What's to Blame for the BP Oil Spill?

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I would not be surprised if people already have, or will in the future,
boycott/boycotted British goods that are exported to the US over the oil spill,
since BP is a British company.

Whistle blower to testify on oil spill worst fear: BP deliberately sinks oil with Corexit as cover up


Testimony before a Senate investigative panel this week is expected to reveal what many have suspected about BP all along; they don’t care about the environment, the animals that are dying, and the lives that are being destroyed by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

In a shocking interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on June 29th, Allegiance Capitol Corporation V.P. Fred McCallister said that BP is deliberately sinking oil with the toxic chemical disbursant Corexit, to hide the size of the oil spill. By sinking the oil before it can be collected, BP won’t have to pay fines on it.

McCallister said, “Everybody in Europe, where the standard practice is to raise the oil and collect it, is scratching their heads, and quite honestly laughing at what’s happening in the Gulf.” He added, “Everyone is looking at us and wondering why we’re allowing this to happen.”

McCallister is set to appear before a Senate investigative panel on Thursday and testify that BP’s only interests regarding the Deepwater Horizon spill is protectimg their own financial interests. His statements explained why BP has been refusing offers of help from additional foreign skimmers.
BP’s fear is that independent skimmers would be able to count the number of gallons collected, and thus provide the US government with data to assess spill rate financial penalties against BP, according to McCallister.

“BP is in control of this situation and they are doing what’s in the best interests of BP and their shareholders,” McCallister said.

link please

http://www.allthingsandersoncooper.com/


http://www.examiner.com/x-33986-Politic ... s-cover-up

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/node/38073

The last link has a transcript of the interview.

From the selections you gave, I was forced to blame the terrorists. They cause all of the world (America)'s problems.

Economic terrorists ARE to blame but they also can afford the best lawyers and candidate campaigns.

"“BP is in control of this situation and they are doing what’s in the best interests of BP and their shareholders,” McCallister said."

They most likely are. And who are these shareholders? A goodly chunk of them are American, (40%+) and a substantial further chunk are from nations other than the UK. BP North America should have kept the AMOCO name. At least then the vitriol might be better aimed. Boycotting British goods would be beyond pointless and utterly unfair on other British industry, and add exactly NOTHING to what is needed to repair the damage.

None of those. It is merely because BP was cutting corners and pinching pennies. All of those shortcuts only saved them tens of thousands, which is nothing to a multi-billion dollar corporation such as BP.