re: #16 avanti

That’s because the base has been fed the mantra that unregulated, big business capitalism is the best policy. “Drill, baby drill” is a appealing sound bite if you don’t consider the potential down side.
Now, all we hear about is the job losses from a hold on drilling, and very little about jobs losses “from” poorly regulated drilling, not to mention the decades of environmental damage.

People are not going to believe me when I say this: but the profit motive from drilling properly and safely is plenty big enough for companies to do it right.

Look at what BP is losing in this thing. No one wants that, and they all know this is the end result of not being careful.

BP had the worst safety record of all the companies, by a HUGE margin; this was brought out when Hayward was testifying the other day.

I’m not saying the oil biz should be unregulated; I am saying, however, that BP’s sloppy work is costing everybody, including those who did things properly. What we need is effective regulation; which appears to have been missing here, along with BP’s brains.