Gulf Oil Spill

Well peeps, we need to understand and face certain realities. I am sick and tired of listening to the the Tea Baggers/RWNJ whine and complain about how the Federal government and the President are somehow responsible. Lets set the record straight. This is NOT a natural disaster such as Katrina. This disaster is a man made disaster, BP is 100% responsible for it and the clean up and financial losses. BP as a condition of being granted rights to drill accepted that responsibility and assured the regulators that drilling is safe and if there was an incident, they were in a position to resolve the problem. BP is the responsible party. No doubt. The President and government are not responsible. No doubt. It is true that the government is overseeing the efforts to resolve the problem, but there is little more it can do. The US government is NOT equipped to stop the leak, it never has been. The US government is not responsible for financial losses. We have no choice but to rely on BP to resolve this issue. Who else do we turn to? Exxon? This is a private company matter. Right wingers want less government regulation, they got it. Right wingers want less interference in our private lives from the Federal government, yet who do they turn to when something like this happens? Gov. Jindal refused Federal stimulus money, yet is begging for bail out money for the oil spill. He should be going to BP not the American taxpayer. Place the blame where it belongs, with BP, not the President.