Very easy to blame BP, but there are alot of groups around to share in the liability;
- Transocean the drilling contractor that technically has control of the rig
- Haliburton, the supplier of the alleged defective component
- Hyundai which built the rig that seems to have gone down faster than it should have.
- The outsourced subcontractor safety consultants, verification engineers, labour supply firms, suppliers of the valves, pipes and other vital parts.
- Government regulators who were leftovers from the previous Republican admin. (You can't replace these people, just because a government changes), Louisiana state officials that demanded drilling be allowed and the locals that joined in that chorus saying the regulators should butt out.

I find it hypocritical that the very people that demanded the drilling as fast as possible - Remember Sarah Palin and her Drill Baby Drill comments? - are now looking to blame BP and the US federal government for this mess. It is horrible and tragic, but pointing fingers doesn't help the situation. There's alot of blame to go around, including for people like me that still waste petrol.