It's not my fault! It's.....somebody else's!

     Lots of speculation today about whose fault the nightmare in Louisiana is. After Katrina, If you recall, Mayor Nagin in New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana did almost nothing for all the people who were waiting for their caretakers to do something. Remember all those buses sitting in a lot unused? Remember that 16 year old kid who commandeered a bus and drove all those people to Texas who no driving experience? What a hero that kid was.
     So today everyone's comparing that incident with this one. Powerline takes down the comparison.

So far, the Obama administration seems to have focused more on passing the buck than on containing the oil spill. The administration has told us, over and over, that British Petroleum is responsible for the accident and ultimately will pay the bills. Perhaps so. But those of us who have worked in the civil justice system for many years are well aware of the uncertainty of such predictions. More fundamentally, it is absurd for Barack Obama and Eric Holder to claim that the damage caused by this oil spill is of little concern because someday, British Petroleum may write a number of checks. Animals will be killed, livelihoods of fishermen and others will be destroyed, beaches will be fouled, untold damage will be done. The federal government has the unique responsibility to prevent that damage, if it can. Hoping to collect damages years later is hardly an adequate substitute.