NO! - They've got enough money to beat the charges.
32%
YES! - And hopefully it will shame the US Department of Justice into following suit.
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I would love to see this, and also for it to be a top news story in the US, but doubt that'll happen on corporate owned media here. A few local networks in my area at least report a little on things that Fox does not talk about, but not in any detail.
As for this pipeline and the caller into your show to Bernie about building a refinery on the border with Canada. I should think it should be brought up in the House and Senate to call out the Republicans on their true agenda regarding this pipeline. Then make sure it gets on the news, which would take Obama to do it. If their claims to the public are true that they want it to reduce our dependence on middle east oil, then they should have no objection, or at least make them state any reasons for an objection to this solution vs building a huge pipeline across our country.
The Americans involved will probably get US govt pressure put on Brazil to let them slide or get a wristslap. The Brazilians ought employ -- what did Cheney call it - agrressive interogation techniques (?) - on those fat cats. Give them the waterboard.
If corporations are people, then BP deserves the death penalty. They owe billions to the shrimpers, the beach resorts, fishermen and locals who have been exhiled from their favourite beaches. They owe wildlife rehabilitation centres. If their liabilities exceed their corporation's entire net worth, then so be it. If the fisheries are not viable for a decade, then they owe the fishers for that decade.Lousianna has to suffer so much from the petroleum industry that, like the people of Alaska and Norway, every citizen should get a royalty cheque.It's not enough for big oil to just grease the hands of a few politicians.Being French Canadian, I also have relatives there.
Dig this. Maybe the US gov is hamstrung by the corporations, but the people are desperately working to survive. We all need to be working together to save our earth.
Dr John "Lissen At Our Prayer" SoulFire4TheGulf:
http://youtu.be/WwapNyqyeiQ via @youtube
Elaine Langley, of Plenty and The Farm, was instrumental in bringing
Dr. John to the Islands West of New Orleans to see the damage done by
the destruction of the wetlands and the BP oil spill. The Grandmothers
will be in the area April 16 to 20 to join in the blessing. love, Eliz
Video by: www.jamesdemariaproductions.com
In support of: www.turtlewomenrising.com
Additional footage by Cottage Films.
Thanks to Rebecca Ferris.
The trouble with that suggestion is that there are already pipelines going from that terrible rape of the arboreal forrests to refineries in the Northern Midwest border states, Wisc, Ill, Ind, and there is not anywhere enough oil being produced to keep those refineries busy, so workers are being laid off. If the big pipeline gets built, all the oil will be sucked to the Texas and Louisiana refineries to be exported. All the present supplies will all go out of the country and gas prices will rise even higher. The entire operation is a big scam...few jobs produced, most equipment and resources from outside the country, and most of the gas exported and gas prices through the roof.
Brazil may shift jurisdiction of Chevron case to slow “over aggressive” prosecution.
The November offshore oil spill in Brazil's Frade field, which Chevron operates, never really made the news in America. But the Brazilian judiciary is clearly taking pointers from the Obama administration on how to cut damages for a Corporation responsible for an oil spill.
http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-may-shift-jurisdiction-chevron-case-011353851.html
the real test is if the oil executives are found guilty will the united states government recognize the charge and send the executives to brazil to serve their prison term. probably not, the oil executives will have safe harbor here in the united states. if corporations are people then the prison term for a corportion should be some form of house arrest. this would restrict the person from conducting any form of business for 1 to 5 years.