Obama got all that money from individual BP employees. None of it came from the BP PAC or the corporation itself. I am looking for evidence that the money was bundled, since that would be definite proof of a payoff. Do you have any?
The well that the MMS approved met all standards at the time. If the well was “substandard”, it is because BP decided to not follow its own safety standards. It cut corners to save time. That is why this well blew. BP is far more to blame.
But the entire federal system of approving these wells just on the basis of the oil companies’ assurances obviously has to change. But wouldn’t that mean more regulation?
So you are saying that MMS did nothing to check the well or have it independently assessed, but okayed it because BP said they were “okay”?
Then I’d say that is yet another federal office we could eliminate if that is all we can expect from them. I sure wouldn’t give them more responsibility, would you?
“But wouldn’t that mean more regulation?”
Clearly, when kids like BP don’t know how to act on the playground, they can, will, and should bring down regulation on all the kids.