJ]

97. I want to see Keith and Rachel's responses to this n/t

[DebJ]

99. Photoshop needed: Princess Bride scene: Inigo Montoya

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes?qt0495510

On Edit: Al Gore would make a great Inigo

Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Inigo Montoya: Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Inigo Montoya: Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father! Prepare to die!
Count Rugen: Stop saying that!

Inigo Montoya: HELLO! MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA! YOU KILLED MY FATHER! PREPARE TO DIE!

Inigo Montoya: Offer me money.
Count Rugen: Yes!
Inigo Montoya: Power, too, promise me that.

Count Rugen: All that I have and more. Please...
Inigo Montoya: Offer me anything I ask for.
Count Rugen: Anything you want...

Inigo Montoya: I want my (planet)father back, you son of a bitch!

[JCMach1]

100. Well, he could be in China where he would probably be executed... he should count himself lucky

[Lorien]

101. Fuck you Hayward. You don't deserve a life after the death and destruction you have caused

I'm sure the 11 workers you murdered would like their lives back too. Selfish git. :grr:

[Jennicut]

103. And we would like our freaking ocean back, asshole.

[tex-wyo-dem]

104. awww...Tony's highballs must not be tasting quite as...

Sweet at the daily cocktail hour...maybe that's what he meant by wanting his life abck. Or maybe its having to keep soiling those $800 pair of loafers on those dirty, nasty beaches when he has to give those stupid photo-op speaches faining concern.

Hey, Tony...FOAD!!!

[jillan]

106. ASSHOLE!

[BrklynLiberal]

108. wait...a minute...I cannot find my violin....

:nopity:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

117. I have an old one he can stuff up his ass.

Self-centered prick.

[Bluebear]

242. :)

[mzmolly]

109. I noticed that. Astounding remarks given eleven of his employees are DEAD.

!@$% :grr:

[flyarm]

110. a Dead sea would like it's life back! As well as all the dead birds and dolphin and fish ..

you bastard Tony Hayward!
And god only knows how many will lose their lives with the toxic shit the humans have had to breathe because of Hayward and his collective bastards of greed!

[donheld]

111. I'd hope he NEVER has a "normal" moment ever again

Except what ever a "normal" day in a hard labor prison might be.

[DimplesinMI]

114. I sure the lives of all the people out of work and dead

By this human made environmental mess, would like to get their lives back too (Roll-eyes at this stupid comment by the BP CEO)

[hulka38]

119. He's a victim too

:shrug:

[Odin2005]

121. In a just world you would be hanging from a lamppost, Tony.

So quit your bitching!

[staceysdn]

122. and are we supposed to feel sorry for you???

what an absolute ASS.........maybe everyone else in the gulf coast would like their lives back....no, now wait, maybe our freaking ecosystem would like it's life back!!!!

[Amonester]

124. That immature rich a**hole knows he's got a golden parachute ready.

plus a bloated life-long pension plan full of millions in his personal bank accounts hidden in every fiscal paradise reachable by private planes.

Looks like he can't wait for the shareholders to kick him outta there...

They're all the same parasite types.

[sakabatou]

125. Hard to take a life back when you never had one.

[uponit7771]

126. 11 people die because of BPs decision and he wants HIS life back?!!?!? WOW!!!

[tavalon]

127. So would all the sealife your company is murdering

Sorry, I'm finding it tough to feel sorry for you, Mr. CEO.

[Syrinx]

130. James Carville: "Tony Hayward wouldn't last long in a Louisiana prison"

I don't know what I think of Carville. I think he is plotting a Clinton challenge to Obama in 2012 (which might ensure a Palin presidency, God forbid). But I think he was right when he said that.

And Tony Hayward should be in a Louisiana prison.

[Sebastian Doyle]

210. I don't agree with Carville very often

but in this case, I'd be willing to test his theory. Now the real question is, would Bobby Jindal have the balls to arrest him?

[B Calm]

131. I think it's time for him to take a long vacation at the end of a rope!

[Paper Roses]

132. Don't you just feel so sorry for this guy? Hearts and Flowers.

Get the heck to work and stop sulking, Mr. CEO. Your mess, your greed, your lack of preparedness has caused a world of grief.

I think you invoked no sympathy with your 'get your life back' statement'.

[DesertDiamond]

133. Oh yeah? And we would like our ocean back!! Selfish jerk. That's what caused this in the first place

Selfish, greedy people risking our lives to increase their profits. And now, while the oil is STILL spreading all over the ocean, he wants his life back??? Unbelievable.

