""And when I agreed with Teribus that "there is plenty of blame to go around," I was not, as he seems to be trying to do, excluding BP.""

Nobody is trying to exclude BP from responsibility. I for one am simply asking why all American Companies involved seem to have been handed a "get out of jail free card", while the foreign company takes a constant bloody shellacking, both from the president, and from the American people.

Transocean and Halliburton have vanished beyond the horizon, leaving your President threatening the direst penalties for BP, and, please note, since the day of the disaster he has emphasised the "BRITISH" PETROLEUM in every comment he has made on the spill.

Maybe he HAS mentioned Transocean and Halliburton, but if so those mentions have been largely ignored by your press, which is naturally baying for BP blood because that is what will sell copy.

There is a total imbalance in this whole reaction, and you don't seem able to see it.

Don T.