[Sudetenland]

Exactly!!! Moreover, I get a little miffed at the way Obama keeps taking credit for everything that BP has done so far.

Make no mistake, BP was clearly at fault in this, and they have consistently low-balled the leak and the impact, but they have been busting behind to solve the problem and BO has had little to do with that effort.

[Pale]

I happen to know for a fact that (a) as recently as last week BP was considering bankruptcy as a tactical option to avoid the full brunt of clean-up/compensation costs, and (b) they are asking shrimp fishermen & the like along the gulf for their "complete and full gross income, even if it's different from what you report" under the guise of paying them fair compensation, then turning those same people in to the IRS for undeclared income, as a way of reducing their financial liability.

Last I checked, conservatism stood for personal responsibility. To this conservative, that includes corporate responsibility. Call it a shakedown or whatever you want, but if this $20B fund keeps BP from cutting and running on their obligation, I'm all for it.