Category: Disenfranchised

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised

Free Speech for Reporters in the Gulf Freed, With Two Exceptions

In a bit of conditional good news out of the Gulf, public pressure has forced the Coast Guard to lift their ban on the press from getting within sixty yards of boom. Throughout this episode, the Coast Guard has maintained this was being done to protect the boom that is protecting very little, due to dispersants driving the oil underwater and therefore underneath the surface … Continue reading Free Speech for Reporters in the Gulf Freed, With Two Exceptions

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill

BP Claims Top Hat 10 Could Completely Stop Gusher, Now The Pressure’s On Everybody

I sure as hell hope this works and I for one will be glad to nod my head towards those that helped get this thing sealed, but there will be no “thank you’s” in the offing. There will only be more pressure…pressure on BP to “make things right,” as they say. This is America and our attention span is short, and once the majority of … Continue reading BP Claims Top Hat 10 Could Completely Stop Gusher, Now The Pressure’s On Everybody

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Tony Hayward

BP: A history of disaster, a culture of empty words

A great article in the New York Times explores BP’s track record of disaster, safety violations, and maximum profits at high risk, all the while claiming safety is their number one priority. Much like the talking head politicians on Sunday morning talk-shows, or television and radio programs by your Glenn Becks, Rush Limbaugh’s and Sean Hannity’s, Tony Hayward seems to believe that just because you … Continue reading BP: A history of disaster, a culture of empty words

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Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Supression of Science

Scientists feel same pressure to spin research under Obama

“White House officials say the administration’s commitment to science has not wavered.” Interesting quote from an article in the LA Times., considering what a complete line of crap this is. Remember back in the day, when GW Bush was president and we’d read article after article how federal scientists were pressured to align their research with what the Bush administration wanted as policy? Remember when … Continue reading Scientists feel same pressure to spin research under Obama

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British Petroleum, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, Tony Hayward

LA officials say BP may cut payments to 40,000

What’s this? You mean BP was lying when they said they will “make things right?” No way, you can’t be serious. Louisiana’s Department of Children and Family Services were never even formally told by BP payments were being reduced to 40,000 people; they discovered it when they were reviewing BP’s claim summary and noticed a significant cut in daily payments. British Petroleum are a bunch … Continue reading LA officials say BP may cut payments to 40,000

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Tony Hayward

BP, EPA tells cleanup workers they are safe, just don’t breathe

British Petroleum released, quietly…oh so quietly, new information today about their results from chemical testing. What? You mean the PR department didn’t try to splash that one all over Google, Facebook, MySpace, Sarah Palin’s forehead and Texas Congressman Joe Barton’s ass? Nope. Turns out that 20% of the Gulf Coast cleanup crews have been sickened by a chemical that sickened cleanup workers involved in Exxon’s … Continue reading BP, EPA tells cleanup workers they are safe, just don’t breathe

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British Petroleum, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Restore the Wetlands

Bobby Jindal’s Political Ambitions, Very Desperate

Bobby, Bobby, Bobby… Look man, we all realize that your Presidential aspirations are drowning in oil and you have a strong urge, a need to do something, now, right now. I get it and when you first brought up the whole sand berm approach I was all for it and all for you telling the government to piss off, you were going to do it … Continue reading Bobby Jindal’s Political Ambitions, Very Desperate

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British Petroleum, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

Johnnie Burton, GW’s MMS Director Doesn’t Understand What The Fuss Is About

Johnnie Burton emerges: She was the Mineral and Management Services Director for GW from 2000-2007 and she doesn’t seem to understand what all the hub-bub is about over at the MMS these days. “When I was there, it seemed to work so well,” she says. True, when you give the oil companies whatever they want, and deplete the means of your own agency to enforce … Continue reading Johnnie Burton, GW’s MMS Director Doesn’t Understand What The Fuss Is About

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

BP caught covering up the oil with sand, the photos, the Coast Guard denial

We’ve been talking about it on the internet for a week now, and John Wathen on BPOilslick got it, photos of cleanup crews with heavy loaders, dredging up sand and then dumping it on tar balls and pools of oil. Clean beach may be good for the tourist’s photos, but really bad for toxicity levels. Apparently, this is British Petroleum doing everything it can to … Continue reading BP caught covering up the oil with sand, the photos, the Coast Guard denial

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British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Restore the Wetlands

Who Will Pay to Fix Louisiana? Big Oil is Big Pimpin’…

You mean to tell me that the short-sightedness was not the sole property of British Petroleum, that all the oil companies have been making shortsighted decision for the past 100 years, and they’ve been enabled in these endeavors by the state’s politicians? Say it ain’t so Landrieu, say it ain’t so. 8000 miles of canals were dug through the wetlands for easier and cheaper access … Continue reading Who Will Pay to Fix Louisiana? Big Oil is Big Pimpin’…

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