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Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
About time!
punkcatJul 26, 2010
yeah, now he's rich and doesn't have to get up for work in the morning.
Closed AccountJul 26, 2010
tough crowd
brucealmightyJul 26, 2010
Aww...poor baby....now he's got his life back...and it turns out it's still just pathetic....
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
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koirakuenJul 25, 2010
gey
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Learnt?
juanbsuJul 25, 2010
Don't be an asshat. Use a dictionary.
learnt [lurnt]
–verb
a pt. and pp. of learn.
Closed AccountJul 26, 2010
+1 to Juan.
non00bJul 26, 2010
"learned" (pronounced with two syllables) should be used in phrases such as "a learned professor"
"learnt" should be used in phrases like "I learnt a valuable lesson today".
They are two different words and shouldn't be confused.
6502samJul 25, 2010
Queen's English version of learned.
Completely proper.
superharris5Jul 25, 2010
This is america's internet! The BBC should use english.
smacksawJul 25, 2010
Yeah, it's like "ed" with less letters and no "d" and a "t" in it's place.
You got burnt.
nytestarnyneJul 25, 2010
Dugg for "Don't be an asshat. Use a dictionary." Now that's a tagline!
islander2137Jul 26, 2010
just another retarded american who doesn't even know how to speak his own language..... both sad and funny at the same time
sirbetaJul 26, 2010
Yikes. The man questions one word and he's a 'retarded American'? This coming from someone who doesn't seem to understand how capitalization and punctuation work. Irony? No, it's not ironic. This is the internet. You are the norm. Carry on.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 26, 2010
Normally I'm actually pretty damn good with the language. I just had one brain fart regarding the Queens English versus the hick-monstrosity-pidgin spoken over in the colonies.
theodenkingJul 26, 2010
*retardt
Closed AccountJul 26, 2010
Stupid American public education.
mouchezdmJul 25, 2010
Good thing though am sure he is gonna get a huge check to go along with the resignation
http://www.mynucleus.org/story/2010/07/25/as_bp_lays_out_future_it_will_not_i
climboniceJul 26, 2010
Exactly, boo hoo for him. assh**e!
itsnickkJul 25, 2010
na na na na.. na na na na.. hey hey hey.. gooodbye
trainofthought6Jul 25, 2010
I saw the "nananana" and expected "BATMAN" to follow
amadeus2490Jul 26, 2010
♪ Nana na na, nana na na / Hey, hey hey. Bat-maaaan. ♫
thelastcivilianJul 25, 2010
Don't let the containment cap hit you on the way out!
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
http://instantrimshot.com/
thatebayerJul 26, 2010
BP has put more birds in oil than Colonel Sanders.
Closed AccountJul 26, 2010
ZING!
inactiveuserJul 26, 2010
Maybe they should call the media companies and use dispersant to cover it up...
mra45Jul 25, 2010
Is he resigning or abandoning ship?
aplusjimagesJul 26, 2010
No joke. Even if Tony leaves the oil is still pouring into the Gulf.
mazxJul 26, 2010
A $14 million dollar fee to leave? Sounds like he's going to be pretty hard done by, I know I couldn't live on that little for very long.
/sarcasm off
libertarianslolJul 25, 2010
his only crime was loving too much
inactiveuserJul 26, 2010
I am so glad he will get his life back....
/do I need this?
factorof13Jul 25, 2010
What is this, like the 5th time this story has come out this month? BP keeps denying it, yet it keeps getting reported.
fauxbro1983Jul 25, 2010
but will he be subject to any criminal or civil penalties for fostering a culture of complaincy in the company he was CEO of?
confuciussayJul 25, 2010
Tony Hayward laughs to the bank...
deadfox1Jul 25, 2010
It doesn't matter. The damage is done, and now the new CEO can just say, "I didn't have anything to do with it." Hayward can now start his life again and he hopes everybody will just forget about him and his company during the black days of 2010.
reivJul 25, 2010
Did someone say Golden parachute?
smacksawJul 25, 2010
I'd rather give him a Golden shower.
vyprJul 25, 2010
Black gold... Texas tea...
punkcatJul 26, 2010
oil that is.
timmyftwJul 26, 2010
It is what will happen. After all the f**king around he will be rewarded with less work to do and a big pile of money.
acrantradJul 25, 2010
I am so glad he will get his life back, I hope the severance pay will make up for your long nightmare Tony. <3
funkydude101Jul 25, 2010
Good PR move for BP to stick it on Tony Haywood who came in after all the processes that lead to the disaster were in place before he was appointed by the board of directors. Now that BP has stuck it on him, they get rid of him and suddenly the company doesn't seem AS bad. Sucks to be him though. But it would be a mistake to think that the problem lied with Tony and not BP as a corporation.
impsethJul 26, 2010
True, BP has a history of corruption dating back to it's founder who started the company so he could bid for contracts in countries he would necessarily be allowed to bid in.
