Reply #92: So...why is BP seeming to get away with acting like a sovereign nation in it's territorial waters?

[bread_and_roses]

What of all the stories of Coast Guard, etc, seeming to do BP's bidding in keeping away journalists? What of the account I heard on Democracy Now of BP refusing to allow clean-up workers to wear - masks? respirators? - some protective gear, sorry, my memory not perfect. What of seeming to follow the BP line on magnitude of spill? What of the over-whelming impression left by the whole business that BP's first priority was not "fixing" the spill but saving its well and capturing the oil? Are these things the administration had no way to address?

Sorry, but after the example of both Health Care "reform" and Financial "reform" when tough talk in public was a cover for deals in back rooms, I have a hard time giving any credence to Obama's "tough" talk on BP. Not to mention the environmental waivers issued since the spill. And don't give me some crock about how they were already in the works and couldn't be stopped - I am sure there are ways that a national emergency - hell, a global catastrophe - can be used to interrupt the ordinary business as usual.

He feints populism in public, then acts in accordance with our Corporate Masters demands behind closed doors.