Obama reverses his position on offshore drilling
Today, Obama proposed that we open up millions of acres along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling. And, in doing so, he once...
View ArticleDrill Baby Drill… or maybe not
I’ve been looking all over the web to see if Sarah “Drill Baby Drill” Palin has mentioned the catastrophic crude oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, but I haven’t been able to find anything. Word is, the...
View ArticlePlug the hole with Rush!
Locked in heated battle with Sarah Palin for leadership of the delusional Tea Party wing of the Republican party, Rush Limbaugh went for broke today, suggesting not only that the recent BP oil spill...
View ArticleCastro on the oil spill
I wouldn’t call myself a fan of Fidel Castro, but it’s hard to disagree with him on the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and what it illustrates. Here’s what he had to say in a statement...
View ArticleThrowing oil and shaving heads
According to recent reports, the amount of crude oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico may be ten times more than was first estimated, or up to 70,000 barrels a day. In spite of this, Tony Hayward, the...
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Turtles want their lives back too, you self-obsessed asshole
The quote, for those of you who don’t recognize it, is from Tony Hayward, the President of BP, who, I believe, said it in complete seriousness, as though he felt that people should feel sorry for his...
View ArticleConfirming what some of us knew all along about BP’s chemical dispersants…
Marine biologist Rick Steiner came out a few days ago, in an interview with Time, and stated that the primary reason an oil company would use such chemicals is to keep oil off the ocean’s surface,...
View ArticleThe real threat, and the art of distraction
As much as 2.52 million gallons of crude oil may be gushing into the Gulf each day, and, despite the claims of global climate change deniers, 2010 is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded...
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Derrick Jensen on the necessity of armed revolution, the futility of...
A few nights ago, as a part of Eastern Michigan University’s weeklong “Activism and Education” festivities, noted author and environmental activist Derrick Jensen addressed students and members of the...
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Having learning nothing from the Gulf disaster, BP allows crude oil to pour...
It looks like our friends at BP are up to their old tricks again. This time, though, the oil being spilled isn’t in the Gulf of Mexico, where the company’s cost-cutting measures in 2010 led to the...
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Liars on the Storm
This past Sunday, Donald Trump repeatedly said in public statements that Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian. He tweeted it. He said it at the White House. And he said it during his visit to...
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