[spunkets]

"Those company CEOs would do well to remember Benjamin Franklin's words at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." "

Ridiculous. These are entities engaged in free market enterprise. Each of them claims their ways are the best. The evidence shows that BP's and the US MMS ways suck. Now Congress and other players are attempting to take over control of those players that have shown competence, and they're using BP's incompetence to justify the move.

It's illogical to back a pack of incompetent morons in an attempt to distance oneself from them and their monumental failures.

[PowderMonkey]

Then it would appear they'll all hang separately. You've all missed the point. This administration's goal is not to hold BP accountable for the mess. Its goal is the nationalization of the oil industry, and it will do it by picking off one company at a time. I've heard all your arguments years ago on the heels of another industrial mishap we survived, known as Three Mile Island. All I'm hearing now is the same level of hysteria, and bomb throwing. It's the 21st century iteration of "China Syndrome" hysteria, and Star Traveler, you're the worst offender. Shame on you.