Category: Control the Information

Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Macondo Well, New Orleans, Oil Spill

More lies, more dead dolphins…

It just keeps getting funnier, except it’s not… In this past week, it has been reported how, in the immediate aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, British Petroleum had demanded via e-mail that it’s own expert be kept quiet when he gave his opinion stating 82,000 barrels of  crude a day were coming from the Macondo Well. In fact, two days after ordering his silence, BP publicly announced their estimate that the … Continue reading More lies, more dead dolphins…

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, New Orleans, Oil Spill

BP: Cleanup, restoration and data-tampering lawsuits…

When an employee of BP refuses to go along with the corporate narrative that all’s swell with Gulf cleanup, does BP change the narrative to make it more accurate? Does it admit there may be some problems, that they might not have done everything they promised to do? No, instead they run some feel good commercials enforcing their narrative about Gulf health. Oh…and that employee? … Continue reading BP: Cleanup, restoration and data-tampering lawsuits…

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

A lesson in spin…oil spills and states of unions

It really is this simple: At the height of British Petroleum’s catastraphuk…the scientists involved from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) were estimating at least 25,000 barrels per day were gushing from the well. But, the National Incident Command suggested they report the flow rate to be between 12,000-25,000 barrels per day. And a White House Communications person suggested they report the flow rate at 12,000-19,000 … Continue reading A lesson in spin…oil spills and states of unions

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

Everybody to blame, but me…

So, in determining guilt and any possible fines under the Clean Water Act, welcome to another day in court, another episode of the 3 Stooges, starring  BP, Transocean and Anadarko…Please, follow along and keep in mind that of course, no one is to blame except for everybody else. Duh… First, allow me to introduce Department of Justice Senior Attorney Steven O’Rourke who explained how simple this all … Continue reading Everybody to blame, but me…

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

The fear of not knowing…

“We all knew we were experiencing health problems, but if you don’t have money and access to health care, it’s a win for BP,” said Carol Farmer, 52, of Milton. “No one knows about us, and BP can brush it under the carpet.” Not knowing. The country remains largely unaware of health problems occurring to cleanup workers and others in the Gulf of Mexico and those … Continue reading The fear of not knowing…

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Class War, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, LIVE YOUR LIFE

Dear Chris Dodd of the MPAA…SOPA/PIPA NSFW version

Hey Chris… It’s me, Drake… Just letting you know I haven’t forgotten what a whore you are/were for your big buddies of capitalism, those corporate cronies idolized in your wistful wet dreams of power that left you swooning so hard, you just had to become one more pathetic lobbyist… A lobbyist…do the world a favor and step on the third rail! So, now you work … Continue reading Dear Chris Dodd of the MPAA…SOPA/PIPA NSFW version

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised

Romney: I like being able to fire people…

Mitt Romney, the presidential candidate one pundit described as the candidate who most looks like the guy who laid you off during the recession had this to say in New Hampshire today: “I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.” Granted, the line was taken out of context as he was discussing how people dissatisfied with the service they are getting … Continue reading Romney: I like being able to fire people…

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Control the Information, Katrina, New Orleans, Supression of Science

The truth, gosh…it’s just “so long and so complicated…”

…and so inconvenient. Anyways, so as I read on the New Orleans Ladder, Sandy Rosenthal from Levees.org goes to the Louisiana State Review Board to give her presentation regarding why the levee breaches should be placed on the National Register of Historic Places (uh…duh’) and they vote three yes’s, and six…no’s? No’s? How could this be? Sure sounds like these professional academics suffered a brain breach. Throughout our lives, very … Continue reading The truth, gosh…it’s just “so long and so complicated…”

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

Reason #183 BP’s cleanup was about PR from the very beginning…

Can’t you just imagine BP’s control room after the oil gushing into the Gulf  hit mainstream news worldwide? Bunch of sweaty suits and PR flacks sitting around, not concerned about the truth per se, but more about how to spin what couldn’t be denied, that the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Coast were about to be really screwed, and for a long time… Oil … Continue reading Reason #183 BP’s cleanup was about PR from the very beginning…

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