BP, three strikes you're out!

OK so BP had an accident. It killed people. It is devastating the lives and livelihood of countless people and wrecking havoc on the environment.

BP has recently lobbied heavily against stronger safety standards.

BP has been on probation and fined for many safety violations.

BP plead guilty to felony conduct in its lack of following safety regulations that led to a deadly explosion at a Texas refinery.

BP was found guilty in its lack of up keep of its Alaskan pipeline that led to an oil spill in fragile Arctic habitat.

Now the supreme court has said corporations are people. If people commit felonies they go to prison. If they get out on parole and violate their parole they go back to prison. If you are a repeat offender you go to prison for a long time. In California we call it "three strikes, you're out". The third strike could be smoking a joint.

If someone commits a crime that kills people they can get the death penalty.

If corporations are people they should be able to get the death penalty when they kill people. Or at least go to prison for a long time.

Instead corporations pay fines which amount to a slap on the wrist. These corporations make billions and pay millions.

The same supreme court that said corporations are people drastically reduced the payout that Exxon had to pay for the Valdez spill.

Lobbying has created a situation where as of now BP will not have to pay more than something like 700 million in damages for the current spill. Which may make Obama's promise that BP will pay ring a bit hollow.

Corporations like BP and Massey energy who continue to break safety laws and and up killing people should be out of business. Period. Give them the death penalty.

As a side note I would like to thank BP for doing what environmentalists have tried to do but failed: prevent future offshore oil drilling in California! Swarzenager had supported future oil drilling but now that he saw the BP spill he withdrew his support and said "never in COLLIEEFOURNIA".

for details of BP's crimes go here:

OSHA: Ongoing Safety Violations at BP's US Refineries Endanger Employees' Lives

and a short video I just saw with a similar view point:

Corporate Bombs Demand Justice Too