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06.09
My advice to BP: I know what you can do with that $50 million.
Barack Obama just sent the dunderheads at BP a bill for $69 million, which may cover a few miles of the oil, along with some Happy Meals.
Yet, it seems oil isn't the only thing gushing at BP as their cracked advertising cohorts have decided to "invest" more than $50 million in commercials geared to restore the beleaguered oil company's image. And even billboards are shouting at BP about this (check the irony in the shot below):
Because that's a great use of money! More from the Wall Street Journal:
BP rolled out a new TV ad late last week featuring a personal apology from Chief Executive Tony Hayward. In the spot, he promises U.S. taxpayers won't be footing the bill for the cleanup. As images of the cleanup effort appear on screen, he says: "To those affected and their families, I am deeply sorry."
MEMO to Tony Hayward: In lieu of evidently not having any flack on staff who excels in crisis communications, please allow me to offer some free advice in more of a 'down-home' feel.
Eh-hem... Ain't no one care about your apology!
They care to see progress, which means you on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico wearing water boots, a wifebeater and working a mop like it owed you money to soak up that oil.
$50 million in commercials. Really? NOW, now is the right time for that expense?
According to a recent story in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, President Obama put an understandable moratorium on offshore deep sea drilling for now.
The Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association estimates that each of the 25 operating Gulf rigs affected by the moratorium, and another five that had planned to begin operations before the end of the year, normally would employ between 800 and 1,400 workers. The average wages per worker is $1,804 a week.That could mean lost income of between $150 million to $300 million a month, the association said.
Anyone think what I'm thinking? Mr. Hayward, as you congratulate your idiot savantes placing you on national TV, consider those people struggling without work. Your haphazard spending could feed many, many families along the Gulf suffering because of your tattered image.
More free advice? Start by opening a phone book in downtown NOLA and cut the first "A" surnamed fellow a check for his lost wages. Deliver that personally and watch your poor image get repaired.
You get to spend your trust fund. Families get to, you know, eat. And everyone comes out of the dense oil-flooded waters feeling fine.
I've said it once, so I'll say it again: Call me?
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