oil companies

I'm sure other members can come up with a link regarding this as I've heard it on the news already. What I'm wondering is, is this really such a good idea. Exxon is already a huge company, and such a merger strikes me as ultimately creating a "too big to fail" scenario, except with an oil...

So Limbaugh and a congressman from Texas have both characterized the BP $20 billion compensation fund as a "slush fund." Um....what? Seriously where does that idea even come from? It was also characterized as a "shakedown." Right..........BP is the victim in this. :rolleyes:

This reported by ABC: I have a question though: Is this an apples-to-apples comparison? These are safety violations at refineries, not drilling rigs. Did these other companies with fewer violations operate a comparable number of refineries?