Poisoning the Planet

The poor of Ecuador may soon get some justice for how Texaco (now part of Chevron) raped the Amazon rain-forest and these people for the massive failure to manage toxic waste.

As seen last night on 60 Minutes:


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And good for Obama (and Patrick Leahy) for being on this in advance of his running for President.

The Chevron lawyer in this video is so bad she's like Martin Short's old sleeze character, Nathan Thurm. "I have oil from make up in my face but I won't die from it". OY!