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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-10 09:06 AM
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Recap - How bad does the oilgush have to get..
.. before incompetence and corruption become unacceptable?

I mean, would you let BP touch anything on earth these days? Well, ...

http://www.examiner.com/x-42287-Chicago-Green-Technology-Examiner~y2010m5d22-Oil-giant-BP-reaches-agreement-to-sell-wind-power-to-Colorado-utility

Would you trust a "thinktank" to solve a problem that is already calamitous and should have been fixed well before this?

http://www.examiner.com/x-42287-Chicago-Green-Technology-Examiner~y2010m5d22-Oil-giant-BP-reaches-agreement-to-sell-wind-power-to-Colorado-utility

How much are you willing to tolerate in light of horrors like those done to keep survivors and reporters quiet?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/20/survivor-deepwater-horizon-gulf-oil-explosion

http://www.fastcompany.com/1650209/why-did-a-boat-of-bp-contractors-and-coast-guard-officers-threaten-to-arrest-investigative-r

Also, what good is an EPA if the likes of BP can just tell them to drop dead?

http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/bp_is_sticking_with_its_disper.html

How can we trust a government that won't listen to its oceanographers and works under a veil of secrecy?

http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/Escalating_Clash_between_Oceanographers_and_Obama_Administration_over_Oil_Spill_Secrecy_100521

And on and on, so it goes.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-10 09:56 AM
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1. If DU had the will, we could stop the oil leak
after all if we think the government could do it if they had the will....
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