So…okay. They are “dispersing” the oil globs by use of chemicals (which kills marine life just as effectively, if not more so, than crude oil and is literally about the WORST thing that can be done). We are not using microbes - which neutralize the oil, and which all top scientists across the world say is the best course of action.
Why are we ignoring the obvious and doing the most damage possible?
Well, here’s a thought. They’re now building giant shopping malls for tourists in former rain forests. Who is doing the building? That’s right - corporations that are owned / run by Texaco / Chevron - some of the very companies that killed the rain forests.
A destroyed rain forest that’s good for nothing but a shopping spree is not really all THAT different from a destroyed chunk of ocean that’s good for nothing but an oil field.
But, no way. It must be a coincidence. Just like how it must be a coincidence that top scientists who know aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall about microbes and other effective ways to capture / nautralize the oil aren’t being interviewed on the news. Because, you know, a dead ocean is a great source of income for oil companies. And, unless you watch the corporate news, you know that BP is only paying a few hundred million on liability - the rest of the cost is being picked up by you and me. BP will be free to continue making a profit.
Balloon Boy got 24/7 coverage for almost a week, but we can sit through an hour of “news” and hear little of value about the oil leak.
BP is a huge advertiser on the 24/7 news channels. Which is why I always say, “If you want to know which way your news is spinning, observe the ads sandwiched between the segments.” I cannot believe Americans think they’re getting NEWS now that “news” is an income generator instead of a Public Service (which it used to be, and networks did it at a loss in order to get their FCC license renewed).
Observe what you see / hear and better yet - what you DON’T. Note how frequent you’re hearing politicians and corporate shills assuring us, “the plumes are hardly visible”, “the ocean will absorb the oil”, “it looks like chocolate milk” - and how infrequently you hear that Halliburton capped that oil well for BP - waiting for the price to jump - but instead, the cap popped and now all involved are NOT repairing the problem - because they know what a dead ocean can bring to them in terms of profit.
GREED brought us this problem and greed is exacerbating it.
Think I’m sounding conspiratorial? Then I remind you to reflect back to the fallout after 911, when most of America got bamboozled into thinking W Bush was doing the right thing by bringing us into war (in an area of the world where OIL is also prolific).
WAKE UP PEOPLE. Start demanding accountability by being an involved citizen…or watch as your rights, choices, and freedoms get entirely gobbled up by your corporate pimp daddies.
Tags: BP Oil Spill, British Petroleum, rainforests into shopping malls
