Who do you personally think should be held accountable for the Gulf Gusher?

[branders seine]

[WeDidIt]

1. The following in order of responsibility

1) The gas guzzling public. Yes, you and I.

2) Government deregulators of the last 30 years in both parties

3) Cheney/bush and their Department of the Interior

4) Republicans

5) BP

6) The entire Oil Industry

[branders seine]

6. good list

[Arctic Dave]

2. 1,2,5 & 8.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. Ultimately, it's BP, Halliburton, and Transocean in this case.

Beyond that, it's the 30 years of deregulation/corporate enabling madness, which can be laid directly at the feet of the Bush Crime Family and their willing partners in the DLC. :grr:

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. The last 30 years of deregulate, baby, deregulate.

[izquierdista]

5. Sandra O'Connor

Without her, no Bush. Without Bush, no Cheney. Without Cheney, no "Energy Task Force". Without an Energy Task Force, no offshore drilling permit.
It's the six degrees of Sandra O'Connor -- she is responsible for all the world's fuckups.

[scheming daemons]

14. See post #13.... you and I are close to agreement.

[Urban Prairie]

7. 1-2, 5, 8-9 n/t

[TexasProgresive]

8. On my way home I heard the Dad of one of the DWH dead

speaking, also testimony by Massey employees. The idea I came up with is that yes, the companies should be fined and be held liable in court (criminal and tort), but the accountability needs to go deeper. The whole chain of command needs to pay, from the line supervisor all the was to the CEO. Fine them attaching 50% of their earnings and make them pay taxes on the whole amount. Depending on their culpability put the worst offenders in prison. Marion will do, no need for a SuperMax, but certainly not a minimum security prison

[Ardent15]

9. BP, TransOcean, Halliburton, Bush/Cheney, and the Department of Interior

nt

[L0oniX]

10. Cheney!

[Duer 157099]

11. BP/Transocean/Halliburton

After all, it was they who directly caused the problem, and the fact that regulators were lax was a direct result of bribes paid by BP/T/H.

Everyone else were accessories and assholes, but BP/T/H are definitely at fault 100%

[branders seine]

15. I can't let the deregulators off the hook,

but I agree that the oil shitsuckers owe big-time.

[demosincebirth]

12. Well, lets see. BP?

[scheming daemons]

13. The lady who designed the "butterfly ballot" in Palm Beach, FL

Without her, Gore would've been president.

And if Gore would've been President, Cheney's "energy task force" would've never happened.


And if that never happened, then all the deregulation that led to what we're seeing today wouldn't have happened.



Gore would've been the ultimate "environmentalist President"... and we'd be 10 years farther along our way of weaning off of oil.