Sunday, May 23, 2010

Month After Oil Spill, Why Is BP Still In Charge?


==5 Reasons Why You Won't See The Worst Of The Spill



The press has been repeatedly forbidden to enter impacted areas by the Coast Guard, BP, or the Fish & Wildlife Service. I was on the ground in the Gulf, and trying to get the story from one of the fishermen contracted to work with BP was like asking them if they’d like a root canal on the spot. Word is that cleanup workers are told if they talk to press, they’re fired. And then there are the toxic chemical dispersants, which plays the biggest role in masking the extent of the disaster’s damage by breaking the oil up and spreading it out — at who knows what cost.==



http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/05/22/5-reasons-you-wont-see-the-worst-of-the-gulf-oil-spill/



So much for transparency.



You can not have a healthy robust democracy without a fully informed electorate.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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