As long as you can live with yourself, corruption seems to be the way to go.
Still tho, it's not like Tony is entirely blameless. If he was hired for anything other than a figurehead he could have at least tried to move the company in a new direction. His press releases indicate otherwise.
CarwrexJul 25, 2010
And nothing of value was lost.
nullcodesJul 25, 2010
Upon retirement, I think he should go relax at the beach. In Louisiana.
wild9Jul 25, 2010
Someone obviously doesn't know Louisiana's geography
nullcodesJul 25, 2010
Is that someone you?
analogassassinJul 26, 2010
Huh? There's lots of beach in Louisiana. Grand Isle, for example.
wild9Jul 26, 2010
Well f**k, okok, crow eaten, ignorance accepted
partrowJul 25, 2010
Another
fauxbro1983Jul 25, 2010
learnt is a british term. and see how the article is published by the BBC.....
partysanJul 25, 2010
He meant "Tony Haywood"
curufirJul 25, 2010
The title is not misspelt.
coconutxJul 25, 2010
Overall I think it was deserved. In fairness, BP's operations outside the US have been very successful with Haywood as CEO. However the damage to BP's reputation has been severe and someone had to take the blame for that.
I don't necessarily agree with Bob Dudley being the replacement though. Firstly BP's operations in America have a poor saftey record and he has been in charge of BP's american and asian operations. Secondly it seems they are choosing him simply because he is American. I'm not suggesting he is incompetant but this does seem like they are just giving into pressure. Although the PR benefits are obvious. Dudley also was with TNK-BP which has had its own share of problems.
partysanJul 25, 2010
Tony Haywood Jablome
grindelwaldJul 25, 2010
He is just the face of the company. Another face will replace him soon enough. Just with blackwater. They changed their name to "Xe" to avoid the bad publicity.
smacksawJul 25, 2010
f**k Xe, they're Blackwater.
I guess that didn't work for them when it comes to me.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
I don't think you people understand: he is RESIGNING, not being fired, there's a huge difference. this idiot is getting out without a scratch.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
fauxbro1983Jul 25, 2010
it's a forced resignation.....often when CEO's or other high ranking officials leave they give the company an advance notice that way a successor can be choosen and worked into the new position....
Closed AccountJul 26, 2010
I stand corrected. however I didn't read anything about it being forced, etc.? also there is no litigation from the company upon him? either way I think his situation should be much worse due to his accountability of the sitatuion, he easily skirted around the issue with the government
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Do the honorable thing. Hari cari.
doublebaconsodaJul 25, 2010
This isn't the only douche bag who needs to resign. Don't let this corporate puppet show stop the hate for such a company and Deepwater!
buttpuddingJul 25, 2010
Rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic.
mrjufrowJul 25, 2010
That's a hell of a way to leave a company. It takes skill to f**k things up on that big of a level.
maxisthelawJul 25, 2010
This is bulls**t. While it's foolish to blame Hayward exclusively for the spill, he acted like a complete **** in the first couple of weeks of the disaster and has exhibited nothing but selfishness and concern for covering his own ass throughout the whole ordeal. The cap on the well isn't even a surefire deal at the moment, and it disgusts me that Hayward is already ditching the company to avoid any more responsibility. People are DEAD because of his company, and Hayward has no problem with saying, "f**k it" and quitting to live off of the large fortune he has amassed through carelessness and neglect of the oil industry.
I hope with all my heart that the Deepwater Horizon incident follows Tony for the rest of his life. I hope that our government will prosecute this man to the full extent of the law. Justice needs to be served to a coward who abandoned his company in times of hardship.
jftitanJul 26, 2010
I was with you until you said prosecute just Tony... I would have been more along the lines of Halliburton, BP, and every executive that rubber stamped documents leading up to the disaster.
Otherwise, no less than a month ago BP said that Tony wasn't going to hop or leave the sinking ship. a rumor came out saying Tony wanted his life back, and was planning on leaving as soon as the spill was under control. BP announced that wasn't true.
Now, rumor is true. So again BP lied. Tony is full of s**t, and I'm out of patience with all of this bs.
sdigroupJul 25, 2010
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umarsajidJul 25, 2010
He should have resigned a long time ago! It was sickening when they were denying liability!
nepidaeJul 25, 2010
I guess everyone else was "just taking orders".
gasclownJul 25, 2010
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cryodinJul 25, 2010
US boss
jjamminjonJul 25, 2010
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koirakuenJul 25, 2010
its terrible wat has happened an international bullying campain by all the libs mass media press in the whole world he is only human!!!
jftitanJul 26, 2010
He was the scapegoat... why or how the hell did you think he didn't do anything wrong?
