Why Is Obama Shielding Halliburton

Have They Promised Him Something

U.S. President Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama, has been shielding Halliburton from public ridicule and responsibility in the Louisiana oil spill, shifting all the blame to BP, who contracted the former to drill and maintain a now broken well, in conjunction with Transocean, 5,000 feet below sea level.

Halliburton is filthy rich, with billions in cash and assets. The company earns $12 billion annually. The war in Iraq was fought for companies such as Halliburton, to gain a monopoly on Iraq oil.

Not only did they commandeer Iraqi oil, they were given billions in U.S. taxpayer money to rebuild Iraq, a country that should not have been blown up in the first place.

BP CEO, Tony Hayward, in the U.S. Congress

However, due to former Vice President Dick Cheney's greed, as a one-time employee of the company, who maintains lucrative financial ties to Halliburton, this madness took place, in collusion with George W. Bush, as the American people were lied to and duped. Bush admitted in an interview he thought "the oil would pay for the war" which is appalling.

Once again, in a terrible, unprecedented crisis that has damaged America, the name Halliburton has surfaced. People need to ask questions why. America has many great companies, but Halliburton has inflicted more damage on this nation than any in recent memory.

BP was forced into shelling out $20 billion dollars in a trust fund this week, regarding damage in Louisiana, when Halliburton is a major culprit in this environmental crisis, yet has gotten away relatively Scot free, as Obama tries to dismantle a foreign company, much to the offense of Britain, that outsourced work to America, an ally. Halliburton should have been made to pay as well.

Obama Blames BP For Everything

U.S. President Barack Obama

With his approval ratings in decline and people labeling the BP oil spill his Hurricane Katrina fiasco, U.S. President Barack Obama is blaming BP for everything.

There is also concerns about anti-British sentiments over the issue. At the end of the day, BP, a British company, contracted an American company, Halliburton, in addition to Transocean, to dig and operate the oil well that ruptured with the rig exploding, resulting in the worst spill in U.S. history.

BP CEO, Tony Hayward

Blaming any nation is counter-productive and not going to solve the problem. It is a regrettable tragedy, but the focus needs to be on getting a tourniquet on the broken well, containing the spill and vacuuming up the oil floating in the sea before it spreads any further.

Obama Curses On TV Over BP

U.S. President Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama, who was clearly offended this morning, cursed on the NBC "Today Show" regarding people slamming his response to the BP oil spill, as inadequate and worst than the government's poor reaction to 2005's Hurricane Katrina, in the same region.

The President bitterly complained he was in Louisiana in the rain a month ago, speaking with fishermen about the potential the spill possessed of being a terrible crisis.

Barack Obama: don't make me get ghetto!

As he grew more angry Obama stated, "I don't just sit around talking to experts because this is a college seminar. We talked to these folks, because they potentially had the best answers, so I'd know whose as* to kick."

Obama also slammed BP's CEO for stating "I want my life back." The President stated, "(Tony) Hayward wouldn't be working for me after making such a comment."

BP Denies Responsibility For Oil Spill

BP CEO Tony Hayward

BP, short for British Petroleum, has denied responsibility for the massive oil spill that occurred on the East Coast of America. BP stated, they hired American contractors, companies, people, systems and equipment for the job, which was in essence outsourced to U.S. company, Transocean. However, they stated they will do the honorable thing and pay for the costly clean up.

BP: Oil rig leak 'wasn't our accident'

CEO to NBC: We'll clean it up, but rig was run by Transocean

NEW ORLEANS - Facing an unprecedented Gulf Coast environmental disaster, not to mention lawsuits, oil giant BP told NBC on Monday that while it was taking responsibility for cleaning up the giant undersea leak, the accident that triggered the disaster was not its fault.

"It wasn't our accident, but we are absolutely responsible for the oil, for cleaning it up, and that's what we intend to do," BP Group CEO Tony Hayward told NBC's "TODAY" show.

The rig that exploded on April 20 and then sank was run by another company, Transocean, he reminded viewers. That rig, he said, "was run by their people, their processes."

Hayward added that the failure of the rig's "blow-out preventer" — a device that should have shut off the well when the rig exploded and sank — was "unprecedented in our industry."

"What has failed here is the ultimate safety device on a drilling rig," he said. "There are many barriers of protection that you have to go to before you get to this. It isn't designed to not fail."

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