Hussein should push for the firing of BP chief executive tony hayward?

from thinkprogress.com 6-1-10

BP CEO Tony Hayward: ‘I’d Like My Life Back’

The millionaire CEO of foreign oil giant BP, Tony Hayward, is upset at the inconvenience caused to him by his company’s devastation of the Gulf of Mexico.

BP’s offshore drilling explosion claimed 11 lives on April 20, and has since spewed 20 to 100 million gallons of oil into the Gulf.

At least 491 birds, 227 turtles and 27 mammals, including dolphins, have been found dead.

On Sunday, immediately after apologizing, Hayward then complained about the effect of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on his personal life, saying “ There's no one who wants this over with more than I do. I would like my life back“.

Hayward, who pulled in $4.5 million last year, has a record of insensitive comments about the greatest environmental disaster in the United States:

“What the hell did we do to deserve this?” [New York Times, 4/30/10]

“The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.” [Guardian, 5/14/10]

“I think the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to be very, very modest.” [Sky News, 5/18/10]

There are no indications that the Obama administration intends to remove Hayward or his company from running the cleanup effort, however.

“I trust Tony Hayward,” Admiral Thad Allen, the top federal official overseeing the Gulf disaster, told CNN last week.

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seemingly oblivious to environmental hazards which are very hard on living things, BP's hayward also dismissed illnesses cropping up already in cleanup crews, as "probably just food poisoning."

BP CEO: Sickened Cleanup Workers Probably Have Food Poisoning

By Michael Whitney, firedoglake website, May 31, 2010

At least nine fishermen hired by BP to use their boats to help with oil cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico have been hospitalized with serious heath problems, including one who “busted his skull” after collapsing on a dock.

When asked about this clear pattern of illnesses of workers who come in contact BP’s oil and chemical dispersants, BP CEO Tony Hayward callously dismissed the health problems as “food poisoning.”

“I’m sure they were genuinely ill, but whether it was anything to do with dispersants and oil, whether it was food poisoning or some other reason for them being ill,” said Hayward.

“You know, food poisoning is clearly a big issue when you have a concentration of this number of people in temporary camps, temporary accommodation, it’s something we have to be very, very mindful of, continued Hayward. “It’s one of the big issues of keeping the army operating. You know, armies march on their stomachs.”

Maybe Obama will make this guy his Oil Czar?

hahaha!!! you people crack me up....i though you were for less government?

now you want him to get involved?

you can't have it both ways...please make up your minds.

better yet, lets teach him to raise horses, that way he could run FEMA...