Noticed that the US EPA had a webinar this week on coastal wetland protection. Kinda ironic timing given the fiasco that BP engineered in the Gulf. Even more ironic that the guvmint is the one stepping up to get out the booms and all, which are rightfully BP's responsibility. I'm sure the tea partyers are going to be really upset about that, federal money being spent to protect the environmental and economic wealth of the nation.
Anyway, came across this in my meanderings, which if even half true, gives pause for thought: http://www.truthout.org/slick-operator-the-bp-ive-known-too-well59178. Right here in our own state we have some of those nasty government worker bees that keep trying to hold up progress or cost people, or worse, corporations money - all in the name of following the rules that are on the books. And these are rules that are actually written down in black and white. Think about the parliamentary elections in Britain where the rules about succession are established by precedence. Here is a county that used to dominate half the world and it's standard operating procedures aren't laid out in law. Is that why BP (British Petroleum) believes it can play fast and loose with common resources?
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