Obama
is going to be made to look like an utter tool over this. To my knowledge, BP broke no US regulations. And anyway, the company that did the drilling and blew up the rig ARE American. BP are just a convenient figurehead to blame.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:29, 2 replies)

Transocean
Are a Swiss company. For tax anyway.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:34, closed)

It is just for tax.
I work in this sector (in publishing) and know Transocean, BP and most significant companies pretty well.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:00, closed)

It also seems
That Obama isn't really offering BP or indeed any companies involved help, and is instead only condemning them. Which is pretty cuntish.
(General_Manchego, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:39, closed)

No expertise
It's not the US taxpayers problem, financially. More importantly neither the Coast Guard nor the US Navy has the kit to deal with the problem, the oil companies are the only ones that can fix it.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:53, closed)

no-one has expertise.
Unsurprisingly, it's pretty fucking hard to test contingency plans for a well blowing more than a mile below the surface. The US government would do well to take a long hard look at why it's deepwater drilling. It's not like the oil companies don't warn about the dangers.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 17:40, closed)