Tag Archives: British Petroleum

Oil and Politics: Reality Comes Home to Roost

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Deregulate this!Oil, politics, and the Tea Party I must ask the tea-bag draped folks who insist our government should take a hands-off approach to ‘their lives’ what their reaction is to the … Continue reading →

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Connecting the Dots : Theory and History

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Audience members listen to a translation through headphones as President Barack Obama speaks at Cairo University on June 4, 2009. Photo from Radio Free Europe.Connecting the Dots:Developing a theoretical worldview By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / June 11, … Continue reading →

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Larry Ray : BP Means You ‘Better Pray’

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Time warp photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Blessing of the Fleet:Oil spill anxiety accompanies annual ritual By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / June 2, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — The uncertainty of the huge BP oil … Continue reading →

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Mission Possible? : Visualize Skimmers and Booms

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Crude oil collects on the wrong side of an orange containment boom in Pass a Loutre near Venice, Louisiana, May 30, 2010. Photo by A.J. Sisco / UPI.Skimmers and booms:Keywords for victory on the Gulf Coast By Greg Moses / … Continue reading →

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Big Polluter

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : New Atlantis and Banglateche

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Earth could not answer; nor the Seas that mourn…” Illustration by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cumming (1905) for “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,” tr. Edward Fitzgerald / Wikimedia Commons. New Atlantis and Banglateche By Houma Cayenne Here beside my breathing … Continue reading →

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Medea Benjamin : Getting Naked in Houston to Expose BP

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

CodePink demonstrators at BP headquarters in Houston, May 24, 2010. Photo from CodePink / Flickr.Naked truth:Exposing BP’s criminal behavior By Medea Benjamin / May 28, 2010 See gallery of photos, Below. HOUSTON — Diane Wilson, a fourth generation shrimper from … Continue reading →

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Capping Corporate Liability : Who Pays the Piper?

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Just the beginning: Oil hitting land along the Louisiana coastline May 20, 2010. Photo by David Mattingly / CNN.Who pays the piper?BP’s nuclear-powered liability cap By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 23, 2010 As BP destroys our … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Politics : Nasal Denial and Oily Delusion

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Mississippi Politics:Getting stinkier by the minute By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / May 15, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — Growing up in Texas I was sure politics couldn’t get any stinkier, any … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : The BP Dead Zone

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Before the Spill: Gulf of Mexico, 2009, from Destin, Florida. Photo ©2009 Mark Meyer.While our military rots in the wrong gulf:BP blows an apocalyptic gusher By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 12, 2010 See ‘Ripple in still … Continue reading →

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From the Massey Blast to the BP Spill : Fossil Fuels are Killing Us

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning before sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. Photo from U.S. Department of Energy / Leonard Doyle / Flickr.Global response emerging:Fossil fuels are killing us By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / May 11, 2010 … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Whores in Washington; Blowout in the Gulf

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Whore of Babylon.” Pen and watercolour over pencil. By William Blake (1809) / British Museum.Blow jobs in DC; Blowout in the Gulf By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / May 10, 2010 You think that subject line above … Continue reading →

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