BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake account mocking the oil company:

[Are_grits_groceries]

http://www.amyoops.com/search?updated-max=2010-06-02T06%3A04%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=15

FTW!

[malaise]

1. Fuck BP

over and over :puke:

[Donnachaidh]

2. awww -- get them an ambulance. We can get one faster than they can cap a leak

:rofl:

[undeterred]

3. The world wants BP to shut down the leak.

[marmar]

4. BP's feelings are hurt.....

:cry: :nopity:

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. BP Says It Has Successfully Controlled Flow of Information on Spill

Borowitz Report


BP officials said today they were "cautiously optimistic" that they had contained the flow of information about the Gulf oil spill and that no further facts about the spill would reach the mainland.

According to BP, a giant containment dome was lowered over reporters covering the spill, making it impossible for them to cover the true nature and scope of the disaster.
The success of that strategy, called Operation Squelch, was the source of much jubilation at BP headquarters on Monday, but company CEO Tony Hayward warned against celebrating prematurely.


"We think we have successfully contained the flow of information," he said. "But there's always the danger of leaks."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8510459

[KeepItReal]

6. "BPGlobalPR" on Twitter is really good

Some of their tweets:

"The worst part about this whole thing is all the damn jazz we hear going to and from our Four Seasons."

"The World Ocean Day Movie Marathon continues w/ There Will be Blood at 9pm, then at midnight and 3 am and 6am!"

"We're collecting 10,000 barrels a day! Unlike last week, 10,000 barrels is a huge amount of oil! #bpmath"

"We take this situation very seriously which is why tonight's oil wrestling event will be followed by a candle light vigil"

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. They can't stand bitting humor that tells the truth

But they have billions and billions and figure they can buy the truth

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. The Onion just did one and its in DU editorial

Massive Flow Of Bullshit Continues To Gush From BP Headquarters


LONDON—As the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico entered its eighth week Wednesday, fears continued to grow that the massive flow of bullshit still gushing from the headquarters of oil giant BP could prove catastrophic if nothing is done to contain it.

The toxic bullshit, which began to spew from the mouths of BP executives shortly after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April, has completely devastated the Gulf region, delaying cleanup efforts, affecting thousands of jobs, and endangering the lives of all nearby wildlife.

"Everything we can see at the moment suggests that the overall environmental impact of this will be very, very modest," said BP CEO Tony Hayward, letting loose a colossal stream of undiluted bullshit. "The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean, and the volume of oil we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total volume of water."


The rest here:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x540906

[RoyGBiv]

7. Don't care what BP wants ...

... but the one pretending to be Tony Hayward is really obnoxious. Easy enough to ignore it, so I don't think Twitter needs to do anything.

But I wouldn't recommend it.

[msongs]

8. BP is running the show and government response, it will probably get its way nt

[City Lights]

9. If BP is having a tantrum over this then BP has too much free time on its hands.

Send the twitter monitor to the Gulf, pronto!

[C_U_L8R]

11. Scared of a little satire?

mock on.

[WolverineDG]

13. you'd think they'd have more pressing problems to deal with

:think:

dg