drill, baby, drill!

[Rex]

There's a lot that I find increasingly troubling about this situation.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/..._oil_20100706/

the coast guard is apparently busy serving the interests of BP, not the public.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by cacophony

i get the feeling the US gov't is hoping to come out of this whole spill business unscathed. they're hoping to point at BP and evil big business and say, "it wasn't our fault!"

Kevin Bacon is to blame!!!! (via. Daily Show)

[Strangelet]

Hey England, glad you supported your home team against those unruly colonists now?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...ie-bomber.html

BP is facing fresh scrutiny into whether it was involved in the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, after the oil giant admitted lobbying the British government over a prisoner agreement with Libya.

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not sure people here were particular comfortable about that whole sorry incident. no surprise that the deeper you dig, the shittier it gets...

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

Hey England, glad you supported your home team against those unruly colonists now?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...ie-bomber.html

WHAT THE......?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

Hey England, glad you supported your home team against those unruly colonists now?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...ie-bomber.html

Be fascinated to see how this develops.

[stimpee]

Larry Hagman says "Shine baby, shine!" supporting solar power initiative
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/bu...html?src=busln

He said the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico prompted him to bring back the J. R. character. “With all that oil gushing away in the gulf, I figured it was time to call for a new direction in where we’re getting our energy,” the actor said. “Since Sarah Palin is saying, ‘Drill, baby, drill,’ I’m saying, ‘Shine, baby, shine.’ It’s a lot cheaper and cleaner.”

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by stimpee

Larry Hagman says "Shine baby, shine!" supporting solar power initiative
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/bu...html?src=busln

He said the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico prompted him to bring back the J. R. character. “With all that oil gushing away in the gulf, I figured it was time to call for a new direction in where we’re getting our energy,” the actor said. “Since Sarah Palin is saying, ‘Drill, baby, drill,’ I’m saying, ‘Shine, baby, shine.’ It’s a lot cheaper and cleaner.”

Taking on the oil industry... dangerous stuff. He's gonna get shot coming out with stuff like that.