The BP CEO may be on his way to getting his life back.
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Quotes: Vice President Joe Biden on Rep. Joe Barton’s BP Comments
“…incredibly insensitive, incredibly out of touch.”
— JOE BIDEN, U.S. vice president, on Texas Rep. Joe Barton’s apology to BP CEO Tony Hayward for the $20 billion escrow fund the oil company imposed by the Obama …
Was Obama’s Oil Speech Too Smart for the ‘Small People?’
That’s the curious conclusion of a language analyst who says the President’s comments Tuesday night, written to a 9.8 grade level, went way over the head of most viewers. (via CNN)
Quotes: Tony Hayward Before Congress
“I’m not stonewalling. I simply was not involved in the decision making process.”
— BP CEO Tony Hayward after being grilled by House Committee Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman on the failure of preventative measures of the Deepwater …
How Kevin Costner Went From Fish-Man to Oil Spill Expert
In his magnum opus Waterworld, Kevin Costner’s character is introduced peeing into a machine that turns human urine into drinkable water. Now Costner has revealed that for the past 15 years he has been working on a similar …
Obama: Why Not Take a Vacation to the Gulf This Summer?
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is being handled by two Barack Obamas. The first Obama is a rabble-rousing populist who wants to redirect public anger towards BP and away from his administration. The second Obama is a pragmatist who …
Is Japan Buying Whaling Votes With Prostitutes?
Watch out Whale Wars, seems like Japan will do anything to end the 24-year moratorium on commercial whaling.
Buy Your Own Slice of the Oil Spill – For Just $25!
Various groups have moved into action in the wake of the Gulf oil spill (see our photo gallery) to aid newly unemployed fisherman and deck hands. But one coalition has a novel fundraising idea: Auction off some of that skimmed, …
Is an Old Law Complicating Oil-Spill Cleanup?
Fox News reported yesterday that the government was turning away foreign help in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Is this the truth, or a partisan meme?
Stunning Flickr Contrast: BP Versus Greenpeace
Check out the differences between BP’s Flickr page on the oil spill and Greenpeace’s page.
BP Gets @BPGlobalPR to Clear Up Its Twitter
@BPGlobalPR: Please verify that you’re an (un)official account.
Second (Small) Gulf Oil Spill Confirmed
As if the oil spill in the gulf weren’t already sticky and complicated enough, news started emerging late Tuesday of a second oil well in the region leaking crude, producing an oil slick that was visible from the air.