Oh, yes, Tony Hayward, you and BP “will get this done” and you “will make it right.” Meantime, stop spending your millions to spread your unctuous, ill-timed, ill-conceived advertising all over my TV and newspapers. Get off American television and out of America’s face and go back to England where, maybe, they still like you. … Continue reading Hayward, take your ads and go home
(Visualization by Tim Scheitlin and Mary Haley, NCAR; based on model simulations.) NCAR, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, right up the road in Boulder, CO, has released this computer-simulated dye study showing where ocean currents would likely carry BP’s runaway oil over a typical April-July period. The colors represent a dilution factor and are … Continue reading Coming soon to a beach near you
Lots of stuff going on in the world, almost everywhere but here. * * * BP today is going to be cutting off and removing the collapsed, kinked riser pipe from its leaking well in preparation for the installation of a cap on the blowout preventer, which should significantly reduce the amount of oil escaping … Continue reading June 1 brain dump
BP CEO Tony Hayward has suggested the oil spill clean-up workers who were hospitalized this week might have been suffering from food poisoning. (This while BP continues to insist workers don’t need to wear respirators.) He went on camera to say “I’m sorry” and directly contradicted numerous marine scientists on the scene by claiming there … Continue reading BP CEO Hayward wants his life back
What do you do with people who have committed one of history’s most egregious crimes against the environment? And managed to kill 11 employees in the process? Realistically, when this BP mess is all over, the best punishment I’ve been able to dream up is some hard time in prison for those responsible. Not a … Continue reading Appropriate punishment for BP
For years I’ve been fascinated by James Carville (D) and Mary Matalin (R). It’s a love/hate thing really, depending on the issue at hand. They are both so politically active, so high profile, and so outspoken — on opposite sides of the political fence. I surmise theirs is probably not a dull marriage. They have … Continue reading The odd couple
