New Orleans/Oil Companies

[Senior]

Most people probably realize that the Gulf of Mexico is one of the major supply points for oil in NA, sometimes called the second Texas. What many don't know is that this has come with a price. Due to dams on the Mississippi, pollution and the activities of the oil companies there has been extensive damage caused to the wetlands (the bayou) along the coastal regions. New Orleans in particular is now paying the price for this as what was once a natural barrier that protected the coastal region from storm surges has been decimated. Should oil companies, considering the massive revenues they have generated doing this, be held partially responsible for the costs associated with this catastrophe?

For a general background on this see, http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/

[esoter1c]

But the fuckers never will, the fuckin' scumbags !

[decypher]

If the oil companies are held responsible, the consumers will also be affected too.

[gnosis]

Carefull, there, Senior!

That's downright Commie-talk!

You could end up on a "list", somewhere!

Don't you know that AhmehriKKKa is all about the _RIGHT_ to rape and pillage at the expense of the environment and people?!

It's what God wants!

Frosty
(Reparations, WHUT?)

[Senior]

Originally Posted by decypher

If the oil companies are held responsible, the consumers will also be affected too.

The consumers are being affected already I would say... Isn't that what you call having your city 20 feet under water? Beyond that as an example Exon reported profits of over $7 Billion last quarter.

Frosty, have you tried going into the US recently? I'm on some list for sure because they knew a lot about me, very creepy in fact.

[Senior]

Originally Posted by Senior

The consumers are being affected already I would say... Isn't that what you call having your city 20 feet under water? Beyond that as an example Exon reported profits of over $7 Billion last quarter.

Frosty, have you tried going into the US recently? I'm on some list for sure because they knew a lot about me, very creepy in fact.

p.s. That's a little less than $80,000,000 a day, profit.

[BongMan]

^^ I wish my job paid that well

[gnosis]

Originally Posted by Senior

Frosty, have you tried going into the US recently? I'm on some list for sure because they knew a lot about me, very creepy in fact.

I've not been in the United States of Fascism for well over 13 years.

I've travelled quite a lot, around the globe, and the only problem I've had crossing a border was going into AhmehriKKKa.

It's not worth the harrassment I've received.

Fuck 'em!

I'll stay in Canada, and visit the rest of the planet.

But, not the US.

Frosty
(Be afraid)

[thebobman]

Haliburton just got the majority of clean up contracts for NO

[mux]

Originally Posted by thebobman

Haliburton just got the majority of clean up contracts for NO

Who saw that one coming?