[pgodbold]

134. Oh absolutely Tony! By all means..........

Resume your privileged life right away! You should get to return to your luxurious normalcy before any of the fisherman or animals of the gulf coast stop suffering and dying.

[susu369]

135. I read that Hayward makes five million dollars a year

total arrogant jerk.

[Art_from_Ark]

137. Why am I reminded of this skit from Monty Python?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIrX_di3J9s

[BootinUp]

161. LOL.

I thought I had seen all of their skits.

[marions ghost]

183. All too Monty Python...

http://bp.concerts.com/gom/haywardptc051310.htm

[peekaloo]

138. Wanker! Rot in Helliburton!

I fart in his general direction.

[unhappycamper]

139. That's why they pay you the big bucks, asshole.

BOHICA

[bdamomma]

140. how many fisherman are saying the same thing???

Mr. Hayward can take a flying leap.

[DailyGrind51]

143. Tell that to the shrimp boat owners whose lives you destroyed!

And, just why DO you get paid those "big bucks"?

[FlyByNight]

144. I guess "I'm sorry" is sufficient...

...for destroying a rather large ecosystem and the economic livelihood of thousands upon thousands.

:sarcasm:

This guy's a sociopath. He's not sorry. He doesn't care for anything save for profit (and now for any good publicity). Fuck you, Mr. Hayward.

[LLStarks]

145. Mr. CEO, TOUGH SHIT. nt

[OnyxCollie]

146. K&R. nt

[peacetalksforall]

149. Want your life back - don't take greedy risks at every step you take.

[bulloney]

150. This guy's company is responsible for 11 deaths and destroying the livelihoods of millions more.

And he says HE would like his life back.

Let me tell you something, Mr. Hayward, even though your company is responsible for perhaps the biggest man-made marine disaster in the history of mankind because you cut corners in the name of profits, you'll still rake in millions of dollars this year and not have to worry about losing your job. In addition, you'll continue eat at the finest places on the planet, take vacations 99% of the population can only dream about, live in any one of the several lavish homes you own, never have to worry where your next meal comes from, and in the end, not really care what you or your company did to the Gulf of Mexico this year.

And YOU say you want your life back?

[urgk]

151. And he can have it back. After 15-20 in Angola state prison.

Where I'm sure he'll meet plenty of the affected coastal residents - fishermen, tour boat operators, restaurant workers and owners - who turn to crime and/or narcotics in the wake of this mess.

This is what the Republicans forget and what the American capitalist system literally fails to take into account, but when you make profit-driven decisions that hurt people or communities, the rest of us pay for it. We lose jobs, friendships, homes, opportunities, and sometimes hope. And none of it goes on the balance sheet.

Essentially, we all subsidize their business success. They move on to more profitable states, countries or business models and we mop up the mess or live with the consequences. We're all the FDIC. We're not their adversaries, we're their unwitting partners.

It's about time those misguided, arrogant, insulated, Rand-ian mother****ers in the boardrooms showed us some respect. When we ask for regulations, it's not because we're jealous or uneducated or communist, it's because we have a stake in the business.

[Gormy Cuss]

153. Simple solution for you, Mr. Hayward.

Resign.

[Aviation Pro]

154. Here's where Little Lord Hayward stays when he's summering in NOLA...

http://www.therooseveltneworleans.com/roomsAndSuites/astoriaSuites.php

[closeupready]

159. Fuck him.

n/t

[caseymoz]

160. Disruption? Still out of touch. You ruined their lives.

Get a grip on that first, then send some of BP's billions over to help them, then apologize.

I see corporations have kept up their age-old policy of having irresponsible dicks lead them. And why not? They were formed to avoid responsibility to begin with.

[90-percent]

162. Heyward doesn't get his life back

Obama should utilize his authority to murder suspected terrorists anywhere on the globe and take Tony out. Make it look like a small aircraft accident, so it doesn't get Obama's fingerprints all over it.

-90% Jimmy

:sarcasm:

[malaise]

164. Of course he should be

at Lords watching cricket.
Fuck you Hayward you fucking piece of scum. I'd soak you in that toxic brew off the coast of Louisiana.

[EnviroBat]

166. I'd like to see you get your life back too asshole.

I'd like to see you fucking life behind bars.

[avaistheone1]

167. Hey you BP assholes "We would like our Gulf coast back and its ecosystem"

[avaistheone1]

168. Hey you BP assholes "We would like our Gulf coast back and its ecosystem"

[avaistheone1]

170. Hey you BP assholes we would like our Gulf coast back and its ecosystem

:grr:

[crim son]

171. "Disruption"?

I have no doubt there are a more than a few murderers who wish they didn't have to face the consequences of "disrupting" somebody else's life. Sorry sonofabitch.

