Deepwater Horizon's Blowout, Part 2
August 22, 2010 5:00 PM
Scott Pelley investigates the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11, causing the ongoing oil leak in the waters off of Louisiana. One survivor talks about his harrowing escape and what happened after he got off the burning rig.
Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster
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- There is no end to the evil in man's hearts. BP is ultimately responsible because they hire all the subcontractors AND they are making the BIG profits. The buck has to stop somewhere, and that place is the oil company because they are the lead coordinators of the operation. But it's the blame game as practiced everywhere in our society these days: No one is willing to step up to the plate and accept responsibility for there ultimate actions. BP is evil, and so are the rest of the corporations in this world that place profits and power over the welfare of people and the environment when they well have the technology and ability to practice safe, kind and truthful business practices, but instead give millions of dollars in donations to all the political partys because it's cheaper than doing what's right, safe and moral.
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- hmmm, tough to watch, yet easy to see the explanations unfold. No good reason 'cept perhaps greed and incompatence.Lost lives, wasted fish and wildlife, aswell numerous business markets jeopardized thru it.Fines are one thing replacement another, certain reasons to look into the next well with an asap response team may be appropriate. 2012 was foretold may ways, this event might of set a rythnm which can curtail into yet an even greater wave of oil leakage or overflow from uncontainment holds underwater. Spooky to think if an earthquake had ruptured this even greater from forces within itself or forces of nature, think they leave well enough alone and forget the digging experience, like who could of foreseen the Sri Lanka affair, because the cost of putting in the equipment, think they ought to think natures ways, which is but rumored of fortold disaster or perhaps spirits displaced in time(s) to retell the tales, with whats been happening, i wouldn't doubt the thought
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- The first hand report of what happened on that oil rig is interesting and valuable. Unfortunately, what sticks in my mind each time I see this report is the interview with the college professor where he is asked about BP Tony Hayward?s statement that it was Transocean?s rig and Transocean?s operators. The professor takes the high road at first, indicating there were several (40?) entities that might share responsibility, and this early finger-pointing by BP was out of line. Then the CBS interviewer asks the professor who IS responsible, and he says simply and forcefully ?BP?. The blatant hypocrisy of this just takes my breath away, and undermines the credibility of this professor and this whole piece.
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- Why isn't this on Fox news, front page of the New York Times, etc. etc. Actually, we know that answer. It is more important for the powers that be that we demonstrate against (or for) mosque-building, than that we understand know how our lives are being decimated by the power-and-money hungry who are running the world.
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- I wonder if BP, Transocean exceutives & managers have listened to this story? If they haven?t..then they are figuring out what happened and perhaps blaming the other company. Just think that most if not all income to BP is also coming from the military. Now the former BP executive is heading to Russia...watch-out.
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