Surprise, Surprise...BP hasn't lived up to its "making it right" claims. People on the gulf coast, are caught between a rock and a hard place between BP's bobbing and weaving, and an oil moratorium that may actually not make sense.
Most of you probably haven't heard of Thomas Clements, owner of Oilfield CNC Machining, a company, who specializes in retrofitting, and creating new parts for gulf oil rigs. However, what you have heard is BP's 100 million dollar ad campaign about how they’re making it right in the gulf". (cough, choke, cough
This is pretty simple... after losing 400k in revenue, Mr. Clements filed a claim w/ BP who twice (once upon initial claim, and thereafter on appeal) told poor Mr. Clements to go pound shale. Scape goating the administration's moratorium as the problem, and thereby...not their responsibility.
It's no secret that the admin needs to shake the "job killing" mantra that has been pinned on them and the rest of the party by the right like a cheap suit. When the issue is boiled down to how it effects us on a normal day to day level Mr. Clements seems, to me, the perfect story about where they could be making a difference....but have let reactionary regulation run awry (did anyone read Obama's op-ed in WSJ about cutting red tape?).
Here's what the feds investigation concluded:
BP SCREWED UP.. just as they had over the last 10 years at a higher rate than any other company in the biz. (off w/ their head I say).
So why are we crushing the ancillary guys like Thomas? All the oil companies can likely whether the moratorium storm...but guys like Thomas....not so much.
What then should we do?
First - Bust BP's behind when they try to skirt paying their obligations, and get Mr. Thomas some relief.
Second - If BP screwed it up...why not let these people go back to work? (Look I know we need to change our energy policy, but the reality is we need oil and will for the foreseeable future. As much as it pains me, I just don't see why we’re not letting these guys go back to work!)