Tony Hayward Apologizes For Saying 'I Want My Life Back'

[Spheric]

I made a hurtful and thoughtless comment on Sunday when I said that "I wanted my life back." When I read that recently, I was appalled. I apologize, especially to the families of the 11 men who lost their lives in this tragic accident. Those words don't represent how I feel about this tragedy, and certainly don't represent the hearts of the people of BP -- many of whom live and work in the Gulf -- who are doing everything they can to make things right. My first priority is doing all we can to restore the lives of the people of the Gulf region and their families -- to restore their lives, not mine.

His concern and empathy really shows. I feel so sorry for him now. :sarcasm:

Edit: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/02/bp-ceo-tony-hayward-apologizes-life-back_n_597966.html

[mikelgb]

1. yeah I see you haven't finished your crow, eat up

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Life=Stock Options

:think:

[bluestateguy]

3. I reject this apology

nt

[tiptoe]

29. +1 (don't sense he even gives a *^&$*%&# beyond anything "BP" -- no externality conscientiousness),

as if raised a silver-spooned, spoiled, business-parochial, ecological IDIOT -- i.e. perfectly dirtbag-qualified for a CEO position of a deep-water, oil-drilling operation.

"Tony Hayward, meet George (alongside Rep. Peter King "and we'll take care of the counting" 2003), Jeb (Gov of 'stuffed-votes' election fraud in Florida, 2004-2008), Neil (something), and Marvin Bush (a principal director of Securacom, security firm for the World Trade Center on 9/11, as well as Dulles Intl Airport United Airlines)."

[BuelahWitch]

34. Maybe he's Poppy Bush's illegitimate son

Sure seems like he has the Bush hubris down well.

[tiptoe]

30. Petroleum engineer responds to the spill -- Salon (what "apologetic" CEO Tony Hayward ISN'T doing)

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/feature/2010/06/01/engineer_gulf_spill_open2010/index.html
(This piece originally appeared at Robert Reich's blog.)

Petroleum engineer responds to the spill
An expert points out some technical mistakes
By Robert Reich

A petroleum engineer who's worked in the oil industry tells me BP is doing the minimum to clean up the oil and everything it can to protect its bottom line. According to the engineer, here’s what BP should be doing right now to mitigate the damage. If the president were to put BP into temporary receivership, he’d have the power to get BP to:

1. Stop releasing dispersants So-called dispersants are toxic, and it's crazy to add more poison to the Gulf. Dispersants do nothing to assist the environment in naturally cleaning the oil; their main use is PR. They reduce the number of ugly pictures of birds covered in pure black crude. Dispersants break the thick layer of crude into smaller globs, but that doesn’t help the Gulf and its wildlife. Most of the crude just mixes with the water to produce a goop that looks like chocolate ice cream but is highly poisonous.

2. Mobilize every possible tanker to siphon up crude from as close to the leak points as possible. Oil industry leaders as John Hofmeister (president of Shell Oil from 2005 until 2008) have recommended this, but inexplicably neither BP nor the federal government are talking about even trying this idea.
...
They should have at least a dozen collectors. BP has 24 tankers that are being used to make money for BP, not for clean-up duty. (President Obama should also use all necessary federal power -- or money, and send BP the bill -- to put as many tankers and refineries from other companies on the task.)

Mile-long pipes could be dangled down into the crude spewing from the wellhead and at each breach in the riser pipe, and the tankers could pump the crude mixed with water back into the tankers. They could then separate the crude and water in the tanker, and pump the water out on the spot.
...

3. Restart work on the second pressure relief well. BP did start work on two relief wells as the government requested, but the second has been shut down to cannabalize parts from it for the primary well kill effort. The president must order BP to spend whatever money it takes to get another blow out preventer on site, to re-start work on the second pressure relief well. A recent blow-out off the coast of Australia required five pressure relief wells to successfully shut it down.

[backscatter712]

4. He wants life? I say we give him life!

A life sentence in Leavenworth...

