Archive for the 'big business as usual' Category
Thank You Kindra Arnesen for Exposing BP’s Lies
Via Susie:
What BP is claiming is that if fishermen choose not to talk part in the oil spill cleanup, BP will consider that as potential income declined and deduct it from their claims.
In other words, if you didn’t want to risk your health and expose yourself to their toxic waste, you’re going to suffer financially [...]
Amateur Flyover Video: BP Slick Covers Dolphins and Whales
Around the 6:33 mark, the narrator/filmer, John Wathen, comes to a pod of 36 dolphins stranded in oil, “struggling just to breathe”. Another 18 are discovered later, and then A GODDMAN FUCKING SPERM WHALE TRAPPED IN OIL UP TO ITS GODDAMN BLOWHOLE. “Across his back we could see red patches of crude as if [...]
Read More..>>“Mommy, Get the Oil OFFFFF!”
Child goes to Destin Beach in Florida, child gets foot coated with crude oil:
Coming to a beach near you…
Read More..>>More BP BULLSHIT
Forward from my Gulf contact:
—— Forwarded Message
From: Deepwater Horizon Response External Affairs
Reply-To: Deepwater Horizon Response External Affairs
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:21:07 -0700 (PDT)
To:
Subject: Two Members of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response Die in Unrelated Events
DATE: June 23, 2010 19:19:38 CST
Two Members of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response Die in Unrelated Events
Key [...]
“Ponies and Balloons”
Via Susie Madrak:
I was invited the following week to go behind “enemy lines.” They gave me, of all people, security clearance to go into the base of operations meetings in Venice, Louisiana eight days in. Open door invitation to sit like a fly on the wall. Can you believe it? It’s really going on. They [...]
Read More..>>No Unemployment for You
The same Senate that is always able to find money for wars and bank bailouts will not be passing an umployment extension or a jobs bill. This is utter insanity, when the official unemployment rate is nearly 10%, and the unofficial rate is probably closer to 20% as it was in 2009. The bill [...]
Read More..>>BP is Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive
So sez this guy, who’se been rescuing turtles:
more here.
Is it over the line to say I’d like to see BP’s executives and leadership soaked with crude oil and set on fire too? Because I would very much like to see that. I would roast marshmallows on them.
This Would Be Funny If It Wasn’t Sad
US politics is so corrupt that the House is incapable of passing legislation to clean it up:
Congressional Democrats are pushing hard for legislation to rein in the power of special interests by requiring more disclosure of their roles in paying for campaign advertising — but as they struggle to find the votes they need to [...]
Conversation Wth Charles Schumer’s office
Riiiing…Riiiiing
“Hello, Senator Schumer’s office.”
“Hi, it’s Brendan Skwire. I was wondering if you could explain Senator Schumer’s remarks that Blanche Lincoln is “fighting Wall Street with one hand, unions with the other.””
The young man put me on hold for a few minutes, and then came back to explain “You have to take the comment in context [...]
Deepwater Horizon CYA
A friend of mine from high school who will go unnamed has been forwarding me the daily PR releases from BP and from Deepwater Horizon, the rig that exploded and is pouring millions of gallons of crude oil into our waters. The PRs are as hilarious as they are infuriating as they are sad.
I’m [...]
