BP board members connections to US businesses

[Are_grits_groceries]

Much as we’d like to write off BP as a British invader, the company is as American as the Honda Accords made in Ohio.

BP is not only a top energy provider to the U.S.; it is also a defense contractor. Its directors sit on the boards of major American companies. It is a contributor to American political campaigns and an employer of Washington lobbyists.

The interactive map shows U.S. entanglements of BP board members, along with lobby shops representing BP America Inc. (link below)

Not surprisingly, board connections include the London-based financial company, HSBC, which has extensive business interests in North America. BP board members also have current and former connections to many U.S. businesses, including Citigroup, McKinsey & Company, General Electric and Sara Lee.

The company dialed down its British image in 2000 when it changed its name from British Petroleum to BP. To underscore a commitment to green energy, it also switched to a corporate logo resembling a sunflower.

In Washington, the firm employs a herd of lobbyists, including powerhouses such as the Podesta Group.


This graphic doesn't begin to tell the story.

There is an interactive map at this link:
http://news.muckety.com/2010/05/05/bps-american-entanglements/25951?rLink

Using the 'map tools', you can put different groups or people in the center and concentrate on their connections. Their are a lot of other options. Right click on a box and choose 'information about' and find out more about them and their other connections.

It is all one huge entangled mess if you begin to see all the corporations and people that are connected directly to BP or to someone who is connected directly in some way. Gah!

[Karenina]

1. This needs a kick.

From what I've gleened is that USAF planes are AIDING BP in the application of a chemical to HIDE their culpability which is KNOWN from prior applications to HARM ALL LIVING THINGS IN ITS PATH. I do wonder, what the fresh hell is this?

[Overseas]

2. K&R-- shows why the criminal is so boldly unconcerned.

BP has powerful pals to commiserate with about "this tragic accident," who can swoon about how only BP has the expertise to handle "the tragedy"--

By using 30 year old clean up techniques one by one, la dee dah.

By using toxic dispersants to sink the oil, instead of assembling a fleet of supertankers to suck up the oil before it destroys the Gulf Coast.

[Mari333]

3. knr

[amborin]

4. K&R

[corpseratemedia]

5. jeez why bother with a charade of potential prosecution..when bp's the govt?

it's sort of like the spine, and all the spin-off are the ribs..lol

[Are_grits_groceries]

6. I believe it is a group of corporations and

not just BP. "Logrolling" in our time.

Logrolling:
1. The exchanging of political favors, especially the trading of influence or votes among legislators to achieve passage of projects that are of interest to one another.
2. The exchanging of favors or praise, as among artists, critics, or academics.
(with corporations and their leaders in the mix too.)

[Mojeoux]

7. And Corporations are people.

This is a lobby-man's wet-dream.