Olbermann: Rick Steiner on BP - 'You Don't Build Fire Truck While House is on Fire'

[Hissyspit]

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MSNBC Countdown w/ KEITH OLBERMANN - 9 July 2010: Interview with marine conversationist Rick Steinter on Gulf Oil dispersant and oil disaster.

PART ONE HERE: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=483397&mesg_id=483397

OLBERMANN: "If this cap works this weekend, why would it have been the case that we had to wait 81 days for it to work?"

STEINER: "That's probably the 20 billion dollar question, Keith. Obviously, you don't build the fire truck while the house is on fire. You have all these contingencies laid out very methodically prior to a crisis and having to employ this kind of technology. These sorts of caps and these containment systems should have been designed and built and on the rig, ready to go, or on the beach ready to fly out, get out there, long before there was a crisis.

And it just shows that there was never a real expectation that they would ever have a catastrophic blow-out in deep water that they'd have to respond to, which shows that they didn't care, they didn't get it, so... obviously. And the other question this begs is what about the other 33 deep water rigs that want to get back to work out there. Do they have this kind of containment cap and system, engineered, built, and ready to go? And, of course, the answer is no. So how dare they want to go back to work until they have thought through how they would respond to a catastrophic blow-out like this?"

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[GeorgeGist]

1. Even so ...

it's foolish to expect the arsonist to build it.

[rhett o rick]

4. You dont let an arsonist (BP) near your house in the first place.

And if a reputable company wants to play with fire, demand they have a fire truck staged or they dont play.

[rhett o rick]

2. It is the role of our government to insure that companies like BP have fire trucks before they

start playing with fire. Of course BP is at fault, but why expect them to spend profit money to build a fire truck? And dont you dare say because it is the moral thing to do. CORPORATIONS ARE NOT HUMAN AND HAVE NO MORALS. Yes they are run by humans but "We the People" in our infinite wisdom have allowed those humans that run corporations to be free from liability. Corporations can kill and nothing will be done, eg Massey Energy killed 29 with no consequences.

It is just too easy to blame only BP. Our government overlooked BP's horrible safety record and gave them environmental exceptions and worst of all, did not demand they have a plan for this type of failure, nor have up to date oil recovery equipment (your fire truck) and procedures. Our government was obviously "in bed" with BP.

Where are the other disasters just waiting to happen?

[bobbolink]

5. That is the obvious point... our government is complicit.

[ljm2002]

3. That was some straight talk...

...by Mr. Steiner. Glad I saw that.

K&R