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Oil spill

SMALL PEOPLE: he didn’t mean those with dysplasia

June 17, 2010

When BP executive Carl Henrie Svanberg referred to the people of the Gulf Coast who have been damaged by the oil spill, he called them “the small people.”  That is a term usually used to refer to people who have been born with dysplasia, a condition commonly known as dwarfism. The term Small People (or [...]

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OIL SPILL: my take on it at this point

June 2, 2010

(NOTE: I had prepared another post for today.  It was clever, entertaining, and current.  But a restless night drove me back to the computer this morning.  I eliminated the post, which I will save for another day.  This is one of those times when I am following my “gut” rather than sticking to [...]

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OIL SPILL: a crisis no longer waiting to happen

April 30, 2010

The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its resulting crisis for the residents of the Gulf Coast is a wake-up call to those pressuring for off-shore drilling.

If a similar crisis were to be occurring with a nuclear power plant there would be no excuses for a permanent moratorium on the building (and [...]

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