Rising Hegemon
The government is expected to announce on Wednesday that three-quarters of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak has already evaporated, dispersed, been captured or otherwise eliminated — and that much of the rest is so diluted that it does not seem to pose much additional risk of harm.
Of course, the report also says (undoubtedly in a smaller font)
the government remained concerned about the ecological damage that has already occurred and the potential for more
But that will almost certainly not be emphasized in the interpretations of this report.
One can't help but wonder if somebody in the government got a transfer:
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, the White House instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to give the public misleading information, telling New Yorkers it was safe to breathe when reliable information on air quality was not available.
I expect various Republican Congresspersons to demand a Constitutional Amendment mandating drilling in the National Parks any minute.
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]
4 comments:
The excuses will make for interesting reading when people start dying of mysterious diseases all around the Gulf Coast and most of the marine life in the northern Gulf disappears.
Margaret Hamburg at the FDA is doing her part by reopening fishing waters off the coasts of Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. This is seriously messed up.
“I have heard first-hand from commercial fishermen and seafood processors about not only the importance of getting back to their livelihoods, but also their commitment to protecting the health of their customers and making sure consumers have the most up-to-date and accurate information available,” Hamburg said in her statement.
Supporting two diametrically opposed interests, making sure business comes first. Oozing with trustworthiness and reliability.
Guess what, folks — seafood is off the menu.
bushies embedded themselves.
i can forgive a lot of things, but obama helping to mitigate corporate culpability for this tragedy...
well, i guess once you stoop to sending men off to their deaths for a senseless war, merely for the sake of political expediency, everything else turns into small potatoes. once you step off that moral precipice, you become rendered moorless and without principle.
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