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JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:39 PM Sep 2012

Do I stand alone, when I say the BP TV commercials make my stomach churn?

This fossil fuel corporation fucked up the Gulf for probably a century or forever, but they promote themselves as some environmental group. Talking about the forest arsonists claiming to be the forest saviors. Unbelievable!

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Do I stand alone, when I say the BP TV commercials make my stomach churn? (Original Post) JRLeft Sep 2012 OP
I grew up on the Gulf and feel so angry when I watch those spots... polichick Sep 2012 #1
I yell that f*ck you also when I see those ads..... a kennedy Sep 2012 #11
+1 Saphire Sep 2012 #31
Nope, fuck BP. porphyrian Sep 2012 #2
they're online barbtries Sep 2012 #3
You are right about Exxon Mobil. The bull shit hydro fracking commercials; which never JRLeft Sep 2012 #8
know what other ones make me sick? barbtries Sep 2012 #10
Financial company commercials are extremely disgusting, it is like saying: "We robbed before and JRLeft Sep 2012 #16
Sorry I don't watch commercials Drale Sep 2012 #4
I'm an automatic muter, too, but those fossil fuel industry ads... countryjake Sep 2012 #61
you have a lot of good company! They are shameful. robinlynne Sep 2012 #5
You are not alone XemaSab Sep 2012 #6
You guys worry way too much - the beaches are clean!!!!! Laf.La.Dem. Sep 2012 #7
I had read a while back that a good portion of the oil was unaccounted for. n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #20
good link, Laf.La.Dem... still a mess down on Grand Isle and Elmer's Island mike dub Sep 2012 #44
No. We are watching sociopath criminals cheerfully brag about getting away with their crimes. Kurovski Sep 2012 #9
Tar balls are washing up on the Gulf coast of Mississippi. JRLeft Sep 2012 #12
They actually make me want to visit there ksoze Sep 2012 #13
AND as long as MSNBC, NBC takes their advertising millions... Kurovski Sep 2012 #14
They make me sick... Blue Belle Sep 2012 #15
You cannot run away from them. It is all propaganda. They spends millions of dollars JRLeft Sep 2012 #17
No you don't. Not Me Sep 2012 #18
Nope jsmirman Sep 2012 #19
I can't stand the fucking Chevron commercials either MrScorpio Sep 2012 #21
Really, who do they think they're kidding? polichick Sep 2012 #23
I react the same way and wonder who believes them. Auntie Bush Sep 2012 #22
If you really, really want to hurl... CoffeeCat Sep 2012 #24
Paid operatives. JRLeft Sep 2012 #28
No!! nt nc4bo Sep 2012 #25
Commericals for "clean coal" f*cking kill me. Curtland1015 Sep 2012 #26
They kill me, too. And there are so many of them on tv so often that I wonder how kas125 Sep 2012 #46
The most deceptive & disgusting oxymoron of the millennia... countryjake Sep 2012 #60
Nope but watching that doofus Huckabee Ilsa Sep 2012 #27
Oh but they've cleaned it ALL up Politicalboi Sep 2012 #29
I hear them on Sirius radio all of the time. JRLeft Sep 2012 #30
I personally enjoy how EVERYONE of the spokesmen/women who looked into a camera jp11 Sep 2012 #32
Fortunately Hurricane Isaac Churned The Waters Of The Gulf Up And..... global1 Sep 2012 #33
That will require them to be humane. JRLeft Sep 2012 #34
Nope. Cleita Sep 2012 #35
Remember the Chevron "People Do" commercials in the late 70's?? Boxerfan Sep 2012 #36
re:Do I stand alone, when I say the BP TV commercials make my stomach churn? allan01 Sep 2012 #37
The Koch-whores and the oil industry spend lavishly on their greenwashing. n/t backscatter712 Sep 2012 #38
No! They infuriate me. Happyhippychick Sep 2012 #39
Nope, you're not alone. geardaddy Sep 2012 #40
Wasnt that part of the settlement? Ads promoting tourism there? ErikJ Sep 2012 #41
I seem to recall something about that. Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2012 #57
Nope abelenkpe Sep 2012 #42
I'm with you. I can't hit the "last channel" button fast enough! Bozita Sep 2012 #43
Those commericials make my blood boil! nt Raine Sep 2012 #45
They piss me off every single time I see them lunatica Sep 2012 #47
I hate them and I hate BP. MoonRiver Sep 2012 #48
Hate may not be a strong enough word. They are disgusting. I consider the fossil fuel industry to be JRLeft Sep 2012 #49
BP is lying BIGTIME! TxVietVet Sep 2012 #50
You do not. ClusterFreak Sep 2012 #51
I change the channel or hit the mute button every time I see one. LoisB Sep 2012 #52
Words can't describe dinger130 Sep 2012 #53
Reminds me of Enron & PG&E flyguyjake Sep 2012 #54
Hey look at us! We're environmentalists! We're cleaning up the mess we are completely responsible for! Initech Sep 2012 #55
I stand with you KT2000 Sep 2012 #56
Like fingernails on the chalk board!!!! today they had a BP loves teachers commercial... DonRedwood Sep 2012 #58
Always reminds me of this: toddwv Sep 2012 #59
Every time I see one of their ads Control-Z Sep 2012 #62
Dale Earnhardt Jr clean coal commercials. There is no clean coal. JRLeft Sep 2012 #63

