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Lobo27

(753 posts)
Fri May 16, 2014, 11:13 PM May 2014

BP can go to hell...

Please if you have the chance try to watch tonight's Vice. They shed the light on the bull shit that BP did in the gulf. I was surprised by some of the stuff they shed light on. The fishing industry has been wrecked. They were also spraying chemicals on the oil that made the harmful stuff in the oil more potent.............

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BP can go to hell... (Original Post) Lobo27 May 2014 OP
They got kicked out of hell. Rod Beauvex May 2014 #1
yeah it is pretty grim. And as usual systemic corruption is in play. Warren Stupidity May 2014 #2
I stopped eating Gulf shrimp and fish Ilsa May 2014 #3
Yeah unfortunately... Lobo27 May 2014 #5
haven't bought gas from them since the oil spill Terra Alta May 2014 #4
Same here. moondust May 2014 #6
Um, if you all agree, could you rec it? snot May 2014 #7
K & R SunSeeker May 2014 #8
BP cannot go to Hell Jack Rabbit May 2014 #9
BP are Criminals! sabrina 1 May 2014 #10
It was no picnic being there during that disaster. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #11
........... alittlelark May 2014 #12
They touched on it in VICE, but the marshlands are really bad off right now. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #13
I am in a Hort program in CA and we have been discussing this... alittlelark May 2014 #15
K&R me b zola May 2014 #14
K&R n/t Joe Shlabotnik May 2014 #16
Obama Administration allows BP to drill in the Gulf of Mexico. bvar22 May 2014 #17
K&R nt laundry_queen May 2014 #18
Come on in, the water's fine ... GeorgeGist May 2014 #19
If corporations are people, why hasn't BP been arrested yet? Initech May 2014 #20

Terra Alta

(5,158 posts)
4. haven't bought gas from them since the oil spill
Fri May 16, 2014, 11:21 PM
May 2014

and will never do so. There was damage done that was irreversible. Fuck BP.

moondust

(19,974 posts)
6. Same here.
Fri May 16, 2014, 11:40 PM
May 2014

Used to buy BP gas but not anymore.

During the Vice show I was wondering if anybody has been upgrading spill recovery methods since the BP disaster. Then they interviewed Frank Pallone who basically said Congress has done nothing. BP says it will continue to do whatever Congress allows. So the answer appears to be nothing has changed.

Unbelievable.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
9. BP cannot go to Hell
Sat May 17, 2014, 01:50 AM
May 2014

Speaking hypothetically, Hell is for wicked people. BP is not a person; it is a corporation, and, as everyone but the crooks on the Supreme Court knows, a corporation is not a person.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
10. BP are Criminals!
Sat May 17, 2014, 02:18 AM
May 2014

But like our War and Wall St. Criminals, they will not be held accountable, until things change drastically and the rule of law is reinstated.

11 Men Died when their criminal negligence chose to save a few dollars rather than provide for the safety and well being of their employees and of the American people and future generations.

Something is very wrong about how this was handled.

Behind the Aegis

(53,952 posts)
11. It was no picnic being there during that disaster.
Sat May 17, 2014, 02:20 AM
May 2014

My partner and I watched this tonight and were horrified at how bad it has become. We already knew it was bad, even after the press left. The birds are also being mutated, many aren't even making it past chick stage.

Behind the Aegis

(53,952 posts)
13. They touched on it in VICE, but the marshlands are really bad off right now.
Sat May 17, 2014, 02:29 AM
May 2014

I don't think most people, other than those who have been there or live there, have any idea just how bad it is. The cycle of life has been severely disrupted. They didn't talk about on VICE, but I wonder if the oil will cause the water temps to rise, which will produce more powerful and long lasting hurricanes.

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
15. I am in a Hort program in CA and we have been discussing this...
Sat May 17, 2014, 03:03 AM
May 2014

Quite a bit. The science is there, but the press is not. It is an ecological disaster we have yet to recognize. The biomagnification has yet to really reach us...we are at the top of the chain... a few years - or less. Our ppm of the chemicals will be stunning.


The species Homo Sapien sapien seems to have put ourselves in Hospice Care - amusing ourselves with electronics, fashion, reality shows, and online porn instead of DOING SOMETHING!!!

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