Tony Hayward hearing resumed. Thread 2 here:

[dixiegrrrrl]

The fun part....question time!!!!!!!

MSNBC has live blog, btw.
http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/17/4522143-protester-disrupts-bp-ceos-testimony

[POAS]

1. Deer in the headlights....

When oh when will they let him get his life back?

[jazzelle]

2. Hes a gd liar.

put him in jail.

[malaise]

3. What an arrogant

asshole

[AnArmyVeteran]

31. Why aren't they hooked up to POLYGRAPH machines???

And if they fail to answer or lie then imprison them! I'll even go a step further. Have everyone in business and government submit to a lie detector test and if they are found to lie about anything then have them removed or throw them in prison, depending on what they lied about of course.

[gateley]

32. Aren't the results inadmissible in court? If that's still the case, I'd imagine that

would apply to this hearing, too. It's an imperfect science, I think.

[gateley]

33. Markey up. He's my new hero. nt

[AnArmyVeteran]

46. Yeah, they are inadmissible, but if they fail and were part of the crime, hang em'!

They are actually very reliable tests but I heard that sociopaths are uniquely designed to skew the results. So the sociopathic Hayward might pass because of his deranged mental state.

[Subdivisions]

4. Fuck you un-reccers. Suck on BPs goddamned pipe! Assholes! n/t

[POAS]

14. +1 n/t

[gateley]

5. Good Stupak questions. Not that we can expect honest or forthright answers. nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. " Do you plan on being Chairman for much longer?"

aaand Hayward ducks that question!!

[WeDidIt]

7. The idiot Republicans are still going after the escrow fund

They're completely STUPID!

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Whoa !!!! "I had no prior knowlege of the well"

Despite his saying he held bi-monthly safety meetings.

[POAS]

18. Those meetings no doubt

involved legal issues and how to get around taking responsibility for safety violations and had little to no time devoted to improving safety.

[WinkyDink]

9. BP goofed; should've dressed him in a green gecko costume. :-)

[gateley]

10. The Republican who was criticizing the WH $20 agreement - gotta admit he

had some really good, penetrating questions for Hayward.

[POAS]

15. $20 agreement??? n/t

[gateley]

22. $20 Billion, I saw the typo after I posted, but knew people here would figure it

out and had better things to do than worry about it.

[POAS]

26. Just a bit a snarkiness on my part...meant with a

:evilgrin: and a

:toast:

[gateley]

27. Sorry - I overreacted. I find when I'm immersed in this BP/Gulf stuff, I'm

more irritable and gloomy and tend to knee-jerk respond. I gotta keep an eye on that.

:pals:

[POAS]

28. me too----getting irritable and probably overly snarky as well!

:pals:

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. "You're not taking responsibility" says Waxman

Hayward keeps repeating he cannot be specific about the problem "until all the investigations are complete".

[gateley]

13. And Waxman said "THIS is an investigation!" nt

[tridim]

12. "Ongoing investigation"

"Ongoing investigation"
"Ongoing investigation"
"Ongoing investigation"

Sound familiar?

[Wednesdays]

17. Just before he starts parroting, "I don't recall"

"I don't recall."
"I can't remember."
"To the best of my recollection, I can't recall having that memory."

[POAS]

20. Ongoing assholery! n/t

[stranger81]

16. Is it just me, or does it seem like Hayward purposely DID NOT inform himself

about the relevant details the panel would be asking him, presumably so he wouldn't have to choose between lying and giving answers that are extremely damaging to BP?

[POAS]

21. It's not just you. n/t

[gateley]

19. "I believe that decision was made by the MMS". So, are things the MMS

signed off on going to not be considered "legitimate" claims, since, after all, our government gave the okay. :grr:

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. He is hiding behind MMS and others in his company.

The most arrogant line:
Q: "When will you have the answers to the letter we sent you?"
A: " As soon as I make it available".

WTF???????????????

[Poll_Blind]

23. Damn, I just caught the very very tail end of that..."Any one of us could do his job!"

Wish'd I had caught that starting about 5 minutes ago. WTF, now another hour break.

PB

[tridim]

25. Yet his skillset is somehow worth millions in compensation

Maybe even billions after a few years on the job.

I work 50 times harder than BP's CEO and get paid peanuts. Why?

[blogslut]

29. Kick

They're back from break.

[blogslut]

30. Stupak is spanking Hayward for his lack of candor

from this morning.

Oh groan, here comes March Blackburn

[Poll_Blind]

34. This is _GREAT_ stuff! People, if you haven't tuned in....DO SO! n/t

PB

[gateley]

35. Did you catch the first half this morning? That was pretty great, too. nt

[Poll_Blind]

36. Only parts, unfortunately. I'm hoping to catch up and right now the...

...action is.....smokin'!

PB

[Poll_Blind]

37. CNN running Tony Hayward testimony with split-screen of oil leak.

Priceless

PB

[gateley]

38. Repub is pointing the finger at MMS. nt

[Poll_Blind]

39. Ouch! They're bringing up The Schlumberger Discrepency

TSD, baby!

PB

[WinkyDink]

40. Showing photos of the deceased workers now.

[Poll_Blind]

41. I think Hayward just admitted they're not doing jack shit except waiting for the relief..

..wells to be drilled (and collecting what they can).

PB

[Poll_Blind]

42. Hayward doesn't know where the hazardous waste (which has been cleaned up) is being shipped.

Answer: Our back yard.

PB

[gateley]

43. Rep. Ross is asking a question he's lucky Hayward didn't answer -- why didn't

they drill a relief well when they were drilling the main well in case there was an accident?

[Poll_Blind]

44. The 4 companies the govt. considers responsible: Mitsui, Anadarko, Transocean, BP

Interesting. Sorry if I misspelled some of those names!

PB

[hayu_lol]

45. Wasn't it the BP hatchet man, John Guide, who made the ...

on site decisions to go with what they had...to forego needed tests and the installation of the centralizers in the casing because it took too much time and money?

He was the guy who argued with the engineers and riggers and apparently ignored the Schlumberger crew.

[Poll_Blind]

47. I thought all fingers were pointing at a guy named Robert Kaluza, who pled the fifth and...

...refused to testify. From all I'd read, he is the likeliest (and possibly only?) candidate for being "the company man" that everyone describes in their testimony.

PB

[Poll_Blind]

48. "Why in two months, with all this oil spilling into the Gulf, do we not have a completed...

...investigation?!?"

Good question!

PB