polichick

(37,152 posts)
1. I grew up on the Gulf and feel so angry when I watch those spots...
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:40 PM
Sep 2012

I always yell "fuck you" at the TV just to feel a bit better.

a kennedy

(29,462 posts)
11. I yell that f*ck you also when I see those ads.....
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:52 PM
Sep 2012

and "we're doing our part to make you feel welcome"....

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
8. You are right about Exxon Mobil. The bull shit hydro fracking commercials; which never
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:50 PM
Sep 2012

uses the words hydro fracking. The people in the commercial talk about getting natural gas in a safe way. What about the bullshit clean coal ads. Obama mentions this bullshit to. Maybe in the future we will be able engage carbon sequestration from coal.

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
10. know what other ones make me sick?
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:52 PM
Sep 2012

goldman sachs commercials.

i just hate commercials generally but these feel like fucking propaganda to me so i hate them more.

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
16. Financial company commercials are extremely disgusting, it is like saying: "We robbed before and
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:55 PM
Sep 2012

want to rob you again."

Drale

(7,932 posts)
4. Sorry I don't watch commercials
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:45 PM
Sep 2012

when they come on I hit the mute button. I would rather stare at the ceiling that watch that crap.

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
61. I'm an automatic muter, too, but those fossil fuel industry ads...
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 12:32 AM
Sep 2012

have so often tricked me into turning the sound back on, with their shots of majestic countryside, birds and animals, beauty all around.

And that is when I get really pissed.

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
6. You are not alone
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:48 PM
Sep 2012

I feel angry every day when I think of how owned the politicians and the media are.

Laf.La.Dem.

(2,936 posts)
7. You guys worry way too much - the beaches are clean!!!!!
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:49 PM
Sep 2012

Oops - never mind -


NEW ORLEANS – Laboratory tests show that globs of oil found on two Louisiana beaches after Hurricane Isaac came from the 2010 BP spill.

Tests run by Louisiana State University for state wildlife officials confirmed that oil found on Elmer's Island and Grand Isle matched the biological fingerprint of the hundreds of millions of gallons of oil that spewed from BP's Macondo well.



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/06/apnewsbreak-tests-confirm-oil-came-from-bp-spill/#ixzz2668O2s4Y

mike dub

(541 posts)
44. good link, Laf.La.Dem... still a mess down on Grand Isle and Elmer's Island
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:09 PM
Sep 2012

My wife was born and raised 30 miles northwest of Grand Isle, in Lafourche Parish, La.

My FIL down there worked For big oil for 45 years and is hardcore repub (so isn't close to being the first man to slam BP), but even he says those "dispersants" were the biggest load of b.s. The spilled oil is all still there, just hanging in the water, well enough below the surface that it's not easily monitorable. Shrimping has been destroyed down there, and he and everyone there stankin' Hates it, and BP, by extension (though he doesn't mention BP by name).

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
9. No. We are watching sociopath criminals cheerfully brag about getting away with their crimes.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:51 PM
Sep 2012

They are letting us know that they will do as they please, and that we had best learn to accept it.

ksoze

(2,068 posts)
13. They actually make me want to visit there
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:53 PM
Sep 2012

Aside from the horrific situation they left there, the ads do paint the area as very nice and play like an excellent travel ad instead of a "we messed up but we are trying" ad. All that tasty looking seafood, happy faces and nice water shots will at least keep vision of the area nice and tourism is the best cure in the end anyway.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
14. AND as long as MSNBC, NBC takes their advertising millions...
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:53 PM
Sep 2012

we can trust nothing in the news they report regarding energy. same for PBS and I believe, NPR

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
17. You cannot run away from them. It is all propaganda. They spends millions of dollars
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:57 PM
Sep 2012

a year to fool people into trusting them.

