When Will People Understand the Government has NO Control Over BP?

[Avalux]

With billions of dollars and no way to hold them accountable, they don't care what Obama and the US government says; the only reason they're trying to plug the hole is to save their own skin.

I can just imagine phone calls from government officials to BP management....ring...ring...ring...no answer.

If there's any finger pointing to be done at the lack of response, action and communication, it's at the Bush Administration and the GOP controlled Congress who gave our country to the corporations.

[WinkyDink]

1. Never. The FOX drumbeat is too loud.

[Delphinus]

5. I say Never too,

just didn't think about Faux being a part of it.

[underpants]

2. Just like they have no control over the banks and Wall Street

the people have no power any more

[truedelphi]

3. Only problem is, it is people in agencies under Obama's control

That offered BP the requested exemption, and that without that exemption, that oil rig might not have blown up.

Only other problem is, Obama was all "Let's drill right off our coasts. Trust me. It is perfectly safe," a mere eighteen days before the catastrophe struck.

And then there is the matter of him allowing BP to hold the control over the situation for a month after the oil rig went up.

[Ahpook]

4. It is what it is

The politicians hardly care to hide it anymore. Fascism


I would love to hear one thing this country has accomplished in a positive way? Unless you are wealthy of course.


Where is this coaster going? Something like China?

[eridani]

6. Not in an engineering sense

But there are a hell of a lot of legal and political options available.