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British Petroleum Apparently Owns American Beaches, and you thought America was a Sovereign Nation

Written by Schizo America on May 24, 2010 – 4:06 pm -

Its bad enough that British Petroleum’s CEO said his massive, endless gushing spill was only a tiny blip in a huge ocean…

Its bad enough that British Petroleum has not mourned the ELEVEN DEAD WORKERS who died in the blast on the oil rig that is responsible for the gushing toxic spill…

One of the youngest workers on the rig, Shane Roshto, 22, is survived by his son and his wife, Natalie, who has filed a lawsuit against BP, Transocean and Halliburton. An inspiration to his friends, he wrote two dates — his wedding day and his son’s birthday — inside of his hard hat, referring to these dates when he was having a bad day.

Its bad enough that the oil rig company has already received $270 million in insurance money as a claim for the lost oil rig, none of which will go to cleanup or to compensate the families of the dead…

Its bad enough that British Petroleum sent its lawyers in within hours of the beginning of the spill to get the widows and residents of coastal Alabama  to sign off any future lawsuit against BP, for a measly $5,000 per life

But now, on American soil, British Petroleum is in charge of law enforcement, puppet-mastering the local sheriffs’ offices and the Coast Guard, keeping reporters from the beaches.  Americans are being kept from the beaches by a foreign corporation.

So much for the ‘new’ logo, the earth-friendly ‘Beyond Petroleum’ public relations campaign of a few years ago, BP’s attempt to win over environmentally aware consumers, designed to show the company’s commitment to, get this, the environment and solar power…

British Petroleum is firmly an oil company.  It is dodging responsibility for its epic, monumental, continuing spill and  its degradation of the US coastline, AND its running our own sovereign law enforcement agencies.  How can Americans know the extent of damage, if reporters are turned away from American soil by a British conglomerate?

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