Nice post OM. Something to think about for those who call for smaller goverment!
On 4 May, 09:54, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > Don, like OM, cares for humanity. I wonder how many British feel > responsible enough to vote Green. > > On May 4, 8:13 am, vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > God Bless Ya, OM, but watch out for Don ... he's still a pro ' market > > can do no wrong ' and for the ' money making model of human being ' > > conservative ! > > > Don, don't go wild with rage if you read this. I know you are coming > > around. > > > On May 4, 6:13 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > President Barack Obama pretty much stated the obvious when he called > > > the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico “a massive and potentially > > > unprecedented environmental disaster.” > > > > The oil well pouring a river of crude into the Gulf of Mexico didn't > > > have the normal type of remote-control shut-off switch used in Norway > > > and the UK as last-resort protection against underwater spills, > > > largely because the oil companies themselves are responsible for > > > "voluntary" compliance with safety and environmental standards. > > > > It was in 1994, two years into the Clinton administration, when this > > > practice of putting the fox in charge of the henhouse was legalized, > > > about the same time George W. Bush was doing the same thing in Texas, > > > a program pushed hard in the previous administration by Dan Quayle's > > > so-called "competitiveness council" charged with deregulating > > > industry. > > > > The accident has led to one of the largest ever oil spills in U.S. > > > water and the loss of 11 lives. Voluntary safety for oil wells, but > > > you and I can get stopped by the police if we don't fasten our safety > > > belts? Eleven people have died because Halliburton and BP wanted to > > > save money. In the first hundred years of this republic it was > > > commonplace for rogue corporations to get the corporate death penalty > > > - being shut down, dissolved, and having their assets sold off. > > > Through the 19th century, it averaged around 2000 companies a year > > > that got the axe. > > > > If the Supreme Court now says that corporations are people - and they > > > did - then these corporations should be eligible for the corporate > > > death penalty. > > > > Time to break up and sell off the pieces of Halliburton and British > > > Petroleum. > > > >http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2010/05/halliburton-bp-it-time-corpo...- > > >Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
