The Gulf Oil Nightmare

[JThiessen]

I have a question that I guess I've been in the dark on. Which corporations are "corrupt", who is it that decides which corporations are "in", and what exactly is the corruption that corporation that I work for involved in? 'Cause I'm here to tell you that I really could have done without that 60 hours of training we go through every year on Business Gratuities, Trade Secrets, Proprietary info, and on and on. We started having to do this after our CEO got busted for giving a job offer to someone who had control over a tanker contract. (if it was all corrupt, why would the gov't choose to prosecute us for this??) This is in addition to all the state and federal reg's that I spend 80% of my career making sure that we are in compliance with - in regards to safety, environment, and configuration control.
And by the way, this company is one of the nations largest exporter in terms of sales.
I will agree with the theory that big business controls the house and senate. Look at what the Senator from Texas had to say about BP at the CEO's "hearing" the other day. He's clearly talking through his wallet. I will also agree that BP's decisions thus far have been based on their bottom line, not on what was best for us, the nation, and for the environment.

The US should have been johnny on the spot to take care of it, rather than letting BP try to fix it. I'd liken it to this - you have a contractor in your house working on something. His equipment starts a fire - are you going to let him figure out what to do (rescue his tools, etc prior to trying to put out the fire), or are you going to take control and get the fire dept on the way and do everything in your power to put it out. That ocean is in OUR HOUSE Obama - lets get it taken care of.