He just wants his life back!!

[lauralynne]

are we supposed to feel sorry for him?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIA_s...layer_embedded

[anthonyk]

I think the meaning of "get my life back" might be a little different to him versus, say, a local fisherman.

[HurricaneHeather]

I take that as a, "you really think I want to be dealing with this for months on end? I want this to be over more than any of you."

He's just a human. I don't feel sorry for him or hate him.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

I take that as a, "you really think I want to be dealing with this for months on end? I want this to be over more than any of you."

He's just a human. I don't feel sorry for him or hate him.

This.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

I take that as a, "you really think I want to be dealing with this for months on end? I want this to be over more than any of you."

He's just a human. I don't feel sorry for him or hate him.

+2

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

I take that as a, "you really think I want to be dealing with this for months on end? I want this to be over more than any of you."

He's just a human. I don't feel sorry for him or hate him.

I take it as, "Fuck, I gambled with cheaping out on safety devices and messed up because something actually happened and now I have to deal with it."

[KSGregman]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

I take it as, "Fuck, I gambled with cheaping out on safety devices and messed up because something actually happened and now I have to deal with it."

Absolutely fucking THIS.

Fuck him and his short sighted selfishness/arrogance/ability to buy rules that favor his company's ability to put profit ahead of personal and environmental safety.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

I take it as, "Fuck, I gambled with cheaping out on safety devices and messed up because something actually happened and now I have to deal with it."

I doubt he was that closely involved with the operations of that specific oil well. He has bigger fish to fry.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Rider

I doubt he was that closely involved with the operations of that specific oil well. He has bigger fish to fry.

he's the CEO which means the buck stops there. That's the price one pays for being in charge.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

I take it as, "Fuck, I gambled with cheaping out on safety devices and messed up because something actually happened and now I have to deal with it."

Thats the thing, a blowout preventer stack failing is unheard of. As horrible as the spill is, its a circumstance which really hasnt come up before. On a single derrick land drilling well, a BOP stack has 3 seperate defense mechanisms. I have no idea the specs on the one they were using, or whats usually used offshore, but im sure its more then 3, a lot more.

Its easy to lay blame, and say they cheaped out on equipment, but its a situation that nobody thought possible before now. BOP's dont fail. Or didn't, before this happened.

I worked on drilling rigs. I've worked on out of control wells. BOP's are your last line of defence, they ARE the back up plan. Noone could concieve that you'd need a backup plan for the backup plan that was already considered failsafe.