Category: Barack Obama

Barack Obama, Control the Information, Google is Evil, Internet, Net Neutrality, Telecoms, Verizon is Evil

FCC Net-Neutrality Meetings Crash to a Halt…Good.

Imagine a group of paid lobbyists behind closed doors engaged in secret negotiations regarding the internet, your internet. Sure, you may not own it, more than likely you haven’t personally purchased any of the wires or organized any of the companies that have created the structure and framework that allows the internet to function, speeding information to your computer, but it is your internet. It … Continue reading FCC Net-Neutrality Meetings Crash to a Halt…Good.

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Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

Sorry folks, BP gets the oil spill data, not you

Now, now people…don’t get so entitled. Yes, the government is quickly trying to determine how much damage has been done to the Gulf of Mexico. Teams of scientists are working together, sharing information, formulating and completing analysis. They have the NOAA, they have the EPA, they have the FDA and everyone has formed a solid team, comparing notes and preparing a report for the entire … Continue reading Sorry folks, BP gets the oil spill data, not you

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Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, LIVE YOUR LIFE, Macondo Well, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Restore the Wetlands, Thad Allen, Tony Hayward

The Crime of the Century: What BP and the US Government Don’t Want You to Know, Part 1.

The article by Jerry Cop and Charles Hambleton begins: “The unprecedented disaster caused by the BP oil spill at the Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon 252 site continues to expand even as National Incident Commander Thad Allen and BP assert that the situation is improving, the blown-out source capped and holding steady, the situation well in hand and cleanup operations are being scaled back. The New … Continue reading The Crime of the Century: What BP and the US Government Don’t Want You to Know, Part 1.

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Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, Ray Mabus, Restore the Wetlands

A Plan to Save The Wetlands…

On June 15th, when Obama gave his speech about the BP oil spill catastraphuk, he said the following: “…It’s also clear we need a long-term plan to restore the unique beauty and bounty of this region. The oil spill represents just the latest blow to a place that’s already suffered multiple economic disasters and decades of environmental degradation that has led to disappearing wetlands and … Continue reading A Plan to Save The Wetlands…

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Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, Social Work

Due to lack of response, states tweak requests for mental health aid in the Gulf…wait, whadda ya mean, “if?”

British Petroleum, finally addressing calls for funding to provide mental health assistance to residents of the Gulf Coast has requested that Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi rewrite their requests. The company says it is not qualified to review multiple grant applications for programs that vary in scope and duration, in addition to separate requests from some local governments and nonpublic entities. Federal Health and … Continue reading Due to lack of response, states tweak requests for mental health aid in the Gulf…wait, whadda ya mean, “if?”

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Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Control the Information, Oil Spill

Yeah, and no one anticipated the breach of the levees, either

In hearings yesterday on Capitol Hill, Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior under Bush, said no one anticipated such a large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Accompanied by Dirk Kempthorne, who succeeded Norton when she resigned in ’06, he affirmed that nobody did, not Congress, not the President, not the oil companies, no one. Okay…so, don’t blame it all on Bush, it’s Obama’s … Continue reading Yeah, and no one anticipated the breach of the levees, either

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Apocalypse, Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, Plug The Leak, Thad Allen, Tony Hayward

Despite Multiple Methane and Oil Leaks From BOP and Sea Floor Feds Allow BP to Risk Uncontrollable BP Gulf Oil Spill Blowout

As the condition of BP’s leaking oil well continues to deteriorate rapidly BP has tried desperately to prevent the Federal Government from monitoring the sea floor for oil and methane leaks. An anonymous government official said BP is not complying with the government’s demand for more monitoring of oil and methane leaks on the sea floor. BP spokesman Mark Salt declined to comment on the … Continue reading Despite Multiple Methane and Oil Leaks From BOP and Sea Floor Feds Allow BP to Risk Uncontrollable BP Gulf Oil Spill Blowout

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Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Headlines, Katrina, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Thad Allen, Tony Hayward

Bobby Jindal – Jesus Christ Oil-Spill-Star…

Gov. Bobby Jindal gives a crisp salute to the Louisiana National Guard soldiers standing outside the Governor’s Mansion as he climbs aboard a Blackhawk helicopter for another trip to the Gulf of Mexico. Today’s mission: a tour of the E-4 sand berm under construction in the Chandeleur Islands, one of six artificial barriers authorized by the Army Corps of Engineers and a linchpin in the … Continue reading Bobby Jindal – Jesus Christ Oil-Spill-Star…

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Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Katrina, LIVE YOUR LIFE, Oil Spill, Plug The Leak, Thad Allen, Tony Hayward

Headlines from the Gulf Coast…

Gulf Oil Spill Stopped? Oil plugged, but for how long? – HuffingtonPost Widespread Oyster Deaths Found on Louisiana Reefs – AP Authority Overuse of Dispersants Debated – Times Picayune Giant Oil Skimmer – A Whale Deemed a Bust in Gulf of Mexico Spill – Times Picayune Oil Spill’s Threat to Fowl Not Always Obvious – Daily Comet Nearly Five Years Later Still No Levee Commission … Continue reading Headlines from the Gulf Coast…

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