First thoughts: I seem to recall reading just recently that under the Obama administration, BP was just granted several safety waivers for the Deepwater Horizons and other rigs. So that would put the lie to his desire to know how it was that BP experienced this failure.
Also, is he taking credit for the LA barrier islands? I thought Jindal got tired of waiting while the fedgov sat on its collective (pun intended) ass and started building them on his own.
Your first thoughts are right on.
Since the Bureau of Mining and whatever missed 16 inspections and granted, I forget was it 14, wavers...
How can Obummer, the Marxist now posing as a Fascist, escape the fact that the US government was equally to blame?
If BP is to pay for everything that happens for the next 10 years in the many states bordering the Gulf, how can the US government escape equal liability?
If this were to be a lawsuit between two corporations, the first thing the lawyers for BP would claim is that the corporation named US Government was guilty of contributory negligence, which is an adequate defense in many states.
So in the real world, Obummer, the Marxist now posing as a Fascist, is a fool.
BP should fix the well. BP should pay damages.
But the US government in the form of Obummer, the Marxist now posing as a Fascist, should look upon the oil flowing towards US shores with the same vigor as it would an invasion. The US government should get every ship and every crew experienced in this kind of emergency in action in the Gulf.
If BP should pay for some of that, fine. Send them a bill AFTER the oil is prevented from hitting the shore.
Obummer, the Marxist now posing as a Fascist, demonstrates at this point that he is a great politician but an abysmally poor manager.