On Mon, 31 May 2010 23:07:30 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> wrote:

>On 5/30/2010 12:02 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>> "brooklyn1" > wrote
>>>
>>> Woulda been easy, the rig is a mile from the leak... shoulda been
>>> plugged automatically/instantly, same as how automatic fire control
>>> systems operate. The plugging apparatus should be in place before
>>> they begin drilling, same as there are brakes on a vehical before it
>>> needs to stop, same reason fighter pilots wear a parachute before they
>>> take off.
>>
>> It "supposedly" was in place but did not work. It will be interesting to
>> find out the details and who was dumb, who was paid off, who made the
>> bad decisions, who was asleep at the wheel.
>>
>> Once that is determined as fact, criminal charges should be brought
>> about. The reality is the effects of this spill will be decades long,
>> maybe centuries.
>
>Yeah, good policy--anytime something breaks, even if it was nobody's
>fault, put somebody in jail.
>
>You don't know what went wrong. It might have been something beyond
>anybody's control.

That's what seven year olds think when their baseball goes through a
picture window. Katrina was beyond anybodys control, oil spills are
always a result of human decision... I take it the word responsibility
is not in your vocabulary.