Not Me

(3,398 posts)
18. No you don't.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:03 PM
Sep 2012

The tarballs were churned up again last week when Hurricane Isaac passed over...and that was not a particularly strong hurricane.
They have poisoned the Gulf badly. And are going to get away with it.

jsmirman

(4,507 posts)
19. Nope
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:11 PM
Sep 2012

If I didn't love the Olympics so much -

the BP sponsorship thing was very very very hard to take.

Like I say, if Corporations are People, when do I get to hang one?

BP would be a good choice to start with.

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
21. I can't stand the fucking Chevron commercials either
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:12 PM
Sep 2012

The Oil and Gas industry practically owns MSNBC

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
24. If you really, really want to hurl...
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:21 PM
Sep 2012

...check out their BP Facebook page. It is mind blowingly disgusting and unreal.

BP posts constantly about how beautiful the Gulf is and how bountiful and healthy the wildlife is. Then, they take credit for the gorgeous sandy shores and the teeming birds and fish.

I'm not kidding.

If anyone dares to suggest that BP caused the mess in the first place, or if anyone posts evidence of Gulf damage--immediately a fake group of FB posters descends on you and accuses you of wanting Gulf tourism to fail. They pile on you in a concerted effort. One accuses you of harming the Gulf recovery, then another will make a joke about what a negative jerk you are. Then another will attack you and say that maybe you need an attitude adjustment. They all "like" each other's statuses and they are unrelenting until you go away.

Obviously, they are fake FB accounts. Most of these posters have hollow accounts. Either you can't access any of their information or the info looks fake. I have heard that a PR agency staffs this nonsense. It really is revolting.

I was only there a few times and I hung in there and told them what I thought. However, it really is a lost cause, because they've got a team of 10 against anyone who criticizes them.

I am still pissed about that, to this day. According to the Public Relations Society of America--agencies are not supposed to engage in this type of fake PR. If someone reported them, they could get into trouble. Reminds me that I need to research this a bit further.

People do need to take a look at it. It's BP America's Facebook page.

Curtland1015

(4,404 posts)
26. Commericals for "clean coal" f*cking kill me.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:48 PM
Sep 2012

Just shot after shot of the beautiful mid-west while some voice over tells us how many American jobs it will make for our beautiful country.

Ah yes... clean coal.

kas125

(2,472 posts)
46. They kill me, too. And there are so many of them on tv so often that I wonder how
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:19 PM
Sep 2012

many people are actually fooled by the garbage they say. Recently my son started an internship with the Sierra Club and I was so happy when he said he'd be helping with their Beyond Coal campaign!

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
60. The most deceptive & disgusting oxymoron of the millennia...
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 12:22 AM
Sep 2012

all of the commercials lauding the "beauty" of fossil fuel industries make me want to blow up my tv when they come on.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
27. Nope but watching that doofus Huckabee
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:49 PM
Sep 2012

say those lies about Obamacare makes me sick. My consolation is that he's wasting money running them on msnbc.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
29. Oh but they've cleaned it ALL up
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:53 PM
Sep 2012

Do you see the oil? No. Then it must be good. These commercials and the Dawn dish soap makes me sick too. Just wash it away, and Whooosh! all cured. Happy ending.

jp11

(2,104 posts)
32. I personally enjoy how EVERYONE of the spokesmen/women who looked into a camera
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:03 PM
Sep 2012

and said "I'LL BE HERE" has been replaced by another spokesperson.

I first noticed GE with the BS commercials with saying they were in favor of doing the right thing as they did the wrong one to placate people and their silly concerns about their health and the environment.

global1

(25,167 posts)
33. Fortunately Hurricane Isaac Churned The Waters Of The Gulf Up And.....
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:26 PM
Sep 2012

provided evidence of BP's cover-up of the evidence. Globs of oil will be seen on beaches of the Gulf Coast for decades on end. They are just throwing good money after bad by running those PR commercials for themselves. People on the Gulf Coast will never forget the damage they have done. Instead of spending their money on these commercials trying to make themselves look good - BP needs to put that money and more in to continual clean-up until every last glob of oil is gone.

