Roma and BP

"Dags? You like dags?" "Sure I do, but I like caravans more." If you can't name the movie, you should watch it. Snatch is great scrubby British movie with good humour, cheap actors and a stupid plot line. Yet, it has its own good lines primarily because there is some realism to the movie characters. Anyhow, if you have't seen, you should, and then you'll have a different picture in your mind when you read this post.

The Roma (gypsies) are being given the boot from France now and there is debate as to whether or not this is legal. I also saw some reading on their story when I was in Cork where they complained about the abuse of the "wanderers". These people are despised and kicked out of everywhere and they just can't seem to catch a break. Think what you will because I will not judge or make comparisons to other recent culture-related issues similar to this. What's really important here is just to watch and see how this all pans out with France and EU. I'm against these people getting singled out and kicked out of the country, but if the government wants to do it legally according to the EU, then who's to stop them?

Before we move on to BP, I just want to give props to Obama for his take on the Iranian human rights abuse. Now if he can just not back down, that'd be even better.

BP. Well, there were 2 stories floating around the BBC today, of contrasting types of morals exhibited by the huge oil company. First, they have allegedly pulled the political string and requested the release of a Libyan terrorist in order to promote their oil "exploration" efforts in Libya. Nice job guys, we'll see how that turns out.

Secondly, they have appointed a new safety division in their worldwide corporation which will supposedly have large amounts of power. In my opinion, safety inspections and regulations only work as well as they are enforced and audited. Hopefully they put people in this "powerful" division that can really get the job done and prevent more employee accidents and deaths while also preserving what's left of the Gulf Coast and other parts of our world.