[trumandogz]

It was BP who was making the command decisions on that platform and it us BP’s fault that the they lost the well and murdered 11 men.

[muawiyah]

I'm not letting some of the trial lawyers in Alaska and various officials at EPA off the hook in this. If the activities regarding the misuse of "brown mud" are being reported correctly, the environmental activists who have successfully stopped drilling ANWR are directly involved in creating conditions for this particular accident.

The environmentalists and EPA have used the courts to force BP to use unsafe methods.

[MontaniSemperLiberi]

You’re right. The owner has the final call on what they will and what they won’t pay for. However you can always say “no”. There are worse things than being kicked off the job site.