As oil spews in Gulf, BP chief at U.K. yacht race

[Bozita]

Source: AP

June 19, 2010
As oil spews in Gulf, BP chief at U.K. yacht race

RAPHAEL SATTER
Associated Press

New Orleans -- BP chief executive Tony Hayward, often criticized for being tone-deaf to American concerns about the worst oil spill in U.S. history, took time off today to attend a glitzy yacht race off England's Isle of Wight.

Spokeswoman Sheila Williams said Hayward took a break from overseeing BP efforts to stem the undersea gusher in Gulf of Mexico to watch his boat "Bob" participate in the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.

The one-day yacht race is one of the world's largest, attracting hundreds of boats and thousands of sailors.

In a statement, BP described Hayward's break as "a rare moment of private time" and said that "no matter where he is, he is always in touch with what is happening within BP" and can direct recovery operations if required.

Read more: http://detnews.com/article/20100619/NATION/6190362

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This race should be held in the Gulf.

[OhioChick]

1. I see he got his life back. n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

14. DAMN IT

I came here to post that.

[POAS]

17. Damn it +1...........n/t

[IndianaGreen]

2. The super rich play while everyone else suffers

I am beyond words to express my outrage at this clown!

[ronnie624]

20. Yep.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race: a bloated pustule of greed, wealth and elitism, representing all that is wrong with the status quo of human society.

Ugh!

[Enrique]

3. poor guy

will he ever forgive us for being so mean to him?

[hedgehog]

4. I hereby take back anything I ever said suggesting that Hayward would

suffer a moment for his actions. Clearly the man doesn't even know how to look guilty, let alone feel guilty!

[Lil Missy]

5. Take Barton with you.

[CountAllVotes]

6. what!?

Hayward should have been shackled and chained and thrown in prison. :wtf: is this criminal doing on the loose? :mad:

:kick:

[obxhead]

25. The same thing as all the rest of the corporate and political

criminals, not that I see a difference between the two types anymore.

Reaping their rewards for maintaining a profit even during a time of disaster.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. the cheaper the well, the larger the yacht

every corner cut is another toy for Tony. But of course, BP's only concern is for the pensioners.

[Robbien]

8. Yachting all the while BP is burning live turtles

and people in Louisiana are waiting five hours in line to get a hundred dollars of food.

Sounds about right.

[fascisthunter]

9. no conscience at all

perfect example of a sociopath. Why these people are allowed to walk amongst us all is amazing.

[wordpix]

11. reminds me a great deal of van der Sloot--commits crime 1 minute, off to races or gambling next

These two would make great cell mates

[flamingdem]

16. google "law of the donkey" and van der sloot for what would await Tony in a Peruvian prison nt

[alsame]

10. What astounds me is that BP seems to have

no PR at all. I know there is no real concern or conscience there, but most corporations at least try to give an appearance of concern for those they've harmed.

How is that no one is telling BP that these kinds of things are extremely damaging? Or maybe they are and BP is ignoring them. It just seems that they make one mistake after another in terms of words and deeds that can be used to evoke even more negative feelings toward them.

[wordpix]

12. these people are pompous asses making millions each year. Could care less

They only care about their villas and mansions and amassing greater fortunes. :grr: :puke:

[OhioChick]

23. Sure they do.....BPGlobalPR

http://twitter.com/bpglobalpr

:rofl:

[alsame]

26. Oh my, I hadn't seen that before.

:rofl:

[ShamelessHussy]

13. skimmers need to be outfitted on that vessel and it sent to the Gulf, ASAP

WTF!!!

[Pachamama]

15. Time to Keelhaul Tony....

....in "Bob", his yacht, along with every other oil executive in the world, right over the spot where the BOP is in the Gulf spewing its volcano of oil....

:mad:

Pachamama is pissed, and I don't mean just me.....

Btw, this is the first time in well over 18 months that I have posted....I had been battling Melanoma and I've won (so far) and focused on my health. Occasionally have gone on to the DU, but needed a break in my life to save my live and focus. But now as I heal, I see we are destroying and killing ourselves and we finally have succeeded in creating an extinction level event of untold magnitude. So I had to finally post and respond again because I'm so sickened by all this. Here we are at a time in our existence where we literally need a paradigm shift in consciousness and there are still oil platforms (Atlantis, Thunderhead etc.) that are pumping away and we could find tomorrow another and another and another disaster that can't be stopped.

I feel sick to my stomach....and then you have these f*ckers out sailing at a Yacht Race.....

Keelhaul them all....that would be my solution if I were in charge.....

[Judi Lynn]

22. It would be pure bliss witnessing his keelhauling exactly above the gushing hell he has unleashed.

Seems as if he's thumbing his pointy little nose at the Congressional committee which questioned him a couple of days ago in the hearaing by immediately leaping into his pleasure boat the first free moment he got.

