Gulf Oil Spill Testimony: Executives- BP, Transocean, Halliburton

I belive the argument goes like this . - I'm driving a rental car. Everything is fine until a wheel comes off speeds across the central reservation and causes havoc death and destruction. Am I to blame? No surely the manufactures of the car are to blame or the rental company for not maintaining the car!  BP owns the oil yes but Transocean owned and maintained the rig and Halliburton maintained(poured the concrete) .  Lets face it, in the oil world it's all about profit, so let the the first company without sin cast the first stone.  I'll lay odds they're all saying "there but for the grace of god go I". So I hope that Halliburton and Transocean pay their dues as well.   As for Obama what is he supposed to do , don a dive suit dive down and plug the thing himself ; give him a break. Also the anti british retoric that is beginning to seep from the media/govt is not warrented.  Before we expand blame for this disaster to the British nation and all 'Brits'  Did the British media and Govt have a anti yank stance when the sub prime collapse happened? No they didn't. The 'sub prime' disaster the fault of a greedy few (like now) which caused far more in human tragedy throughout the world than this horrific disaster in the Gulf of Mexico ! 

Just one minor point: BP does not own the oil, but has been granted a license to explore or produce oil. The oil is owned in this case by the people of the US. If BP is deemed to be not a responsible explorer or producer, this license can be withdrawn.  

Some one was not watching their gages . When the space shuttle blew up, President Reagan gave a great speech. Obama should have given the same one! Britain is Americas number 1 ally. Not for long with Obamas irisponsible retorhic! This drilling is pushing the envelope at such depth, just like space, it is dangerous. Bp is not to blame, they just put up the money for a broke USA!  BP don't drill, they hire that help! America needs that oil!  If China starts an arms race with the USA ,China could bring down the US ,like Reagan bought down the wall and the collapse of the soviet union. America will end up like third world Africa and South America. America needs Britain as an ally. (a nuclear superpower as well ,lets not forget). Stop this cheap shake- down of BP now! Greedy America started the financial collapse, Obama said he would bring the world together not make enemies. Bring back Bill Clinton and let him and Hillary sort out this mess!

•  As a person that lives in  Pensacola, Florida, I feel whoever was suppose to build and maintain this oil rig should be held responable as well as Bp, I also feel whoever in our government that checks the safety of the oil rigs didn't do their job either. People here doesn't understand the long term effect of this spill and our economy here it's not going to be for a few weeks but a decade for our Children and Grandchildren. 

Will people ever learn their lesson? This is the world upside down. Gov has learned their lesson but not the people.They wish for more drilling, thus more risks of polluting their drinking water, killing animals, more cancer risks, respiratory problems and all because of oil.and then they say smokers are suicidal ..un ha ..and they wish to stay friends with a country who has most probably attacked them. LOL