A decade of disdain for government regulation over offshore oil drilling and a complete disregard of all scientific fact allowed this disaster to happen.
"Responding to the accusations that agency scientists were being silenced, Ms. Barkoff added, “Under the previous administration, there was a pattern of suppressing science in decisions, and we are working very hard to change the culture and empower scientists in the Department of the Interior."
BP (Bush Petroleum) is not working in the best interest of the United States and the residents of the Gulf of Mexico.
BP does not want to stop the flow of oil in the Gulf. They want to CAPTURE the flow of oil so they can still profit from this.
They are willing to let this gusher of oil and dispersant continue to flow into the Gulf, killing flora and fauna, destroying wetlands, wiping out people's traditional livelihoods, until August or beyond so they can drill a relief well that will stop the flow into the Gulf but still allow them to make a profit.
Imagine this summer.
The entire Gulf of Mexico is a huge, swirling, reservoir of raw crude oil, bubbling with methane gas, littered with dead, bloated sea critters.
A lightning strike from a summer thunderstorm ignites the oil.
Now the entire Gulf of Mexico is a flaming cauldron of death and pollution.
We just entered hurricane season.
Try, if you can, to imagine a flaming, oily, polluted ocean being churned up and hurled ashore by 200 mph winds in crashing, colossal, fiery waves.
Imagine this monster...
But with the clouds burning black from flaming crude oil.
Imagine this picture...
...but with the water burning and belching black petroleum pollutants into the atmosphere.
Obama needs to pull the plug on BP and the MMS.
He needs to call together a task force of the best SCIENTIFIC experts from other oil companies, other countries, every university to brainstorm innovative solutions to stop this shit. Fuck profits! Fuck BP's investment. Fuck gas prices. STOP THE FUCKING LEAK! NOW!
When you see this logo...
...don't stop and don't buy.
When you see this logo...
Remember that they are the ones responsible for this oily, flaming, unregulated environmental mess.
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