GULF DISASTER Breaking News

  Gulf Dead Zone – NASA-NOAA

 CENTER for BIODIVERSITY: GULF DISASTER Breaking News

 “The Supreme Court says that corporations have the same rights as individuals. When they misbehave, shouldn’t they face consequences as serious as those imposed upon an individual?

 “It goes without saying that a person who commits a crime ought to face punishment proportional to the offense. Large and midsize corporations, which employ thousands of employees, have far vaster reach and power than even the wealthiest ordinary citizens. So their crimes can be breathtaking in scope. The 1984 industrial catastrophe at a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India killed 15,000 people. An additional 200,000 have since suffered serious injuries. Compared to the boards of directors of Union Carbide and Dow Chemical, which bought the company in 2001, Ted Bundy was small potatoes.”

 Nationalize BP and Other Criminal Corporations by Ted Rall

 This may well be the environmental crisis that tips the giant snowball off the cliff.  Why in the hell doesn’t Obama declare dog-pile on the rabbit?  Every available resource and every affected and concerned country should be invited to help plug the oil leaks in the Gulf.  BP either criminally wants as much of the oil as they can salvage, or they’re criminally incompetent.  Whatever the case, we can’t afford anymore of these sucking super corporations!

 

Not so dumb now, huh?

SELFISH POSTSCRIPT:  I wouldn’t worry about this so much, if the corporatists and ignorant who are despoiling the planet were only endangering themselves.  I just realize that their stupidity and greed are going to kill everything, including me!  Now, I don’t know about you, gentle reader, but that pisses me off.

“Act.  There may be no result in your lifetime, but without action, there will be no result at all.” – Mahatma Gandhi.

Here are some action and primary resource links that help to make a positive difference. 

INVOLVED AND INFORMED (essential links):

KEITH OLBERMANN: GULF FACES ECOLOGICAL DISASTER – VIDEO

CENTER for BIODIVERSITY: GULF DISASTER Breaking News

AVAAZ: http://www.avaaz.org/en/ Avaaz members respond by rapidly combining the small amounts of time or money they can give into a powerful collective force. In just hours we can send hundreds of thousands of messages to political leaders telling them to save a crucial summit on climate change , hold hundreds of rallies across the world calling for action to prevent a genocide, or donate hundreds of thousands of euros, dollars and yen to support nonviolent protest in Burma. Click here to see a list of our campaigns and impact in 2007. 

Weather Underground http://www.wunderground.com/  is committed to delivering the most reliable, accurate weather information possible. Our state-of-the-art technology monitors conditions and forecasts for locations across the world, so you’ll always find the weather information that you need.

The Newseum http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised.

World Clock http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf : time, and real-time statistics: population, death, illness, environment, energy, us crimes, food, more.

The Natural Resources Defense Council  http://www.nrdc.org/ works to protect wildlife and wild places and to ensure a healthy environment for all life on earth.

Since 1892, the Sierra Club http://www.sierraclub.org/ has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States.

“WE http://www.wecansolveit.org/ are 2,313, 499 people determined to Solve the Climate Crisis and Repower America with 100% clean electricity within 10 years.”  The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection – a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore.  The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis — in part through repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy sources within 10 years.  Our economy, national security, and climate can’t afford to wait.

Founded in 1947, Defenders of Wildlife http://www.defenders.org/index.php is one of the country’s leaders in science-based, results-oriented wildlife conservation. We stand out in our commitment to saving imperiled wildlife and championing the Endangered Species Act, the landmark law that protects them.

EASTER ISLAND BLUES: Related article: https://johnlegry.wordpress.com/endangered-earth-showcase/easter-island-blues/