No punishment for abusing the language

President Obama said that he takes responsibility for dealing with the "once in a century" disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Does it mean he will quit office if the work is done poorly? Will he contribute his personal assets to the cleanup effort? What are the responsibilities of Tony Hayward, the Clown Executive Officer of BP, and other managers who contributed to this disaster? The Board of Directors and the Shareholders who funded this management team?

Anyone can say that he or she will take responsibility. Words are free. How the person actually acts reveals a lot about the character, not the words.

Documents Show Early Worries About Safety of Rig - NYTimes.com: "Internal documents from BP show that there were serious problems and safety concerns with the Deepwater Horizon rig far earlier than those the company described to Congress last week.

The problems involved the well casing and the blowout preventer, which are considered critical pieces in the chain of events that led to the disaster on the rig.

The documents show that in March, after several weeks of problems on the rig, BP was struggling with a loss of “well control.” And as far back as 11 months ago, it was concerned about the well casing and the blowout preventer.

On June 22, for example, BP engineers expressed concerns that the metal casing the company wanted to use might collapse under high pressure."