How about some news? I already know that corporations own the government. I already know what the government allowed BP to do any damn thing they pleased.

I already know that fancy names for 'soap' are being agreed upon. I know that giving BP the right to determine the definition of the word "soap" is being sold---to the highest bidder as usual.

Anybody want to argue with my assumptions?

No? Then that would mean that the news media, government, Big oil, are running the country. Hell, that would mean that you and I don't give a shit. We have given up.

Since our well bribed government allowed this to happen then I think that the bottom 90% of the tax payers should be exempt from paying for any of this catastrophy.

Man, what a disgrace. If anyone would have told me what the world would come to in 2010 back in 1970, I wouldn't have believed it possible. I honestly don't think this "society" or "civilization," or whatever you want to call this farce of human existence, will last much longer in its present form than 10 years. And thank whatever providence for that...down with capitalism.

"No matter how cynical you get it is impossible to keep up."
-Lily Tomlin

Oily Honesty empirePie May 7, 2010

It ain’t just honesty looking lonely any more
spin and truthiness are looking downright grim
from George ‘the decider’ to Hank ‘the disburser’
to the oily Obama, the “yes we can” er
things keep getting worser and worser.

Never mind a little ‘irrational exuberance’ on the Street
we’ve got ‘panicky irrationality’ taking up the beat
a high frequency slide with orders to hide.

You’d think the terror nation was in a jam
what with all the bankster’s on the lam
or is it just the priciness of Sam?
as we all call: “Uncle”
from the patriot priders to the Abu Ghraibers
to the neo Conserve-your-money-ists

Ya all better harken to the decider George
and tight rope balancer Predator President O
“this sucker could go down”
for the money in the slide
is the black gold tide.

Business friendly "loopholes" are inexcusable.

Is this why we see the name of Halliburton working on this site--part of the deal maybe?

From Obama down to the lowest oil company employee...a bunch of murderers. All of them are guilty as hell, so stop pointing fingers and admit it. BOYCOTT BP!!!

I don't believe that the government's environmental review exemption for BP has anything to do with the "spill" from the oil rig. It's much more likely to be about the opposition oil companies would face from the public for future deep sea drilling if we were permitted to know the real reasons why the leak occurred, the extent of the damage to marine life and to terrestrial ecosystems along the shoreline, and the economic fallout on Gulf State businesses dependent on the ocean. There would certainly be an outcry regarding future deep sea drilling. With Arctic countries' governments' foaming at the mouth with the anticipation of major revenues from deep sea drilling as the ice retreats, the last thing they want is strong opposition.

It's in their profit interests to make the impacts of the BP catastrophe go away from public view as quickly as possible. An environmental review would maintain the focus for longer, and also increase fears about future drilling.

Imagine a spill of this magnitude in the fragile Arctic ecosystem! There is nothing that can be done to ensure that a similar spill will not happen again. Titanics sink in spite of the best laid plans of mice and men. Perhaps an honest environmental review would recommend that deep sea drilling be banned. And now imagine how oil companies would respond to that!