POOR OLD BP
Great Britain once was a great country, full of pride and less than 100 years ago the most productive nation on earth. Now reliant upon financial services for 35% of its gross national product, most former industrial cities look almost the same as Detroit excepting the local populations are dominated by new immigrants from the [...]
HEY GREENIES WHAT ABOUT NATURAL DISASTERS?
All eyes are on BP as they clean up the mess in the Gulf of Mexico. Just like the Exxon Valdez disaster, it will take years for the courts to process all the claims and probably at least a decade before insurance pays anything out. I personally believe the contractors Halliburton and Transocean are at [...]
WHO’S TO BLAME FOR THE DISASTER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO?
No, it isn’t BP. It is a Swiss corporation called Transocean who needs its head put through the wringer. Even though it employs Americans almost exclusively and controls its operations from Houston, the company changed its H.Q. from the Cayman Islands to Zug Switzerland in early 2009 because of better tax dodging deals. You learn [...]
AMERICA IS ENTERING A KINDER, GENTLER PHASE
President Obama’s first hundred days in office has been like no other in my living memory. When he decided to opt for public service instead of becoming one greedy, blood sucking lawyer, this man has achieved some remarkable accomplishments for one so young. It is so reassuring to hear come from his lips that his [...]
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