[closeupready]

16. lol

n/t

[blindpig]

23. Naw...

I think the people of Louisiana have got just the place for him.

[gratuitous]

5. And what will appall you tomorrow, Tony?

I'm thinking that right now that third gin and tonic at lunch just turns to ashes in your mouth, you poor dear. Would it help if we passed the hat among all the people sympathetic to your personal situation? Shouldn't take very long.

[Tikki]

6. Those people are just like that...

Apology = lip service.

Tikki

[myrna minx]

7. I find myself loathing him more than I loathe Dick Cheney - I didn't think that was even possible!

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Cheney's old PR person is now working for BP.

Apparently with good effect if Cheney is now # 2 in loathsomeness.:evilgrin:

[Spheric]

13. Hired just in time no doubt.

Let's see if he can PR my opinion of this skunk all the way up to loathsome.

[lpbk2713]

8. It took a long time for the BP Damage Control Squad to get the word to him.

Bush & Cheney's people would have done it a lot sooner.

But then, they had more practical experience.

[mikita]

27. right you are n/t

[louis-t]

9. It wasn't 'hurtful', it was selfish.

[FailureToCommunicate]

11. Could they have cast a more callous CEO? He'll HAVE to play himself in the movie.

Then they'll force him -well, them- to watch it over and over in prison (possibly interspersed with "Disaster Movie")

[Big Blue Marble]

12. Tony, poor Tony.

You are making your PR department work overtime. Was there ever a statement so
clearly written by professionals to attempt to undo the the damage of such an idiot's words?

[pepperbear]

14. tony hayward apologizes. this just in: spill blamed on obama. n/t

[closeupready]

15. Good. I don't want to hear that shit, now or ever.

You fix the leak. Then we can (all) talk.

[AnArmyVeteran]

17. Can I be the 425,249,205th person to say to Tony, "Go FUCK YOURSELF!"

He is only apologizing because his PR people told him to say it. All he cares about is Tony. He looks at all this like an inconvenience that is taking him away from time in his mansion and traveling to exotic places in the world for vacation. Tony, "Go FUCK YOURSELF". I would tell you that to your face, but your cowardly ass has bodyguards surrounding you to protect your sociopathic ass.

[asdjrocky]

18. Fuck him.

[Sebastian Doyle]

19. Apology not accepted, shit for brains.

Seriously Tony. Go die in a fire. Preferably one made from your own goddamn oil. :grr:

[bullwinkle428]

20. He's just sorry it got recorded...that's all.

[Individualist]

24. Exactly! That's the only reason he "apologized".

[JBoy]

21. He spoke the truth the first time.

He feels he worked hard to become CEO, and should only enjoy the awesomeness that goes with the job. These negative things just bum him out.

[blindpig]

22. "I didn't mean to say it..."

"but I meant what I said."

[felinetta]

25. How many lies does this make with ol' Tony. He never even thought about it til

he was called out.  What a worm. Tony, you are full of BS.

[WolverineDG]

26. I'm sorry I said that on camera"

:eyes: here's a quarter, asshole, call someone who cares.

dg

[tiptoe]

28. "Remorseful" as he LIES about plumes & uses COREXIT -- an example how BUSINESS != PUBLIC interest

[walldude]

31. How do you apologize for being an asshole?

You are an asshole so any apology you make is going to sound like it came from an asshole. Plus, after you apologize you are still an asshole.

Forget it dude. You're an asshole.

[Overseas]

32. Apologizing for "this tragic accident" and "this tragedy" rather than

apologizing to the dead and injured for his company's willful negligence in cutting out safety measures to increase their quarterly profits.

Rather than apologizing for using toxic dispersants to hide the oil rather than bringing in fleets of supertankers to suck up the surface oil and protect the thousands of small businesses along the Gulf Coast.

[Cleita]

33. Was this after his foot was surgically removed from his mouth? n/t