Reply #47: For all those including the firebaggers and the teabaggers

[TheBigotBasher]

that say it is the role of Government to do the clear up, I guess that they expect the Government to have on hand the best oil drilling and geology experts in the industry standing around on not insignificant salaries waiting for a crisis to happen.

I also take from their view that BP, Shell, etc, etc do not employ anyone with any real knowledge of geology and that all of the commentators know far better how to clear up the mess caused by BP taking shortcuts.

It is or regulators and lawmakers to ensure that BP is doing absolutely everything possible to do what they can do to clear this mess up. They made it, they need to deal with it. It is unreasonable to expect a Government running at such a big deficit (thank you Mr Bush) to employ anyone other than those who know how to enforce the law in this case.