Feds open criminal probe of Gulf oil spill

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Actually there are things the feds could do to help clean up, but they're going painfully slow and getting in the way of the state's response.
 
No way, man. I'm sure none of those small-government, laissez-faire, anti-regulation governers down in the gulf want any help from the Feds.
 
Worst possible timing though.

We want BP to be focused 100% on stopping the leak. Now they are going to be diverting attention away from that to deal with the investigation and how to cover their ass.


This was just full on stupid to do it now.
 
Tell that to Exxon. The US government falsely pierced the corporate veil and brought criminal charges where there was no law to indicate it was able to do that.
 
And AVengeance. He had some post where he said Obama is against nuclear power, coal and oil drilling... and low and behold there was a slight nuclear leak, a coal mine collapse and this oil leak... Then he went on about how we all better grow our own beans and get off the grid before the government comes and arrests us all after Obama uses these "accidents" to totally stop nuclear power, coal usage and oil usage.

Long live the rebellion and all that jazz.

edit: Maybe he said we wouldn't be arrested, but we'd have no power and would all die of starvation while all the power throughout the nation was turned off. Whatever makes more sense.
 
no, but from here on out everything they do they will now run by those lawyers before even making an effort to make sure they are not going to get into more trouble.
DUR

plus you can bet their accounting dept. is going to be creating a cost/benefit analysis right now to weigh which is better for the company in the long run now. Clean the mess, fix the leak or pay the legal/criminal bills and fines.
 
it actually was an example of it. They went and prosecuted the actual members of the board and did so AFTER moving from the subsidiary company to the primary XOM company which also should not have occured.
 
OK, well I guess if they went from a subsidiary company to the holding company, that would technically be a form of it, but I think in the case of large corporations setting up subsidiaries to shield themselves from liability, it is appropriate to do so.

When I think of really piercing the corporate veil, I think of going after plain shareholders in the company either civilly or criminally for just having owned a share of the corporation.
 
It was members of the board personally that they went over in addition.
They settled out of court but the fact that the government was willing to change the use of law is really fucked up. I expect no different here.
 
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