The Gulf States Are Still Suffering.....
By Adoniah
@Adoniah (7512)
United States
July 27, 2010 4:28pm CST
The Gulf States are still in a terrible situation. The fisherman are not getting paid because BP has made the paperwork impossible to complete. The only beaches being cleaned are a few in Fl. that are easy to get to and that are very photogenic.
Louisiana and its marshes and bayous are destroyed for many generations. In most places the animals and the marshes are just being ignored. The people are doomed too. The are breathing the fumes and the chemical dispersants just like the workers who are becoming ill.
The dispersants are being compared to "agent orange" in the damage they are going to do to the environment eventually. They are supposed to "disperse the oil",but they also are made from oil, so it is like adding fuel to the fire. Which is actually what happened on one beach..."the water caught on fire." The "parts per million" of oil in the water is way higher than the experts expected it to be all over the gulf. They have decided that this is being caused by the oil in the dispersant itself as well as the oil.
BP is backpeddling on payments to the people injured by this catastrophe. They are trying to use the 20 billion to pay the cleanup crews, the armed guards, lawyers,and advertising instead of the fishermen etc.
I have heard many Americans saying that they feel sorry for the workers at BP gas stations because folks have been boycotting. If BP won't honor their agreement to fix the problem and pay what they should, how do you think we should force them to do something? Our Government is supporting them 100%, because of all of the Iraq oil contracts and the other oil contracts they have in the Gulf,so they will not make them pay. What should we do if not boycott the stations?????
Shalom~Adoniah
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@urbandekay (18278)
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29 Jul 10
The power of global corporations is out of balance with the power of governments. Those that bewail the power of governments would do well to remember that it is governments that protect them from the evils of global corporations.
What is needed is strong international agreement between governments to limit the power of businesses. Strong and unified international tax laws would also be a great benison
all the best urban
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@urbandekay (18278)
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10 Aug 10
Absolutely, power corrupts but absolute power, tends to corrupt absolutely. The hope is in a balance of power. Here in UK the media has become too powerful, for instance, and its power needs to be clipped, but in many countries a more powerful media would be a foil to the excessive and corrupting power of government
all the best urban
@michaeldadona (5684)
• Malaysia
28 Jul 10
Boycotting the BP gas stations throughout the nation is an effective way to exhibit our protest against BP "arrogant" response to all parties involved. In this issue, I got one question, why does White House not so interested to "punish" BP? Does just because of BP funding the middle-east war?
Related to the question, White House never has discussed about to approve the compensation to be given to the affected fishermen before getting back claim money from BP. But, when it comes to war issue in middle-east war field, why there always money or fund for it? From where did the said money/fund came from?
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@Adoniah (7512)
• United States
28 Jul 10
The money to fund the various wars comes out of our pockets here in the states. We cannot "punish"BP, but we should attempt to make them pay for what they have done to the environment and the livelihoods of the folks affected. This does not just affect Americans. It will have an impact on the World.
Thanks for stopping by...
Shalom~Adoniah


