Halliburton Sued Over Gulf Spill

One of the first lawyers to court is Daniel Becnel Jr. who's class action suit, Cooper v. BP plc, was filed in Louisiana on Thursday.

Becnel's case is on behalf of Louisiana shrimpers, fishermen and commercial boaters who claim the oil spill is hurting their livelihood. The defendants include:

BP, which holds the lease permitting drilling at the site of the accident, and Transocean Ltd., which owned and operated the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

The lawsuit also named Halliburton Energy Services Inc. and Cameron International Corp. Halliburton was engaged in "cementing operations of the well and well cap." The suit alleges that Halliburton was negligent in performing that work.

So wingnuts play fantasy land tactics and try blaming "environmental wackos" or Obama for the disaster only to discover Dick Cheney's former outfit is being sued in an actual court of law in the actual real world?

It sometimes feels like reality does have a liberal bias.