Thursday, June 17, 2010

Oilwalling and BP and the Gulf Oil Spill of 2010

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oilwalling

(n.) -- when oil company executives try to worm their way out of answering questions during press conferences or official testimony at government hearings

"That oil firm chairman is just oilwalling. He will never answer the questions, not in a million years!"

-- overheard at a watercooler in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2010

submitted by primecoyote101 on Jun 17, 2010

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

BP CEO Tony Hayward denies he's oilwalling probe

Houston Chronicle - Jennifer A. Dlouhy

Alex Brandon AP Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., holds up a photograph of an oil-covered pelican, the state bird of Louisiana, as he questions Tony Hayward in Washington on Thursday.

Video: BP boss grilled by congress Al Jazeera
Looking for Answers, Finding One New York Times
BusinessWeek - Austin American-Statesman - The Associated

10:58 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://blogs.thewolfonline.com/mikeandamy/2010/06/18/bp-small-people-song/

11:13 PM  

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