[Vision2020] Does BP have to comply?

Sam Scripter MoscowSam at charter.net
Sun Jun 13 11:58:26 PDT 2010


Re: BP's ocean floor gusher and its effects

I am intending to ask serious questions below.  I am _not_ trying to
be cute or funny.

This is about "BP", a petroleum company whose name is no longer
"British Petroleum".

If President Obama or agencies of the United States of America
demand that BP respond to demands, is BP required to do so?

E.g., Is BP required to produce a new "plan" by such and such deadline
when the President asks for it?

More colloquially stated, if the President of USA tells BP to "jump",
do they in fact have to?

By what authority?

What consequences might BP experience if it does not comply?

And if BP does not comply to demands, what can "we", the USA,
do if BP does not?

Yes, what can "we" [The United States of America] do about it?

As the President said very recently, he can't go down and fix
the leak, nor can he suck up the raw petroleum with a soda straw.

So many individuals seem to think that the President, and/or
"the government" should have fixed the problem, and already.

Oh!  Just how do "we" do that?

The Army, the Marines . . . Choose your favorite "armed" force . . .

Since when does Basic Training or any specialist schooling/training
prepare one to "fix" a gusher of raw petroleum and natural gas
spewing from the ocean floor a mile below the surface?

Can "we" summarily "kick" BP out of the "Gulf", take away their
permits and have the U.S. Navy escort their ships out of U.S.
territory?

And if we can, and do, then what??? Do we have the where-with-all
to attack and fix the problem?

Is there something that "we" really can and should do or are
those calling for "action" simply "p---ing" in the wind?

Any readers have any ideas?
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