It seems you can’t go two feet these days without another BP story innundating us with its importance over our daily lives. And it just keeps getting worse. Turns out a lot more oil may have been flowing than we first imagined. And of course, the lawyers are starting to sniff the waters to see if they can make a gazillion dollars out of suing everyone and their brother. And then in the New York Times, there was an interesting story about how Great Britain is throwing a hissy fit because the United States is getting all angry at BP, and somehow that means we’re saying bad things about the Britains.
Okay, I’m sorry I have to do this, but some things need to be put into perspective, and who else to do this but a world famous blogger like me who has a site where everyone reads it on a constant basis. Okay, no one reads my blog, but just to make my stuffed animals happy, I have a few comments to make.
1. BP is screwd. Sorry, but you were the guys who owned the rig that caused all the problems, and is STILL causing all of the problems. You haven’t fixed it. You didn’t prepare for it. And I’m sorry, but everyone is just a bit angry at you right now because you’ve KILLED THE ENTIRE GULF WITH YOUR STUPID OIL DISASTER. Oh sorry, it’s not a disaster because a “disaster” is limited on one small geographical location, being of limited impact. You’ve caused a CATASTROPHE! Sorry that we’re now hurting your feelings, but you have done your part to bring about the destruction of all human civilization. You don’t get a free pass on that kind of shit.
2. The lawyers. Wish they weren’t going to do what they’re going to do, but like the cartoon characters say: They’re not evil; they’re just drawn that way. Or like the scorpion says to the turtle before he stings him and they both drown: “It’s in my nature.” Lawyers will jump on the nearest ambulance and sue in their best interest. Sorry, but it’s what happens.
3. Great Britain. Really? You think this is about YOU? No, it’s not. It’s about a stupid company that happens to be headquartered in your country. Sorry if you think that angry Americans are now being unfair to you, but you know, sometimes it really isn’t about you. Americans are angry at BP because it doesn’t serve any purpose to be angry at the oil. Someone is responsible, and guess what? That culprit IS BP. So, if you think Americans are angry at you, get over it, or go fuck yourselves. Whatever you need to do. Because honestly, Americans aren’t angry at people from Great Britain UNTIL they start making it about themselves. The article shows all attempts at trying to deflect blame away from BP with this “well, shit happens, so stop being angry”. If that’s the stance you take, then Americans are going to start pointing fingers at Britains, and THEN you’ll know America is angry. Ask a bunch of Republican Guard soldiers in Iraq what it’s like when Americans are mad and lash out at the nearest thing available, even if there’s no apparent reason for doing so (like thinking Iraqis were responsible for 911). Give Americans a good reason to be angry, and those cruise missiles you see making parking lots out of your residential districts will explain why it’s not a good idea to pick a fight when one isn’t really being offered in the first place. Just saying, so shut the fuck up and stop acting all victim like when no one was pointing fingers at you in the first place.
As for BP, however, good luck on deflecting any angry Americans. Seems your only chance right now is a bunch of stupid, overly sensitive Britains standing in between you and those angry Americans.
The whole BP catastrophe is one of those things that is going to be very interesting in how it plays out. I find it amazing that anyone would even think that BP is going to come out of this without being the recipient of legal carpet bombing before this is all over. I even read how BP is trying to hold the US government to the law (that they are only responsible for about 75 million dollars of damage). Good luck on making that stick. If BP manages to escape through a legal maneuver, I expect to see serious amounts of wrath of hegemony upon them in all sorts of manners. If they play any stupid legalistic trick, just watch what happens when the ambulance chasers catch up with them; not a single politician in all of America will come to their defense, which will lead to the biggest sinkhole short of the Gulf of Mexico.