Oil Spill Influence

I agree with the beliefs,  put out by Chris in Paris on the article Obama in the fact that the White House referred to BP too much on the issue of the oil spill and how the countries environment was put after a oil company. 

                This article really made me think about who you trust when an epidemic happens. I am happy that the White House did use BP as a consultant, since they are experts in the oil field and know their systems, and how their machines work better than anyone else does. But on the other hand, it made me think about how if using BP as much as they did, if the White House was influenced by BP. The fact that the White House didn’t release worst case situations might be able to lead to the conclusion that BP was a factor to that decision. I understand that this might have been the best situation at the time to calm the public’s nerve, but it still leaves doubt. Then, I thought about how this article says that the countries environment was put behind an oil company. This made me think about how much of a pull big businesses have in our world. I know it is extreme to think that they have any pull at all in at White House level. They might have a say in it, and with the oil spill and BP they might have a bigger then one then I originally thought, but it is still not that big at all. But on the lower levels like in certain parts of the economy and maybe part of the judicially system they could have a little more pull. I made a connection to the movie Erin Brockovich.  This movie is about a lawyer assistant who takes on a big company who is destroying the environment around it by illegally dumping toxins in the ground. This connects well to big business having a pull, because they were doing this for a long time and was able to keep everyone quiet about it. The part of this connection that makes this so scary is the fact that it is based on a true story. This really shows how businesses have such a big pull. Throughout this whole big deal I want to leave you with on question. Who would you let help you with the oil spill and why if you where the White House?