UNTIL THE CHAIRMAN AND ITS BOARD IS PROSECUTED THE BEAT GOES
ON…CORPORATIONS CAN ALWAYS HIRE A STOOGE CEO TO DO THEIR
DIRTY WORK AND TAKE THE BLAME…BUY POLICY AND GOALS ARE SET BY
THE BOARDS…BUSH SAID WHEN LEAVING OFFICE HE WANTED TO MAKE
MONEY ON SPEAKING FEES AND SITTING ON BOARDS…SO HE KNOWS
WHERE THE RULERS OF GOLD LURK…ARE YOU LISTENING ERIC THE
HOLDER..?

Now, if Halliburton was just a general contractor building the strip center on the corner, and something like ignoring faulty concrete was discovered, BOOM! They’d lose their license just like that. I doubt anything like that will happen at their level though.
Just like the banks: if you’re gonna steal, or short the specs, do it in a BIG way.

Bet when all is said and done none of these companies will pay 1% of the total costs of their mess. It took over 20 years for the Exxon Valdez to pony up, only to have the S.C. dismiss the verdict and they ended up not having to pay for their mess after all, the very same day when Sarah Palin was ambushed by Katie Couric’s trick question about what she reads and naming any Supreme Court decisions and all she could come up with was Roe-v-Wade-the old GOP standby.

Yeah, we all know they might get a slap on the wrist and they will promise to do better in the future and the taxpayers will be the ones on the chopping block again.

While the three culprits in this case, Halliburton, TransOcean ( the builder of the rig and the two fail safe devices that failed to actually be safe) and BP are due their day in court I would also note that a fourth party needs mention here.

Our governmental agency charged with the regulatory and certification process must be added to the list of parties held responsible for this potential environmental disaster , the effects of which are as yet unknown and the far reaching consequences yet to be learned.

Far too often we see agencies headed by industry leaders whose concerns lie, not with public or worker safety, but with industry profitability. But we all know this, dont we?