[THS] Much worse.

[The Harder Stuff in news and commentary]

--- In novelty-lifeboat at yahoogroups.com, "Bruce P" <brurpeele at ...> wrote:

The Dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the
darkness of Khazad-dum... shadow and flame.

— Saruman, The Lord of the Rings

Disturbing, dark and more creepy this gets.

A new story appears on the verge of going mainstream...e-blast from an energy
newsletter I received this AM.

~brurp

BP is running around apologizing to everyone they can find. Obama says give us $20
billion in escrow and $100 million for the people Obama put out of work on the oil
rigs due to his six month ban — and BP says, "Sure thing mate, no problem."

And all of this in a 20-minute meeting?

I've been dealing with oil companies for a long time and it just doesn't add up...

Contrast it, for instance, with the Exxon situation in Alaska or the Union Carbide
disaster in India.

Exxon fought tooth and nail for its shareholders; it appealed court rulings for 19
years. Union Carbide wasn't settled for 25 years.

BP is rolling over like a simpering dog. Why?

The only reason I can think of is that the company knows — better if not as well as
the Obama administration does — that it will get worse.

Much worse.