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humbled_opinion

(4,423 posts)
65. What will it take to end the madness...
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 05:49 PM
Apr 2013

Rant On:

You know the environmental movement was kickstarted in the 1970's when the countries awareness level was raised during the Cayahoga river fire... Rivers burning made for great publicity in favor of environmental issues...... It is way past time that the national consciousness be reawakened to environmental concerns... If images from the Exxon Valdez Oil disaster the BP oil mega disaster and now rivers of oil flooding neighborhoods won't do it, that I don't know what will....

Will it take a great sinkhole collapse, of an entire community thousands dead, where fracking causes such unstable earth that it swallows up whole towns?

Will it take a lake or river exploding from the build up of natural gas polluting the water?

Will it take the Island nation of the Maldives to disappear forever into the ocean because of sea level rise due to ice cap melt? Or a mega Hurricane produced from the overheated earth?

Sadly the earth has been warning us for quite sometime that something is about to give....but you know now that I am on this tangent, what really irks me is the fact that so called conservatives at least those in the middleclass, should be natural supporters of environmental issues, they clamour on about the debt and leaving a nation of debt to our children and theirs but what about the earth leaving a dead or dying planet seems like it should trump the debt IMHO....

ENOUGH!...

Rant Off...


It looks like the oil is giving them a slidewalk mindwalker_i Mar 2013 #1
oh you're slick Riverman100 Mar 2013 #10
.... Lochloosa Mar 2013 #16
This spill was Canadian tar sands crude, nearly impossible to clean up. Divernan Apr 2013 #35
It's too oily in the day rocktivity Apr 2013 #41
:D lexw Apr 2013 #70
Let's make sure everyone sees this. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #2
(Worth sharing to FB & twitter), . .k&r. . n/t annabanana Mar 2013 #3
Thanks for posting. Another DUer posted pictures and I knew the fumes would be awful. freshwest Mar 2013 #4
10 bucks says Rachel will run with it by Wednesday next week. Volaris Mar 2013 #5
Yup, the internet will have to take care of it. I remember the days and weeks of coverage of the freshwest Mar 2013 #7
Maybe we should force the Koch Bros. to drink the spilled oil meow2u3 Mar 2013 #21
Nah, ain't gonna happen. They own the best water, too. Pollution is their 'gift' to us. freshwest Mar 2013 #23
Drill Baby, Drill white cloud Mar 2013 #8
Her life was never normal... Just sayin' freshwest Mar 2013 #9
Maybe these home owners would sell their properties to her. Plucketeer Apr 2013 #67
Interesting that they seem to have taped this in a vehicle that runs on petroleum. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #6
The way you drive I'm surprised you aren't on a fucking bicycle. cliffordu Mar 2013 #11
I sold my fucking bicycle. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #13
Well.... cliffordu Apr 2013 #31
I thought it was interesting that he thought his house was okay on the other side of the street. intheflow Mar 2013 #18
Right? LOL. I think they worried about who would clean it up. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #20
henry ford built electric cars! pretzel4gore Apr 2013 #43
I've got the DVD, excellent documentary. Also have "revenge of electric car" but havent' watched it NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #44
With all due respect, SKP, that's a fallacious argument... truth2power Apr 2013 #46
Oh, you're right. NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #48
No problem. I just feel so helpless most of the time... truth2power Apr 2013 #49
People don't know the half of it (our petroleum infrastructure at risk of failure): NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #50
Psychopaths, hiding behind corporate entities, making billions by raping & pillaging our planet. CrispyQ Apr 2013 #58
Wow you missed the point Smilo Apr 2013 #64
Irony fredzachmane Mar 2013 #12
How would YOU tape this spill, fredzachmane? rdharma Mar 2013 #15
Just to make your tableau complete .... Trajan Apr 2013 #29
Wow, nice catch! Oh, the hypocrisy! hatrack Apr 2013 #37
yes, they were made with oil... lame54 Apr 2013 #38
Pushing pipeline is keystone to Terry's D.C. career. IADEMO2004 Mar 2013 #14
It's the new normal. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #17
Not to worry. Oil running down the catch basin is a federal crime if jerseyjack Mar 2013 #19
Oh yeah. Hordes of EPA agents are massing at the Arkansas border even as we speak. RufusTFirefly Apr 2013 #27
Nothing to see here, folks, move along now... Dryvinwhileblind Apr 2013 #61
Except for marijuana laws, does the Federal govt enforce the laws anymore? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #30
I think about that a lot. Seems like the only laws the Feds are willing to enforce truth2power Apr 2013 #47
Good to see the crews there, mobilized to do the cleanup in emergency mode NBachers Mar 2013 #22
Where is that Sham-Wow guy when you need him? James48 Mar 2013 #24
Boo hoo. Freedom isn't free, Morans! RufusTFirefly Apr 2013 #25
Isn't this really dangerous.... zentrum Apr 2013 #26
Black gold! Texas tea! Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #28
To be frank... bpollen Apr 2013 #32
It's hard for a stuggling industry to enact effective safety measures. Make7 Apr 2013 #33
Let's rush to get that Keystone Pipeline approved now. No environmental danger, right? AndyA Apr 2013 #34
My question... ReRe Apr 2013 #36
Can't you just wait for the XL to rupture? sinkingfeeling Apr 2013 #39
It's even more heinous with the banner ad encouraging me to "Invest in oil!" raouldukelives Apr 2013 #40
Wish we could bus in some Teabaggers and show them their glorious free-market system at work. Crowman1979 Apr 2013 #42
Well, they actually live in that neighborhood. BlueToTheBone Apr 2013 #51
How do you like Glaisne Apr 2013 #45
How DARE this neighborhood steal this corporation's product??!!! It's an outrage! ZRT2209 Apr 2013 #52
Great video. thanks...nt Paul E Ester Apr 2013 #53
Soon, I guess we'll be seeing a crop of newstories saying how petroleum is good for your lawn. nt valerief Apr 2013 #54
kick limpyhobbler Apr 2013 #55
K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2013 #56
Big oil has power without responsibility. Maybe now people will start to wake up? CrispyQ Apr 2013 #57
Oil is the real root of all evil. Initech Apr 2013 #59
Those residents need to make a class action suit against Exxon ASAP. Cleita Apr 2013 #60
the place is now a toxic dump. Kurovski Apr 2013 #62
Remember the good old days when all we had to worry about was... AdHocSolver Apr 2013 #63
What will it take to end the madness... humbled_opinion Apr 2013 #65
Most likely massive civi l dis obedience. nm rhett o rick Apr 2013 #66
Kick. Thnx Tx grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #68
Posted on FB. This is awful! lexw Apr 2013 #69
i just checked MSNBC. barbtries Apr 2013 #71
The new Chris Hayes show on MSNBC covered the oil spill as the opening segment (8pm ET) Tx4obama Apr 2013 #72
Benzene - Isn't that like soldierant Apr 2013 #73
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