Thought Jar

Today, Markey and other critics complain that these policies have cost the U.S. Treasury tens of billions in lost revenue, and led to a reckless search for oil in fragile environments like the deep floor of the Gulf of Mexico. He and others say the unfolding catastrophe at the Deepwater Horizon rig, which exploded April 20 in a disaster that killed 11, can be directly linked to oil-friendly legislation over the last two decades.

It’s killing me that our so-called “leaders” are just waking up to these realities. Have they missed the news stories that are published every year around tax time that “reveal” that the big oil companies don’t pay a dime in U.S. taxes?

So now they bring this up because it’s politically expedient. Nevermind that it’s an outrage for those of us that give up a huge chunk of our salaries to help support our society while these big oil assholes don’t contribute anything, then we have to pay the price when they screw up.

Fuck BP and every other oil company making record profits on our dependence on oil (and not just gasoline - but also the plastics that go into our computers, electronics, and everyday household items). Fuck these idiot politicians who are either so out of touch they didn’t realize that this was going on until now, or they want us to believe they weren’t aware they were in the pocket of big oil so they can coast on election-year legislation outrage. Fuck them both for looking out for the own interests, which led to Gulf coast states coastlines being utterly destroyed.