Best wishes for your total recovery, Pachamama.

[GETPLANING]

18. There is no sailboat racing in the Gulf

There are too many oil rigs. Seriously. Almost all the racing in North America is off the Northeast coast and West coast.

[HooptieWagon]

57. What? Hogwash!!!

Some of the best sailors in the US are from the Gulfcoast - New Orleans, Bay St Louis, Mobile, and other locales.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. "he is always in touch with what is happening within BP"?????

Not according to his testimony Thursday.
He claimed he did not know anything about nothing, basically.

[customerserviceguy]

21. I think "Bob" just became a target

At some point, an ELF-type group will gain near enough access to it.

[Botany]

24. The type of boats that are in the race.

http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk/web/code/php/main.php?section=home

race web site Tony's "Bob" is not listed :rofl:

I prefer the classic racing yacht myself



€3,200,000 EUR for a stripped down model = Roughly $400,000

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/06/19/2010-06-19_bp_ceo_tony_hayward_attends_posh_english_yacht_race_as_a_break_from_gulf_oil_spi.html

link to a picture of Tony on "The Bob."

[HooptieWagon]

58. "race web site Tony's "Bob" is not listed "

Yes, "Bob" was listed. They finished 4th in IRC Class0.

http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?page=results2010§ion=live&map=rir10&style=std&ui=rir2&override=&classrequest=85&submit=Go

That is a class of some of the largest and most expensive boats. Most the other boats are far smaller and cheaper. The Contessa 26's are about 40 years old, and cost just a few thousand dollars. There are several other classes of similar-sized and priced boats. The vast majority of "yachties" aren't CEOs or elitists - they are shopkeepers, schoolteachers, tradesmen, etc. , just as in the US. Of course, they don't get the media exposure the bigger boats do.

The race around the Isle of Wight has a long tradition... the race in 1851 was won by the US schooner "America" , the trophy they won became the "America's Cup".

[Botany]

62. thanx for the post

I did a search on the race web site under the name "Bob" and came up blank.



BTW the best little sailboat in the world "The Lightning" class ..... much fun

[HooptieWagon]

63. Yes, Lightnings are cool.

I used to own #13970. Now I race Flying Scots and Moths.

[Barrett808]

27. BP chief 'sailing into PR disaster'

Source: Belfast Telegraph

Under-fire BP chief executive Tony Hayward has gone sailing in the UK despite mounting criticism that he is not doing enough to control the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

As company officials insisted Mr Hayward was still in charge of the operation to control spill amid confusion over his role, he was relaxing on the Isle of Wight at the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.

A yacht named Bob that is co-owned by Mr Hayward was taking part in the event.

A company spokeswoman said: "We wouldn't dream of commenting on what the chief executive does in his rare moments of private time."

She said he was spending some time with his son.

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/uk-ireland/bp-chief-sailing-into-pr-disaster-14849506.html

[KansDem]

28. Maybe he wanted to see what clean water looked like?

Or maybe he was scouting a location to pull a "Fail-Safe" move by building a similar oil platform, blowing it up, and drenching British beaches with "black gold."
:sarcasm:

[WhiteTara]

29. bring that yacht race to the Gulf

oh, wait. That sticky oil would ruin his expensive boat.

[Capitalocracy]

30. His boat is named Bob.

Like the small people.

[crim son]

32. Sure but

I bet his boat gets better treatment.

[Capitalocracy]

37. I'm sure he spends more on his boat per year

than his average worker's salary

[crim son]

31. Nice.

A big "fuck you" to the U.S. and possibly to BP too. What a low specimen of human being Mr. Haward is.

[Enrique]

33. just like Stupak said

Hayward goes back to England on his golden parachute, and Americans are stuck with his oil mess.

[Downwinder]

34. One last race, before it is spoiled by oil. n/t

[Donnachaidh]

35. you know, after all this - I think I've found what could stop the leak in one fell swoop

Tony Baloney's EGO.

Thousands of sea creatures dying on the gulf, but he's out pip pipping with his fellow *elites*. :wow:

[Child_Of_Isis]

36. In your face, Lousiana!

He knew this would hit the papers! Just his way of saying F-you all!

It goes so well with his smirk.

[pundaint]

38. And no uproar about any Congressman EVER leaving Washington? Hell they haven't been doing their job

for decades, yet they get lots of time off. There isn't a thing wrong with this country that cannot be traced back to a Congress not doing it's job for the People of America. If you check their records, they have almost all cast votes against interests of the People, or have failed to support action in the interests of the American People.

Anger directed anywhere but at Congress is wasted until we get a better one.

