• Originally published June 24, 2010 at 8:42 a.m., updated June 24, 2010 at 8:42 a.m.

As a mere layman on such issues as establishing responsibility over the oil spill, certain conclusions came to mind over the questioning of the BP CEO to determine fault for the accident that caused it all.

As a Hispanic-American, I have no particular like or dislike of the British gurus, so that my opinions on the grilling of the BP CEO are not biased in any way, shape, or form; except to arrive at certain conclusions as the questioning continued unabated over TV.

One irritating "modus operandi" of the questioners was the incessant "answer yes or no" to various questions. They immediately brought to mind the legal shyster's "Answer yes or no, have you stopped beating your wife?"

Either way one answers such a question admits guilt where there is none. Such tactics from some of our leaders left a bitter taste in the mind, when they kept insisting that entrapment-type trick questions be answered as demanded; with a "yes" or "no" answer.

If one is to accept all unforeseeable accidents as crimes, it follows that all the accidents by defective cars that caused deaths should also indict all the CEO's of the auto industries for "crimes." Such a "plat du jour" in legalese borders on non sequitur conclusions, if not on perfunctory biased viewpoints.

So far, not one of all the blame-game gurus questioning the BP CEO offered a viable solution to solving the problem of unforeseen and unpredictable accidents. If such was possible, we would never have any, anywhere, any time, ever again.

Such non sequiturial reasoning belongs in Alice's "Wonderland."

Watching the proceedings on television, I ached to hear the BP CEO ask, "Do you know of a way to stop the oil leak right now? I don't. That’s why we hire experts, who on the long run, are not always right; anymore than are our top leaders in governments."

One would think that the questioning would have addressed the most important part of the problem, focusing on such as, "Is there anything we can do to help you stop the oil leak? Any government help we can offer?"

Instead it brought images of an auto accident mangled bloody victim being questioned at the scene with such as, "Do you have insurance?"

Of course, I'm a layman in such monumental problems, and have no viable solutions or ideas or suggestions; except to offer my two cents worth of criticism where it seems logical and appropriate based on all the factors involved.

Oh yes, one suggestion. Our government leaders should first focus on helping stop the leak, then on the cleanup of our shores, then on laying the blame, then on monetary damages to all those whose lives were affected by the oil contamination of our environment; all in that order.

Just like in car accidents, where the injured victims are first taken to medical facilities, then are questioned with the usual yards of legalese and "dee-monee" concerns; it seemed that the priorities of our leaders bashing the BP CEO went astray; bringing to mind the flick, "Planet of the Apes."

Joseph De Solis, Palacios

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