There's nothing altruistic about trade- it's a two-way street. Shall we lunge at the Crusades for spices and silk? The British for needing an empire? (Trade routes and raw materials- don't forget those poor weavers in India who had their thumbs cut off so they wouldn't compete with the home industry.) Or why we are here in America! What a great idea to overwhelm the Indians and Spanish with immigrants and slaves from everywhere. Not that our mines and other industries were pristine and run altruistically anymore than on other continents. I could go on but you seem to be sleepy.
On May 8, 10:18 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Ya rigsy, BP has always done a pristine and altruistic job…history > clearly absolves them of all blame and places it at the feet of the > voracious consumer, cowardly environmentalists and the vengeful, > living in the past, unworthy and fat cat current president, right? > Yawn. > > On May 8, 6:08 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think BP is doing a tremendous job under tremendously difficult > > circumstances. Of course the public forgets its thirst for oil and the > > lily-livered enviornmentalists are trying to drum up pity while Obama > > checks off another "enemy" though very comfortable with his erstwhile > > lifestyle that the electorate provided. Ho-hum. > > > On May 3, 1:59 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/4/30/862414/-BP-Oil-Platform-S... > > > > Of course, the rig was run by Halliburton too...no big surprise, > > > right? > > > > All political rhetoric aside, crimes against humanity are involved > > > here.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
