The Benefit Of The Doubt

Question: Which is the worst comment ever uttered in response to a blowout? <ul> <li>"I'm amazed at the publicity for the loss of a few birds." Fred Hartley, CEO, Union Oil, Santa Barbara oil spill 1969. (His actual statement, according to Union Oil, was: "I am always tremendously impressed at the publicity that the death of birds receives versus the loss of people in our country in this day and age."</li>