How about the fact that being a CEO or head of a company and not know a f**king thing about your company... I expect prison time, but above all else, at least a true FIRING.. not a f**king "I resign from this s**t" notice along with a severance pay.
Any other normal human being would have been forced out without pay, or at least black listed from ever working another job again.
sounds like a case of Fun with Dick & Jane.
endgameJul 25, 2010
Tony: "F this I'm done with this stupid oil spill, I got into this business to make money not deal with s**t like this." "Just cut me a check for 15 million & I'll be on my way, kthxby".
fish93Jul 25, 2010
Why? What happened?
ryanshepard92Jul 26, 2010
About f**king time!
frygarJul 26, 2010
It's a shame that "resignation" doesn't mean being hanged publicly with piano wire.
kevinmaloneJul 26, 2010
At least he'll have more time to go yachting.....
/s
rickybennettJul 26, 2010
F**K BP IN THE ASS AND S**T ALL OVER IT TELL IT DIES ............
hamlockJul 26, 2010
According to Associated Press he has a net worth of 20 mil. Poor guy...I hope he lands on his feet....
zerofooJul 26, 2010
I'd love to see the US government seize his golden parachute, if only as a warning to other CEOs. Risk public safety or public assets, and YOUR money is on the line.
themadoneJul 26, 2010
unfortunately its a multinational not an american corporation, the US government couldnt do that if they wanted to, perhaps the british govenment could since they're headquarters are based in london, but i doubt it.
vibr8Jul 26, 2010
Apparently the blame lies squarely on Transocean who had turned off half the alarm system:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/23/deepwater-horizon-oil-rig-alarms
'When he saw that the system had been bypassed, Williams protested to a Transocean supervisor, Mark Hay, who dismissed his concerns. Hay responded: "Damn thing been in bypass for five years. Matter of fact, the entire [Transocean] fleet runs them in bypass."'
And Transocian traces its roots to an American company:
'The company traces its roots to 1953 when the Birmingham, Alabama-based Southern Natural Gas Company created The Offshore Company after acquiring the joint drilling operation DeLong-McDermott from DeLong Engineering and J. Ray McDermott. In 1954 the company launched the first Jackup rig in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1967 the company went public. In 1978 SNG turned it into a wholly owned subsidiary. In 1982 it was changed to Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc., reflecting a change in its parent's name. In 1993 Sonat spun it off.[5]'
It's all America's fault after all, lol.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
faskippyJul 26, 2010
The IAM faulted British Petroleum (BP) this week for ordering the use of low-cost repair facilities in China to modify critical safety equipment on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
According to The Observer, BP ordered the use of a Chinese repair facility to overhaul the rig’s blow-out preventer, a device that subsequently failed and led to the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
“High-quality machining within extremely high tolerances is what American Machinists take pride in doing on a daily basis,” said IAM President Tom Buffenbarger. “News that British Petroleum sent the most critical piece of its blow-out preventer to China for overhaul comes as no surprise. Companies like BP consistently – and erroneously – equate cheaper with better.
“American Machinists have the skills to take us to the bottom of the ocean and the furthest reaches of space. But if company executives cannot tell the difference between materials and workmanship that can withstand the enormous pressures of the deep ocean and those that cannot, then they cannot be trusted to protect the environment nor even their own firm’s survivability,” said Buffenbarger. “Their negligence is unbelievable.”
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I'd hardly say that the blame for this entire disaster lies squarely on TransOcean. There are quite a few unsafe practices in play here, and I don't think BP is innocent, by a long shot.
alexhouseJul 26, 2010
"Haywood?"
Really?
affectJul 26, 2010
This, right after they said he was going to stick around. We can't expect anything but bulls**t and lies from BP. They are not to be trusted. Ever.
nick027Jul 26, 2010
He served his role well. He acted like a pretentious heartless retard to deflect the hatred of everyone disgusted by BP, and as a result BP lost less PR and less cash. They can just point to that guy and say "it was all his fault! He didn't allow X to happen, despite the will of the company!"
They might not have had a plan to stop the leak, but they sure had a plan for damage control. The journalist freeze, the extra-toxic chemicals they dumped in the gulf so more oil would hide under the waves and away from the cameras . . . like it or not, because of these actions the public will remember less in the long term. Like it or not, the despicable actions they are taking now will help them mitigate a great deal of loss in the future.
rhawk187Jul 26, 2010
I have to admit, if I were in his shoes, I'd have resigned as soon as this whole mess started and disappeared to some tropic island for a few years. I'm sure he has the bank to back it up.
rockerprincessJul 26, 2010
About damn time! I'm not really a fan of violence.... But if I ever meet Tony Haywood, it will be incredibly hard for me to resist the urge to kick him in the face.