What possible good can come from the government suing BP? I'm by no means absolving them from a share of the fault for the massive leak, but they are by no means solely responsible. If the U.S. hadn't been swayed by the enviros and their faulty science the oil companies wouldn't have needed to seek deeper and deeper locations in which to drill. If, indeed, the administration was on top of the disaster from the beginning, why didn't they make it public? Saying the Coast Guard was there isn't the same thing and they had nothing to do with what was happening on and beneath the rig anyway. Obama, I believe, was greeting the Duke Blue Devils. I don't see much difference between the way this administration has handled this issue than the way Bush handled Katrina.
Let's face it. Those taking the brunt of the responsibility and biggest financial hit is BP and those involved with them in the drilling. The blow out wasn't anticipated. What exactly happened, if short cuts and procedures were shaved, at this point is all speculation. Accidents happen. Not to lessen the impact on the natural environment and those who's livings depend on use of the sea and it's products, it hasn't been a romp in the park for BP or the industry as a whole either. Their stock has plummeted leaving scores of stockholders in the dump. Their bottom line is fractured with the cost of trying to fix the leak and then the clean up required afterwards. A law suit would only drain those resources further.
Maybe Obama is infuriated and frustrated with the time it's taking for a fix. If the emergency plan that was in place had been functional, perhaps matters wouldn't have gotten so bad. Who is to blame for the equipment needed for the plan not being in place? Certainly not BP! Give the petroleum industry, those who have the knowledge and expertise in the field, space to figure it out and get it done.
The government and the justice department would do well to just stay out of the way until the problem is resolved and the clean up finished. Plenty of time for recriminations then. Is there an oil man among them? Not Salazar. Not Napolitano. Certainly not Obama.
Right now would be a good time for the government to do what it does best. Nothing.
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It's all about blaming someone else for everything. So far, that's what Obama has done, blame everything that's happened during his adminstration that didn't sit well with the people, on someone else. Oh yes, and make threats.
OK, I'll tell you someone who is well acquainted with the oil industry and is doing nothing to help - George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Bush, indeed, the whole Bush family. How about Dick Cheney, who has not been heard from as yet. His company, Haliburton, had a hand in building this particular oil well.
This is not Obama's fault.
Betty,
I am not blaming Obama at all. His leadership, however, in putting together help has been slow on the uptake.
However, you are spot on correct about the Bush's! Haliburton was in charge of cementing the well so I wouldn't look for help there! Lol!
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