[avaistheone1]

232. Yeah, i fully expect the sonofabitch to next state he is doing God's work .

!

:mad: :grr: :grr: :puke:

[crim son]

261. Vile, but not unlikely. n/t

[fascisthunter]

173. you belong in a cell....

with four walls, a floor and a ceiling.

[lonestarnot]

174. And I would like for you to spend the rest of your natural life in a box you fuck!

[raccoon]

176. It's this kind of heartbreaking story that makes it necessary for me to maintain

moderation in the time I spend on DU.


:rofl: :nopity:

[asdjrocky]

177. Fuck that fucking fuck.

[senseandsensibility]

178. Is this an accurate quote?

I know it is, but I can't wrap my head around the selfishness and stupidity of it.

[tavalon]

180. You want your life

We want your life. I don't think either side is going to get their way. Be grateful we aren't French and just deal.

[abelenkpe]

181. He wants his life back?

The rest of us want our unpolluted planet back.

[Lucian]

184. You're never getting your life back, asshole...

and neither will the Gulf. :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[femrap]

186. Poor widdle Tony....

he just wants to go back to his mansion and servants....maybe go play some 'golf.'

[Spheric]

187. Yeh, I'm sure Marie Antoinette thought the same thing. K&R /nt

[MrMickeysMom]

188. Hey, that's what earth seems to be saying, you complete waste of flesh...

Tell you what - you and more like you start putting things right with the earth, we got a deal!

[benld74]

189. U and the BP Cronies deserve your lives alright, LIFE in OUR PRISONS

[ecstatic]

190. Isn't he still free and still a billionaire? Once he's sent to prison, then he can discuss

wanting his life back.

[nannah]

192. classic sociopath response!!!!

sociopathy and corporate rule: the devil's own recipe, brought to you by the alliance of corporations and radical religious delusionals.

[laundry_queen]

217. Exactly.

The corporate world is where sociopaths can blossom, and this POS is a prime example.

[morningglory]

195. Oh, brother! Can't wait to see what the Rude Pundit says about that! nt

[nickinSTL]

196. how about he can have it when

all those whose lives are going to be severely disrupted, their livelihoods destroyed by the disaster his company is responsible for get THEIR lives back, and when he suffers the kind of financial ruin they face, THEN he can have his life back.

[aquart]

201. HIS life? What an utter, total ass.

[Whoa_Nelly]

202. Hey, Tony Hayward!

...are you listening? 'Cause all I hear when you say want your life back is....

http://www.sondrak.com/archive/skpics/crickets%20chirping,jpg

[yurbud]

206. the shareholders should give him his life back and ask for his pay, stock options, and bonuses back

[Generic Other]

208. In Japan he would be on his knees apologizing

just before pointing his sharpest sword at his belly.

[AsahinaKimi]

259. In Historic Japan

Only honorable Samurai (meaning to serve) would commit Seppuku. It was a way to get their respect back. This man seems to have no honor.

In Ancient Japan, he would simply be used as a target to test out a new blade's cut ability.

[Generic Other]

262. You are probably right

Someohow I suspect he would be a moving target. Running like a dog!

[defendandprotect]

211. We'd like our planet and oceans back . . . !!! What happened to COAGULATING the oil????

[SalmonChantedEvening]

214. You can have it back once the mess is gone. nt

[Bluzmann57]

215. The families of the 11 dead men would probably like their lives back too

Ever think about that Hayward? Probably not.

[matsovani]

216. As a friend of mine

used to say....." Some people are wise and some people are otherwise."

[begin_within]

218. Tony Hayward, THIS IS YOUR LIFE. The life that you created by your own decisions.

[flyarm]

219. The workers on the rig that are dead would want their life back and these guys would too!

so would their families!

where is our government on this shit??????????




Deepwater Horizon survivors allege they were kept in seclusion after rig explosion, coerced into signing legal waivers