Boxerfan

(2,531 posts)
36. Remember the Chevron "People Do" commercials in the late 70's??
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:43 PM
Sep 2012

I wa in a machine shop program designed to filter new workers to the Richmond Ca. facility. The teachers were good and had years of experience w/ Chevron before coming to teach @ College of Marin.

I remember one teacher telling us how the good deads pointed out in the "people do" commercials were all mandated by federal regulations. They just decided to use them for PR instead of having it lobbied out of existence.

Just reminded myself how much things have changed & how they never will in some ways..

allan01

(1,950 posts)
37. re:Do I stand alone, when I say the BP TV commercials make my stomach churn?
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:43 PM
Sep 2012

lying @#$%^&*() feel good ads. bleh

 

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
41. Wasnt that part of the settlement? Ads promoting tourism there?
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:49 PM
Sep 2012

Ive been assuming that those tourism ads were part of the settlement. I hate how Big oil advertises on the crucial Sunday morning News shows to keep the media "in line".

Bozita

(26,955 posts)
43. I'm with you. I can't hit the "last channel" button fast enough!
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:02 PM
Sep 2012

The "B" in BP certainly stands for BULLSHIT.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
47. They piss me off every single time I see them
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:21 PM
Sep 2012

That's how the media allows criminals to keep the American people ignorant and asleep. It should be against the law to do that. I mean it. Lying about toxins which can kill people by pretending that all is perfect should be against the law.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
48. I hate them and I hate BP.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:23 PM
Sep 2012

I still go out of my way to avoid filling up at a BP station. I will NEVER forget.

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
49. Hate may not be a strong enough word. They are disgusting. I consider the fossil fuel industry to be
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:27 PM
Sep 2012

a crime syndicate.

TxVietVet

(1,905 posts)
50. BP is lying BIGTIME!
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:32 PM
Sep 2012

They have damaged the Gulf almost beyond repair. I'm sure they are trying to blame the failure of their drilling operations on the workers on the rig.

All I can say is don't buy BP gas. That's basically all we can do.

ClusterFreak

(3,112 posts)
51. You do not.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:33 PM
Sep 2012

The way they say we are committed to a 20 billion dollar clean up...or words to that effect...it totally makes me want to retch. You fuckers were ORDERED to pay that much for the clean up by the Obama administration. You weren't given a choice to pay or not to pay. Period, full stop, end of story. You didn't just pony up the coin out of some altruistic commitment to the Gulf coast region.

Go fuck yourselves BP, and do it post-haste.

LoisB

(7,074 posts)
52. I change the channel or hit the mute button every time I see one.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:39 PM
Sep 2012

Same with the natural gas and Chevron commercials. And don't get me started on the Cialis commercials with the "little girl women" with the ever so benevolent "daddy husbands".

dinger130

(199 posts)
53. Words can't describe
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:43 PM
Sep 2012

how I feel about them. I lived on the Gulf and lost my business ( I haven't been compensated yet because my business was a financial business and they aren't paying financial businesses) and I lost my home of seventeen years. I wore out a path to BP Claims Offices for months and was promised help but it never came. So many people are still waiting and waiting and waiting. It's a mess. I moved out of the area. Friends called me last week and said lots of oil was churned up once again during Hurricane Isaac.

They destroyed my life.

Initech

(99,914 posts)
55. Hey look at us! We're environmentalists! We're cleaning up the mess we are completely responsible for!
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 06:47 PM
Sep 2012

Fuck you BP. If corporations are people you should get the death penalty for what you did.

KT2000

(20,544 posts)
56. I stand with you
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:13 PM
Sep 2012

all I can think when I see those is that the spokespeople in the commercials made a conscious decision to sell themselves to "resource raping Rasputins" of the worst order.

DonRedwood

(4,359 posts)
58. Like fingernails on the chalk board!!!! today they had a BP loves teachers commercial...
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:37 PM
Sep 2012

I wanted to shoot my tv.

Control-Z

(15,681 posts)
62. Every time I see one of their ads
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 06:33 AM
Sep 2012

I curse out loud. Can't help myself. I feel pretty much the same when I see oil company ads about all their innovative energy resources and research.

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