Gulf residents outraged by BP CEO's yacht outing

[babylonsister]

Gulf residents outraged by BP CEO's yacht outing
AP

By RAPHAEL SATTER and HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press Writers Raphael Satter And Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press Writers – 8 mins ago


VENICE, La. – Just when it seemed Gulf residents couldn't get any more outraged about the massive oil spill fouling their coastline, word came Saturday that BP's CEO was taking time off to attend a glitzy yacht race in England.

Tony Hayward's latest public relations gaffe didn't sit well with people in the U.S. who have seen their livelihoods ruined by the massive two-month oil spill.

"Man, that ain't right. None of us can even go out fishing, and he's at the yacht races," said Bobby Pitre, 33, who runs a tattoo shop in Larose, La. "I wish we could get a day off from the oil, too."

As social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook lit up with anger, BP spokespeople rushed to defend Hayward, who has drawn withering criticism as the public face of his company's halting efforts to stop the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Robert Wine, a BP spokesman at the company's Houston headquarters, said it's the first break Hayward has had since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers and setting off the undersea gusher.

"He's spending a few hours with his family at a weekend," Wine said Saturday. "I'm sure that everyone would understand that."

Not Mike Strohmeyer, who owns the Lighthouse Lodge in Venice, on Louisiana's southern tip, who said Hayward was "just numb."

"I don't think he has any feelings," he said. "If I was in his position, I think I'd be in a more responsible place. I think he should be with someone out trying to plug the leak."

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[Oregone]

1. They prefer he pretends to care about them?

Personally, I don't like being patronized

[Poboy]

8. He is supposedly still in charge.

Questions about who's in charge of BP oil response
Posted on June 19, 2010 at 11:31 AM
"Hayward is very much in charge until we've stopped the leak."
She said Dudley was working on "getting a team together, the takeover -- the transitional stuff. We want to be able to continue the momentum."
Spokesman Robert Wine said much the same.
"Until the acute part of this crisis is over, until the leak is capped, Tony Hayward is still very much in charge in the response of this crisis," Wine said.

http://www.wwltv.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/Questions-about-whos-in-charge-of-BP-oil-response-96720289.html

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I is infuriating to see this man who is supposed to be in charge of the crisis in a sailing competition, while we drown in the oil of BP's making.

[Oregone]

10. Well, I for one, hope the man in charge delegates and goes sailing

Because frankly, having him directly in that room may not lead to the greatest solution.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. he's getting his life back

[dorkulon]

3. Hey, ya gotta regatta!

After all, congress was mean to him!

[Donnachaidh]

4. he likes sailing -- let's show him how to keelhaul....

:grr:

[pleah]

5. I'm one of them!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Barack_America]

6. Is his yacht named the "Fuck the Gulf Coast"?

I do believe he's tone deaf enough to do such a thing.

[lostnfound]

7. Photo doesn't look like 'his family' to me nt

[midnight]

9. Bobby Pitre is correct. The people of the Gulf need a day off from this oil too.

[Urban Prairie]

11. "He's spending a few hours with his family at a weekend," Wine said Saturday.

"I'm sure that everyone would understand that."

Prison visitation should be where Hayward's family can spend a "few" hours with him....:mad:

[Synicus Maximus]

12. Hayward goes to yacht races and Obama goes golfing. Can't

they at least pretend to care about the Gulf. I don't expect more from Hayward but I do from Obama

[Barack_America]

17. Do you care about the Gulf Coast?

You seem to be spending an afternoon leisurely enjoying an internet message board rather than doing *something*.

The problem with what Hayward has done here is not spending time with his family, but spending his time enjoying the ocean. You know, that thing that millions of Americans have been denied due to his company.

[Taverner]

13. Sounds like a perfect candidate for a "pie-ing"

[tomm2thumbs]

14. Sorta like a pimp taking a break from whoring to visit a brothel - he's prostituting the sea twice

He obviously needed a break from 'the little people'

[lunatica]

15. I'm not in the Gulf and I'm outraged!

I imagine there are a whole lotta outraged people all over the world. What a fucking obscene person he is. And what a fucking obscene criminal company BP is too.

[SpiralHawk]

16. "We apologize for Gulf Coasters outrage." - Joe the Barton & RepubliCorporatistas

"We are, um, like soooo SORRY that Gulf Coasters are not joining our pity party and flinging poo at Obama for making sure that there will be funds to compensate people and businesses for their losses. We sincerely think Gulf Coasters should ASSUME THE POSITION like good little Republicon Sheeple, and kiss BPs big fat corporate ass, just like us."

- Joe the Barton & RepubliCorporatistas