Hearing almost nothing about the "British" part of BP

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

What oversight/regulation does Britain have for criminally/civilly negligent companies?

[MindandSoul]

1. Good question! It would be nice to get an answer!

[Scuba]

2. Yep, they've got a stake in the world's oceans too....

...although we know Transocean has their HQ in Switzerland (to shift their tax burden to the American people) and Haliburton is in Dubai(same reason)it appears BP may have stepped on thier own dicks by remaining in London. This of course assumes that our cousins across the pond have any more backbone or power than we. Based on the outcome of their recent election, I'm not optimistic.

I'll bet Dubai isn't going to want to see oil producers held accountable.

And we know all about the Swiss conscience.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

4. The Wiki is pretty interesting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP

[Karenina]

3. The same that the U.S. gubment has over Blackwater!

:rofl:

[SoCalDem]

5. Where's their can-do" now?

The young man in their commercial was prescient when he smiled & said. "We have lots of oil on our own coasts"

[HillbillyBob]

6. We need to change the tax laws , if you make money and do

business in the US you pay income tax, if not get the fuck out.

[Scuba]

7. But it's cheaper to buy Congressmen than pay taxes. Just good business.

[Coyote_Bandit]

8. British Petroleum

is the name of the fucking corporation. Corporations are owned by their shareholders. Corporations do not have citizenship like us flesh and blood folks. Corporations are supposed to be subject to the laws where they do business. I say suposed to because sometimes the fuckers in office don't have the stones to actually enforce those laws - or to legislate measures that protect natural resources at the expense of the corporations that fund their fucking campaigns.

What role does Britain have over BP regarding BP's oil gusher in US costal waters in the Gulf of Mexico? Not a damn thing they can do about it.

It is up to the US government to enforce our water standards and laws/regulations regarding offshore drilling. Unfortunately, the current administration hasn't exactly been proactive - and in the days before this catastrophe the President endorsed offshore drilling.

The gusher will be stopped when BP figures out how to stop it. The government lacks both the knowledge and the resources to intervene. Obama is going to get to wring his hands and fuss about plugging the damn hole in the meantime. By the time that happens there will be environmental and economic devastation beyond measure - and BP's liability exposure will be limited by US law. That's likely true even if BP employees are shown to be criminally or civilly negligent. There are written policy and procedure manuals and policies that BP will use against their own employees to avoid corporate liability. End result? Those employees will take the fall.

Once again the innocents will be the victims.

[Hubert Flottz]

9. And almost nothing about Holy Halliburton.