re: #224 pharmmajor

No, it is not Obama’s responsibility, and he should not be getting shit for this.

You are correct; BP’s fault it happened, and BP is responsible for the clean-up and the claims payment, both of which they’ve done a poor job with.

However, there are legitimate criticisms to make as to how the Obama administration is handling this, the biggest one being the blanket 6-month moratorium.

I can understand how the blanket moratorium might be considered to be a good idea. But it isn’t, and the experts who signed that report have come out and said so, the moratorium is NOT a good idea. For one thing, it forced everybody to immediately seal the wells they were in the process of drilling, meaning everybody had to immediately perform the exact same activity that BP was engaged in when the well blew.

For another, it is punishing companies that have done no wrong.

After the blowout, all the wells out there underwent an immediate inspection; a couple of minor flaws were discovered and fixed. All the other inspections showed no violations. Why are these companies being punished?

But as to the blowout and the “fixing” of the leak and the clean-up - that is entirely on BP, and they’ve screwed up many facets of this process.