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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
There is a mountain of evidence and proof that BP is and will be found to be criminally negligent. More of it comes in every day. Why deny what is right in front of you? As for dumping that shit in a landfill, well Waste Management is taking that upon themselves at this stage, but we'll see how long that sticks. The town doesn't want that shit there and they've told them so.
Shut down BP? Now there's the best idea I've heard in months. Yes, shut them down.
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Well, now that THAT'S out in the open, let's consider the history of BP and take all this back to the ultimate responsibility, which of course in this case would be the British Government and the Crown.
(Discourse delivered in that old sterotypical upper-crust OH, so "British" accent:
"Of course you do know Old Boy, that BRITISH (pause) Petroleum isn't called that for nothing! BRITISH Petroleum was created in the early 'twenties at the behest of the Crown, which request was forwarded to the PM, who then authorised MI5 to "negotiate" with the government of Iran to, well, screw them out of their oil! We even had to engage the services of that very distasteful fellow, Sidney Reilly to intervene in the discussions whilst he was disguised as a priest. We don't like to speak of THAT, you know but BRITISH PETROLEUM did a bang-up job of holding up the Monarchy for a number of years and still feeds the BRITISH economy quite well!
Of course, BP is still nominally headquartered in London and still feeding the Monarachy but not quite as openly as before but still screwing Iran wonderfully. Still around 40% of BP shares are held by UK shareholders, and 39% in the USA. BP's UK dividends represent approximately one-seventh of all dividend payments in the UK and form the basis of many pension schemes."
Sally Rand suggests that the British government is ultimately responsible and should be taken to task.