The States and Federal Government have no control over BP? I know why not appoint a commission with Bush Oil Czar on it?

Terrance Castle of Houma, La., wipes off sweat while cleaning up the oil on a beach near ElmerÂ’s Island, La. BP hired workers to clean beaches in southern Louisiana, where oil is 2 inches thick in some places. (Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times / May 22, 2010)


...Reporting from Los Angeles (click title to entry - thank you) and Elmer’sBP has rebuffed demands from government officials and environmentalists to use a less-toxic dispersant to break up the oil from its massive offshore spill, saying that the chemical product it is now using continues to be "the best option for subsea application."...


The state governments and EPA Secretary Lisa Jackson have lost all authority to stop the plutocracy of Wall Street.  Polluting the USA waters and coastal communities is now licensed.

 
...US President Barack Obama has named the men charged with investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Former Florida senator Bob Graham and former Environmental Protection Agency administrator William K Reilly will lead the presidential commission panel.
Graham, a Democrat, is a former Florida governor and senator Reilly ran the EPA under Republican president George W Bush. His tenure included the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska....

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100523,0,907236.story