BP Killing Off Horses On Public Land To Get Oil Leases

[Donnachaidh]

http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2010/07/13/bp-killing-horses-public-land-oil-leases/

Above Top Secret is reporting that their investigative piece into the killing of Mustangs on public lands to allow BP to receive drilling leases and oil pipeline permits on public lands is being picked up by CNN.

The ATS report investigates the relationship of corruption between BP and the Federal Government, which includes a corrupt culture of sex, drugs and bribes, to side step Federal laws that would otherwise prevent BP from attaining the leases on public lands.

The La Times reports on the issue:

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s take on controversial wild horse roundup

The federal Bureau of Land Management’s controversial roundup of approximately 2,500 wild horses in Nevada has been met with protest from outraged animal advocates who argue that the measure is cruel and unnecessary. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar explains his position on the mustang dilemma in The Times’ Opinion section…

In the Times’ opinion piece published by Salazar begins by pointing out that wild horses have been under threat from loss of habitat for decades.

Since Spanish conquistadors brought horses to the American continent four centuries ago, the majestic animals that once roamed wild on our nation’s great prairies have endured dramatic changes in the American landscape. The grasslands of the Midwest gave way to farms. Barbed-wire fences closed the ranges of Texas. Western cities grew and suburbs sprawled.

Having lost much of their range, wild horses teetered on the verge of disappearing in the 1960s, prompting Congress to pass the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, which established new federal protections for the animals. Over the last four decades, the Bureau of Land Management has helped wild horses thrive and populations recover on the arid expanses of public lands in the West.


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[Octafish]

1. Just when I thought I couldn't like BP less, ponies.

Then, again. They may've helped spring a convicted terrorist (of which there are doubts regarding actual guilt) in exchange for drilling license in Libya.

[texastoast]

3. Just when I thought I couldn't like Salazar any less, ponies. n/t

[Andy823]

7. I agree.

I think it's way past time for Salazar to go. He is just as bad as the last bunch, and he should be asked to "resign"!

[texastoast]

2. TOO many people wanting TOO much stuff and convenience

And fuck all the other species.

Just because we've been idiots in our uncontrolled expansion with total lack of foresight doesn't mean we should continue to be idiots.

[wordpix]

4. +1

[RKP5637]

5. I'd take the horses any day as opposed to more humans. Humans tend to be

pretty gross IMO. It's all about me me me with humans and as you say, "... fuck all the other species."

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. +1

:thumbsup:

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. Jeezus! It is hard to keep up with all the evil concentrated at BP

Is there some sort of test given to new hires to insure they have the right stuff in regard to being a sociopath?

[derby378]

8. Should we start advising journalists at the Gulf to start taking precautions?

BP's going to want even tighter restrictions on the First Amendment in the Gulf region after this. Perhaps the word "preparedness" needs to be floated.

[EFerrari]

9. My hermano Salazar is the Alberto Gonzalez of the Interior.

We adopted one of those horses about 13 years ago. She's beautiful and still going strong at 15+.

[Donnachaidh]

10. they are wondrous creatures. I was going to run an adoptee ranch

for wild horses and retired racehorses before my disability happened. What is happening here is a frigging SIN.

[ThatPoetGuy]

12. K&R.

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