Something Must Be Done To BP

First of all, I think they need to concentrate on stopping the oil from gushing. They can worry about criminal and civil charges AFTER that. They have to pay out to shareholders. That is not an option. Regarding our president, there isnt a whole lot more he can do. Unless, we could just put him in the hole to plug it....

BP is definitely responsible for all the damage. Their focus is obviously on profits and not safety, that was proven. They should have to pay for everything. As far as Obama, though, I don't think he is able to do too much too fast. Remember all things have to go through Congress and Senate before they can be done and that takes time. Obama did send BP a bill for 69 million dollars for the cleanup so far (more to follow.) What the government needs to do is regulate the industry. De-regulation has created more problems in every field than we ever had when companies were regulated. It was a huge mistake. The media is also responsible for much of the panic, all for ratings. Don't get me wrong, it was/is a horrendous "accident" and BP is the culprit here, but they are not a U.S. corp and it is not possible for the feds to take them over. But we can start passing really tough regulations to prevent further disasters like this. A few years ago, after the reckless actions in BP's Alaska refinery, we tried to boycott BP because we knew that they were going to pass the expense of repairs on to consumers with higher gas prices. But we found out that it was nearly impossible to do since many gas stations do not show they use BP with signs, but they in fact are using BP fuel so it was really hard to know what stations to avoid. I still avoid all gas stations that I know are BP, but I know that sometimes I am using BP without being aware of it by using some independant gas stations. We need to start putting strict regulations in place for the entire industry and stick to it instead of blaming our leaders for not doing what we think they should be doing as a person. Remember we chose to have a multi-level government rather than a dictatorship so we need to accept that it will be time consuming and complicated to get things done. Let's move forward and get going on this.

Hi sky! I am very angry about the way that this is being handled! I blame BP and Obama for not doing the right thing, but mostly BP! The shareholders can go to hell, look at the wildlife that are suffering! How dare you even think about yourselves when these poor creatures are being choked and smothered with your phucking oil! How about we smother some of you in your own damn oil! Everytime they show me one little bird covered in oil I get sick! I want to find him and wash him with my own hands! What does that say to you? You are worthless, inhuman disgusting pieces of non-emotion if you aren't moved to DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NOW-TODAY!!!!

BP should be held responsible for the oil spill,saving the wildlife,saving people's jobs lost by the oil spill,finish capping of that oil well that is still shooting out oil, and clean up the oil spill! I don't know what else President Obama can do? If this whole mess goes taken over by our goverment I don't know if would be a good idea and if we could do it! I know the President is in a bad situation and BP isn't doing enough and what they have been doing has beeen very,very,very,slow. I really think Obama is really frustrated now and it shows when he verbally lases out at BP. There is a possible the goverment will sue BP for this disaster. I hope they do! BP's CEO is a a piece of sh*t and should be fired! All his done is gotten his foot in his mouth and wasted money on a commerical saying how sorry BP os for this mess! The money should of been used to help with clean up or better yet,saving those poor birds who are covered with oil!

I agree with you, I think that BP should be held completely liable for the oil spill that has happened. In fact, it was just last night when I was on facebook that one of my friends had posted a picture that was taken at a BP gas station that said "Caution, you are responsible for spills." I think they need to heed a little bit of their own talk and realize that they are responsible for their own spills.

Does anyone remember the 1979 Oil Rig Explosion/Oil Rig disaster on the Gulf of Mexico. From the research information I gathered, that situation was worse than what's happening now, and technology back then was not as advanced as today. Also Thousands of individuals lost their lives in an effort to siphon the oil, due to the fact of poor technology. Now of course BP is responsible for all that is happening, and they are attempting to clean up as much as the mess as possible, the Obama Administration is working on the problem and from what I understand together they are successfully siphoning 1 millions of gallons of oil daily, and have successfully capped where the oil was leaking from, so no further oil can leak. The water is easily sanitized/purified/filtered, so it won't affect people as much, but the poor wildlife I can't bare another picture or video it literally makes me sick! However when you think about disasters happening, yeah what happened here is awful but think about other companies that go through disasters. When a plane crashes and there are zero to no survivors or all the passengers are stranded on some island (Gilligans Island comes to mind), does the whole world picket, rally, protest, play the blame game on that airline and bash the company or do they simply mourn the crash and keep away from the dangers of flying. Hey I really don't think BP intended for the oil to leak, however they are still in the wrong for allowing so much oil to leak out as it did, and not attempt to siphon and fix the problem as soon as it was detected. From what I understand there were not attempts to contain the oil until the news became public. As a result so much oil has infiltrated throughout the oceans, much wildlife was lost, beaches were closed due to hazzards and it will take many more months before everything is hunkie dorie again. But these things do happen, also what about the Oil Ridge explosion that occurred last month, was anyone bashing the corporation or company affiliated with the oil ridge, or simply covering the story in the media and mourning the disaster as anyone usually does when a plane crashes?

BP truly had an accident. Sincerely, I think they need to take more action towards this mess that they have created. My grandfather told me today.... By boycotting BP you're not giving them the money that ultimately cleans up the mess. By boycotting BP you're going to cut their profits and if enough people do it they will shut down... Thousands and thousands of people will lose jobs and create a TOUGHER job market for you and everyone else. By buying at BP you're giving them more profits (I know it's hard to do) but they NEED the money to clean the mess up they did. I believe BP did not plan this, trust me I wouldn't want billons of billons to go down the drain.

I have seen yesterday on the news that wildlife is seriously getting worst because of the oil spill's spread all around. It is really something which needs the most attention according to me because innocent lives are endangered because of something which is behind it.