by Jed Lewison
BP Managing Director Bo Dudley thinks CEO Tony Hayward is "doing a great job...a fantastic job" and should keep his job, even despite BP's oil spill in the Gulf: Yeah, a real heckuva' job, Tony. Consider: Hayward has presided over the largest oil spill in American history and it's getting worse each day with no end in sight. Before the oil spill, Hayward led a company that willfully cut corners on safety measures in order to reduce costs and increase profits. Despite cutting corners, thereby increasing the risk of a spill, Hayward never made sure that BP could stop an oil spill like this, despite his company's assurances to regulators that it could. Since the spill, BP has done everything in its power to minimize the magnitude of the leak, whether its Hayward calling the spill "tiny" or BP dragging its feet on releasing undersea video. To BP's Managing Director, none of that matters because Hayward has boosted BP's bottom-line. In BP's world, Hayward isn't just adequate, he's exceptional. That's as good an argument as any that once this crisis is over, the U.S. government should sever all ties with BP: no more leases, no more authority to tap into our national resources. If that happens, it'll be a damn good riddance.
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