Here's a little tidbit about BP and Gov. overlooking things for the big bucks. Wonder which politicians got paid to look the other way?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/02/bp-deepwater-horizon-oil-spills
BP spends millions lobbying as it drills ever deeper and the environment pays

The oil major BP spends aggressively to influence US regulatory insight, and many would argue this has bought it leniency

Remember BP stands for BIG PROFIT. Do not buy from this wicked corporation. The buck stops here.

she cant even finish the job she was elected to do, her opinion is no more valid than Joe the plumber. these same people ***** that the left wants to put regulations on things like building nuclear powerplants, ever heard of shurnoble? this oil spill is further proof of how nessasary regulations are...ps sorry about the spelling errors lol.

Accidents are going to happen from time to time.Before you scream bloody murder over this oil spill you might want to look at the long record and hundreds of thousands of boat trips arcross the ocean full of oil that has not had a mishap.Do you think it would have been a great idea when the Exxon valdez ran a ground to ban all boats carrying crude oil because they might have a accident?

The key to to both progress and moving forward is to take make things safer not to ban them every time you have a accident.After the Exxon valdez disaster it was madatory to make oil cargo ships double hulled.You can also make oil platforms safer by looking at this accident and figuring out what you can do to improve it.I think a no brainer idea would to put a simple wheel valve at the lowest point on the main pipe so a diver or a robot can simply shut it off if it happends to break anywhere above the ocean floor.

I work in the energy field , just a very small part of the complex. I am thankful everyday I walk out of a refinery or powerplant in one piece. I understand the dangers but this is how I make a living. People are being sold on natural gas because that is the next crude oil. It is about MONEY ! That is all it is about. Do you not recall an explosion during the construction of a new plant in Conneticut ? They were purgeing new pipe with natural gas when it exploded , yet nobody cries to stop natural gas companies. Enjoy this little video of hydraulic fracturing sludge being buried uncontained and left to seep into the water table http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZijSwabuc4