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 BP Accuses Halliburton of Destroying Gulf Spill EvidencePosted on Dec 6, 2011
Halliburton just seems to pop up wherever trouble can be found, such as the Bush White House (through Dick Cheney’s chummy history with the company) and also in the ecopocalypse that was the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in April 2010. Speaking of that last disaster, Halliburton is now embroiled in a legal battle with British Petroleum, which claims that Halliburton not only made faulty cement that was involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig’s meltdown but that the firm did away with evidence about the explosion after the fact. The two corporate giants were battling it out in a New Orleans court this week. —KA
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By Jim Yell, December 7, 2011 at 10:04 am Link to this comment
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What were the chances that Halliburton, a corporation tied up with a man who didn’t serve his nation when he had the opportunity, but has made billions by pandering to the Military-Industrial Complex, a man who created a war built on lies and arrogance would now be accused of destroying evidence and creating a disaster?
That this farce continues is an example of why Obama is wrong to say “let by gones be by gones”. If the Bush Cheney goon squad had been investigated and punished for their crimes and yes, if Nixon had not been given an easy out our laws would still function and we would all be better off, including the gamblers who put their faith in the investment sector. No down side to crimes mean what is not punished is allowed.
Report thisBy Oceanna, December 7, 2011 at 8:37 am Link to this comment
There were certainly more shortcuts, malfunctions, and coverups than
Haliburton’s substandard cement casings. The workers on the rig continued to
be subjected to conditions that were documented as imminently dangerous.
There were plenty of warnings of a blow out, but then the pressure to continue
despite them overrode the quickly mounting structural pressure .
Speaking of coverups, who else authorized and furtively sprayed tons of
dispersants into the Gulf? Who authorized the deep drilling in an area that was
known to be high risk but with high profit potential for exploitation, to an oil
company that had been repeatedly fined and charged for negligent practices?
We have a dying Gulf now, whose repercussions I believe go beyond the oxygen
Report thisstarved waters from Corexit, hidden oil plumes, and destroyed marine life. All
of those dead and dying fish are rotting from the head down, you know.
By gerard, December 6, 2011 at 9:55 pm Link to this comment
Idea for corporate lawyers who rather enjoy a good fight: Search out inter-corporate disagreements, encourage the disgruntled CEOs to sue each other. Pit as many pairs of corporations against each other as possible. Donate 50% of your fees to Occupy Corporations. In the process, train as assistants any Occupiers who are interested in learning more about corporate law, particularly as it applies to challenging “corporate personhood.”
Report thisBy Lauren Unruh, December 6, 2011 at 3:04 pm Link to this comment
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Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t there some evidence that Halliburton had
some kind of insurance deal that paid them off for their loses?
I think it was blown on purpose to make a statement about Hippies and 4/20,
but of course that is just me, taking it very personally. You see I said they were
my people, and the next thing I knew the oil well blew.
It was just too reminiscent of what happened to the Mexicans in Mexico when I
said they were my people - the Bush Cheney administration declared
undeclared war on them.
I remember reading someone had insurance to cover this loss, I just don’t
Report thisremember which party it was. Insurance seems like a Cheney move. I’m looking
forward to more investigative journalism reports on the issue, so thanks.
By Oceanna, December 6, 2011 at 2:51 pm Link to this comment
So who’s the lesser of the two evils, Haliburton or BP?
The judicial system will certainly have a run for its money on this one, in more
Report thisthan one way.
By felicity, December 6, 2011 at 12:21 pm Link to this comment
Perhaps we all thought (mistakenly, it seems) that
Enron was a bad memory. Wrong. Welcome to the Age
of Enron - grotesque bonuses for insiders, a fawning
press, bought politicians, averaged people fleeced by
scheming predators.
Halliburton has been a blight on the landscape for
Report thisyears, and will continue to be as it welcomes itself
into the Age of Enron. (Wonder how this will read in
history books. After all, fits right in with the
histories of once great nations which have inexorably
followed the trajectory of primitive, republican,
imperial, decadence.)
By surfnow, December 6, 2011 at 10:36 am Link to this comment
what gulf oil spill? I thought Obama, the msm and BP had successfully covered that all up.
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