corporate manslaughter? was it? 9 people died right? wouldnt that be just manslaughter on the people responsible? depending on the level of involvement, maybe murder not pre meditated. but murder nonetheless.. i saw the 60 minutes program , and the smartest man in america says its bp's fault. the last man standing, said its bp's fault. you are the only one who is saying its not ,(oh ,,and bp of course, but then..you and bp are the same entity, so thats no surprise)as far as bp, putting their hands up. - all they have said so far is they will pay any "legitimate claims" what does that mean? cant they just say any claim is not legitimate and not pay? that sounds like early posturing to me. we will see soon enough. and dont blame obama. no one on earth seems to be able to figure out how to plug this hole. he's not a scientist or an oil driller. this is an oil problem and should be fixed by oil people. if they couldnt plug the hole , they shouldnt have drilled it. and THAT is the biggest crime of all. but will go unpunished, since no one has ever done anything this stupid before. there is no precedent for drilling 3 miles down. the pressures are so immense, there is no room for error. and since humans arent perfect, there will be error, and this type of thing happens. can we call it an accident? i see a series of mistakes . any one of which, should have been enough for them to stop the drilling, but bp needs more money, so they pressed on. thats not within my definition of an accident. more like cause and effect. and should be punished as such, and will, watch...... how can fining the richest company in the world stop them from doing anything, they will simply factor the fines into the cost and pass it on at the pump. we need to do something dramatic to stop them from doing it again at all costs. maybe a you tube execution would make the corporate idiots think twice before they skip safeguards sgain, wouldnt it? we fined them last time they pulled this stuff and they just do it again. fining a company this rich is a joke.