Reply #6: Then the people need to make them responsible

[skeptical cynic]

Oppose every permit, every permit modification, every lease sale, every development in which BP has a stake.
Find out which legislators served the interests of BP and target them.

I heard today that Transocean has filed a motion in federal court to limit their liability to $27 million under a 19th century law that has nothing to do with this kind of situation and predates the oil industry.

This is the sort of corporatist and elite slight of hand we can expect from BP, Transocean, Halliburton and their toadies in all branches of government as the consequences of this disaster play themselves out over the coming decades.