Yes, BP helps to define 'chutzpah'.

Seems to me that British Petroleum (BP) can afford to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Because last year BP made a profit of $16.7 billion. That's right. BP knows how to rake in the money. Because it knows how to cut corners rather than develop fail-safe methods for extracting oil from beneath the sea. Of course, BP would like American taxpayers to help foot the clean-up bill. That really takes chutzpah. But that's the nature of greedy capitalists. By the way, Exxon Mobile out-profited BP last year. With a profit of $19.3 billion. Meanwhile, Wall Street broker Goldman Sachs made only a measly $13.4 billion. Even with the help of a bailout by taxpayers. --Jim Broede