U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland of Panama City still wants to blame the feds.

EDITORIAL: Getting tough on offshore oil

September 22, 2011 9:04 AM

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The report was released last week. It spelled out how BP safety violations and poor decision-making led to the disaster.

BP “was ultimately responsible for conducting operations … in a way that ensured the safety and protection of personnel, equipment, natural resources and the environment,” the report concluded. Instead, the company ignored warnings, violated federal regulations and paid little attention to safety.

But U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland of Panama City still wants to blame the feds.

“While BP certainly deserves to shoulder its fair share of responsibility for the Gulf oil spill,” the congressman said, “we must also focus a close eye on the failed federal regulatory structure that allowed BP to run up over 700 safety violations in the years prior to this economic and ecological disaster. Had the proper safety measures been enforced, this tragedy may never have happened.”

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LOL! Let's see how this is going to work out for Steve -- more regulation?? Less??

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heads would explode if they realized the stupidity of what they say.