According to two surviving crew members of the Deepwater Horizon, oil workers from the rig were held in seclusion on the open water for up to two days after the April 20 explosion, while attorneys attempted to convince them to sign legal documents stating that they were unharmed by the incident. The men claim that they were forbidden from having any contact with concerned loved ones during that time, and were told they would not be able to go home until they signed the documents they were presented with.
Stephen Davis, a seven-year veteran of drilling-rig work from San Antonio, told The Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg today that he was held on a boat for 36 to 40 hours after diving into the Gulf from the burning rig and swimming to safety. Once on a crew boat, Davis said, he and the others were denied access to satellite phones or radio to get in touch with their families, many of whom were frantic to find out whether or not they were OK.
Davis' attorney told Goldenberg that while on the boat, his client and the others were told to sign the statements presented to them by attorneys for Transocean — the firm that owned the Deepwater Horizon — or they wouldn't be allowed to go home. After being awake for 50 harrowing hours, Davis caved and signed the papers. He said most of the others did as well.
Davis' story seems to be backed up by a similar account given to NPRby another Deepwater Horizon crewmember earlier in the month. Christopher Choy, a roustabout on the rig, said that the lawyers gathered the survivors in the galley of a boat and said, "'You need to sign these. Nobody's getting off here until we get one from everybody.' ... At the bottom, it said something about, like, you know, this can be used as evidence in court and all that. I told them, 'I'm not signing it.' "
Choy said that once he was finally allowed to get off the boat, he was shuttled to a hotel, where he met up with his wife. At the hotel, representatives from Transocean confronted him again and badgered him to sign the statement. Exhausted, traumatized and desperate to go home, Choy said that he finally relented and signed.
Choy's lawyer, Steve Gordon, is incensed over what transpired in the hours after the explosion. He, along with other attorneys for Deepwater Horizon workers, is trying to get the documents voided by the courts.
"It's absurd. It's unacceptable, and it's irresponsible," Gordon told NPR.
— Brett Michael Dykes is a national affairs writer for Yahoo! News.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100521/sc_ynews/ynews_sc2191

[laundry_queen]

244. Geez

That's disgusting. Hope they win their case.

[happygoluckytoyou]

220. it is on behalf of the people who live near the gulf that i say.... WHAT AN F'IN DICK!

[MadMaddie]

221. The sheer arrogance of this guy

All is well when they are raking in the $$$$$ and have no accountability as long as nothing goes wrong. But as we have seen time and time again when it gets down to dealing with real problems they become the biggest cry babies.

[amborin]

223. maybe after back to back life sentences....

[AllyCat]

224. The last thing anyone says is usually the true part, Mr. Narcissist

Of course, it's all about him, isn't it? Jerk. Lock his ass up and seize his assets.

[saracat]

225. Hw "inconvienient" for him. He should be in jail.

[walldude]

226. K&R for the whiny fuck.

"There's no one who wants this over more than I do." Somehow I think the fucking fish would disagree.

[bora13]

227. sociopath in the true meaning of the word

a person, as a psychopathic personality,

whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks

a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.

[bora13]

228. ignore

[bora13]

229. bubba says

we got oil shrimps, an we got oil and Corexit shrimps, we got dead shrimps...

[AnnieBW]

233. Yes, and we'd like the pristine waters of the Gulf back, asshole.

n/t

[Roland99]

239. Boo. Fucking. Hoo.

prick.

[Downtown Hound]

241. You will NEVER get your life back Tony

And there's no reason why you should.

[earth mom]

243. Fuck you Tony! Stop screwing around and fix the god damn gusher!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:nopity:

:grr:

[ClusterFreak]

245. Dear Tony....

The world wants it's Gulf of Mexico back.

Go fuck yourself.

[liberation]

246. It's easy to be a sociopath when the system is rigged so that pieces of shit like this asshole

don't have to ever worry about paying for the consequences of their actions.

Oh, sorry... I meant to say "arsehole" lord knows if there is a victim in all this is his highness CEO.



These people are sociopaths, we need to understand that they are not of the same human condition as 99% of the rest of people of our species. The sad part is that our whole existence and social systems have been developed in order to cater to these 1% of sociopaths. Truly a failure from our part.

I am getting sick that normal people who do silly mistakes have no mercy from our system, to the point their lives are irreparably damaged for what are minor offenses and which could have avoided if our society hadn't failed them. And yet the biggest transgressors get scott free...


Enough, how long are we going to tolerate this abuse?

[Politicalboi]

248. Maybe having a conscience

Should be a REQUIREMENT for being an oil CEO. I'd trade one sea turtle for his life.

[smoogatz]

249. The sad part is that he WILL get his life back.

He'll fade into obscurity with his golden parachute severance plan, legally distanced by miles and miles from whatever poor chump BP throws to the legal system as a sacrificial lamb. The people who won't ever get their lives back are the Gulf Coast residents whose livelihoods depend on fishing or tourism. Those folks' lives as they know them are over, and those industries may never come back in that part of the world.

[davidwparker]

253. The outcome of this i'm hoping is a sane renewable energy policy, one which

gets rid of oil companies and tells the middle east to keep that junk beneath their feet.

[bobburgster]

255. "...I would like my life back."

So would half of Louisiana! What a self-centered idiot.

[Auggie]

256. +1