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Greenpeace misses the point in punishing BP

People seem to be increasingly engulfed with a somewhat callous desire to want to punish BP for causing the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, while leaving our politicians go scot-free in their pursuit of making deals with oil politics, and Greenpeace UK even takes it a step further and wants to rebrand BP's logo entirely to reflect the terrible atrocity against nature by this oil giant. 

When will we learn from our missteps and that we're all in this together?  What's punishing one oil company going to do when there's a multitude of others still operating and (at risk of) doing the same?

Sure BP is guilty, but in the big picture I believe you, me and our politicians, we are all guilty as well for allowing this to happen.  We continuously keep empowering our elected officials to get away with their shady dealings in oil politics and for far too long.  As such, we are collectively devastating our planet on a much bigger scale, ravaging nations and wasting innocent lives with bloody warfare to secure strategic oil wells that offer no one comfort, except the powers that be.  Enough already!

Now more than ever, we need to stop wasting time with useless finger-pointing and start pouring our efforts in demanding amendments to our energy policies on a global scale!  Let's put our politicians to work and push for alternative sources of energy now!  Renewable energy, such as wind- hydro- and solar power are available to us in overabundance all over the planet, they are harmless and far less costly in terms of human lives, money and all living things on the planet in the long run. 

Demand change now and let's be done with it once and for all!

Goodness gracious Mr President

When even your loyal followers are complaining, I'd say it maybe time for your reality check.

Note: Do not click on the following link unless you want to risk seeing some thonged ladies, along with some nakedness, just to read the rest of the article.  Hah I'm not sure what the LA Times was thinking.

Obama's speech: There's a pipe spewing a gazillion gobs of oil into the gulf, so let's build more windmills

For all his reputation as the nation's Top Talker, Barack Obama took his sweet time giving a maiden Oval Office address to the country. And waiting another nearly 60 days to speak nationally about the oil spill that’s become the worst environmental disaster in the nation’s history.

Obama, the first modern president to pass his first full year in office without addressing the country from his historic desk, had the setting right. Just back from a day-and-a-half on the gulf coast listening, reassuring, talking tourism, eating seafood. He wore the proper suit, had the requisite flags and family photos in the background.

For 18 minutes he delivered the words crisply and forthrightly, though too often distracting anxious viewers with his fidgeting hands like the lecturing professor he once was. Or wait! Was Mr. Cool nervous? (See video below.)

Obama had the firmness down OK: Make no mistake etc. We will hold BP accountable etc. He....

...had the God references. The talk of real live shrimpers devastated. An American way of life threatened. And though he likened the spill more to an epidemic, he also brought in the requisite battle metaphors. And, in case anyone hasn't heard by now, Obama noted has another Nobel Prize winner in his cabinet, Stephen Chu, who hasn't been able to stop the oil leak either.

But there was something wrong. The first two-thirds of the president's remarks read just fine (Full text over here on The Ticket as usual). By golly, we’ll get the money, we’ll clean it up, no matter how long it takes.

But watching the president and hearing him was a little creepy; that early portion of the address was robotic, lacked real energy, enthusiasm. And worst of all specifics. He was virtually detail-less.

After almost two months of waiting through continuously contradictory reports, an anxious American public wanted to know, HOW are you going to accomplish all this?

Even Obama's cheerleaders over at MSNBC were complaining. "Where was the How in this speech?" demanded Keith Olbermann.

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...had the God references. The talk of real live shrimpers devastated. An American way of life threatened. And though he likened the spill more to an epidemic, he also brought in the requisite battle metaphors. And, in case anyone hasn't heard by now, Obama noted has another Nobel Prize winner in his cabinet, Stephen Chu, who hasn't been able to stop the oil leak either.

But there was something wrong. The first two-thirds of the president's remarks read just fine (Full text over here on The Ticket as usual). By golly, we’ll get the money, we’ll clean it up, no matter how long it takes.

But watching the president and hearing him was a little creepy; that early portion of the address was robotic, lacked real energy, enthusiasm. And worst of all specifics. He was virtually detail-less.

After almost two months of waiting through continuously contradictory reports, an anxious American public wanted to know, HOW are you going to accomplish all this?

Even Obama's cheerleaders over at MSNBC were complaining. "Where was the How in this speech?" demanded Keith Olbermann.

Does Barack Obama's harsh treament of BP prove that he's anti-British?

Well, at least one Brit thinks so.

This is by far the harshest criticism I've seen hurled at Obama regarding the way he's handling the BP oil spill disaster so far.

The author goes on listing a number of things to support his claim that Obama is prejudiced against Great Britain.

One important thing he forgot to mention though...I'm not a fan of big oil myself, I prefer renewable energy, but if BP is forced to go out of business and file for bankruptcy as a result of the tight noose around its neck, who's going to end up paying for the clean-up?  The American taxpayers?  How will this affect the American economy?

Remind me not to watch Al Gore speeches in the future please

I was sota kinda tricked into watching this...now all I want to do is crawl under a blanket and weep....

Cars of the future - Mini E

Now if every car manufacturer would follow suit and start producing not just cars that run on electricity, but on other alternative fuel as well, our economy's dependency on foreign oil will be eliminated in no time.

THE MINI E - Emissions free all-electric car

The BMW Group is about to become the first manufacturer of premium automobiles to deploy a fleet of nearly 500 all electric vehicles for private use in daily traffic. Powered by a 150 kW (204 hp) electric motor and fed by a high-performance rechargeable lithium-ion battery, the vehicle will be nearly silent and emissions free.

Joe American For President!