[Octafish]

50. Attorneys General, too.

John "Crisco" Ashcroft, Summer, 2001.

[bongbong]

39. Under the bus

The yachting news is getting a lot of press. Hmmmmm... I think BP is being thrown under the bus so that people don't think of it as a "HORRIBLE OIL SPILL", but rather as the "HORRIBLE BP SPILL!". This is so that the public won't focus on all the oil companies, just BP.

Remember, the media helps make sure that corporations stay profitable and that things like "solar power" and "peace" never get popular. This takes a lot of strategic placement of the right kinds of messages. Just look up Edward Bernays on youtube to see how this is done & carefully planned.

[ProSense]

40. Gulf residents outraged by BP CEO's yacht outing

Source: AP

VENICE, La. – Just when it seemed Gulf residents couldn't get any more outraged about the massive oil spill fouling their coastline, word came Saturday that BP's CEO was taking time off to attend a glitzy yacht race in England.

Tony Hayward's latest public relations gaffe didn't sit well with people in the U.S. who have seen their livelihoods ruined by the massive two-month oil spill.

"Man, that ain't right. None of us can even go out fishing, and he's at the yacht races," said Bobby Pitre, 33, who runs a tattoo shop in Larose, La. "I wish we could get a day off from the oil, too."

As social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook lit up with anger, BP spokespeople rushed to defend Hayward, who has drawn withering criticism as the public face of his company's halting efforts to stop the worst oil spill in U.S. history.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill

[MineralMan]

41. Tone deaf? Who? Me?

Whatever do you mean?

He's just got his life back. That's all.

[alsame]

42. Hey, fishing boats in

oily water is for the small people.

This time off is probably his reward for stonewalling the Congressional hearings so effectively.

[Scuba]

43. Arrogance, pure arrogance.

[NJCher]

44. perfectly normal behavior

for a sociopath.

Reminds me of a murderer who, after knocking off a life for some cash, heads out to McDonald's for a burger. Or go home for a nap.

All in a day's work.


Cher

[UpInArms]

45. they obviously just don't see how poor Tony needs to get his life back, ya' know?

and besides, this is why they pay him the big bucks - worrying about his next million dollar bonus getting all messed up - with that messy incident in the gulf...

:sarcasm:

[Iowa]

46. Where are the criminal prosecutions?

[Scuba]

47. +1

[DallasNE]

48. Well, Hayward Got His Life Back

So he got his wish. Too bad for everybody else, I guess.

[ProSense]

49. Gulf residents outraged by BP CEO's yacht outing

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[TomCADem]

51. But The Republicans Say That We Are Being Unfairly Harsh On BP...

Just ask Sharron Angle, Joe Barton, Don Young, Michelle Bachmann, etc.

[time_has_come]

52. This is a non-story to me. it's like some kind of perverse masturbation

So the fucker went to a boat race..so what?

Oh yeah, he should spend all his downtime chained to a pole where Gulf residents can whip shitballs at him.
It's a PR disaster for him and all that and gets people all worked up, but in the end it's just a meaningless sideshow distraction to the leak and effects.

[PacerLJ35]

53. Exactly...how about we stop all the tough talk and focus on preventing the wellbore from leaking

[wordpix]

60. exactly what the BP CEO should be doing instead of sailing his yacht

and that's the point

[hatrack]

65. Yeah, but he doesn't know anything about "wells" or "drilling" or "geology" . . .

At least according to his Congressional testimony.

[depakid]

55. There are times when it pays to lay low

and speaking of pay- there couldn't be a worse time for the Whitehouse to be interceding on behalf of CEO's to protect their exorbitant "compensation" packages.

Hard to tell which of these two is more tone deaf.

[ronnie624]

59. Distraction from the leak?

Hardly. You are talking to progressives, after all.

If this leak can't be stopped (and some experts say it can't be) we'll have about 25 years to focus on it.

[Lagomorph]

54. All I can think of...

..is a race in the Gulf with a flaming oil slick in front of the finish line.

[Art_from_Ark]

56. Tony must have seen this Monty Python sketch

about the "Upper Class Twit of the Year" competition, and decided that he wanted to win the (black-) gold medal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqObJtGrKaA

[Hugabear]

61. Something about Nero and a fiddle comes to mind here...

n/t

[MisterP]

64. too bad Heinlein, Rand, and most of the "we must now praise great CEOs" cult

are dead, because we could've thrown them in the way of the yachts--where are the Somali pirates when you really need 'em?

then again, Bret Easton Ellis has a new book out about this sort of people

[Evasporque]

66. Maybe if we had more rich people yachti racing in the Gulf....

There wouldn't of been oil wells...I am sure the Isle of Wright has dozen of wells around it...