BP's oil spill caused by fed's "dangerous culture of permissiveness"

[cory777]

Source: McClatchy

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration focused from its earliest days on ramping up domestic oil and gas production, charged House Democrats, but at the same time allowed the industry a "dangerous culture of permissiveness" that culminated in the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico .

The House panel interrogated former Interior Department secretaries who implemented the 2001 recommendations of former Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force, which in turn resulted in an executive order requiring federal agencies to expedite offshore drilling and other domestic energy production.

Dirk Kempthorne , his predecessor Gale Norton , as well as the current Interior Secretary in the Obama administration, Ken Salazar , were all called before the House Energy and Commerce committee Tuesday about their oversight of the regulatory agency that oversaw offshore drilling, the Minerals Management Service.

The committee, which has been investigating the cause of the explosion, also is examining potential regulatory lapses that could have increased the likelihood of the massive blowout that killed 11 people, and that until this week, was pumping an estimated 60,000 barrels of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico .

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[kgnu_fan]

1. And our permissive US culture of deregulation and wasteful consumerism

[Angry Dragon]

2. I find this very funny

It seems to me that corporations feel that they do not know how to run a company unless they are saddled with a huge amount of rules and regulations. They are asking for a larger government role in their operations. I say give it to them.

It seems that they are saying they have no soul and will run amok without guidance.

[gateley]

3. I'd love to hear Obama say that:"corporations don't know how to run a company..."

I'm mentally enthusiastically recommending your post! :thumbsup:

[Angry Dragon]

4. I read in one article a while back

where bp was trying to blame the MMS for part of the blame for the Gulf disaster because they did not regulate them enough.
To me I felt they were saying that without regulations they could not be responsible corporations. So they were asking for more regulations so they could be a more responsible corporation.