If BP owes reparations to anyone (and that now includes corporations) who has suffered a diminished capacity to conduct business because of the oil spill, wouldn’t that mean that if any potential contributors to Greenpeace withhold some or all of potential donations because they (the potential donors) feel that Greenpeace can not prevent an ecological disaster from harming the Gulf Coast region, then by the President’s own logic, that means Greenpeace is entitled to some of the BP reparations trust fund?
Up to the moment when the BP oil rig exploded, wasn’t it possible that Greenpeace was using donations to educate the public about the potential hazards of the "drill, baby, drill" philosophy of cavalierly disregarding the possibility of a spill? Isn’t it too late now? It is said that you can’t put toothpaste back in the tube. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. How can Greenpeace possibly get any more donations to warn folks in Louisiana that oil drilling might cause an ecological disaster? So doesn’t that mean that Greenpeace is entitled to some of the BP reparations money?
Obviously if the BP oil spill is an "Extinction Level Event" (Ellie) that will kill off all life on earth, then the Greenpeace attempts to save polar bears (Ursus maritimus) has been compromised and potential donors won’t be inclined to fork over any cash for an exercise in futility.
Wouldn’t the scientists, who dourly predicted that global warning had doomed the polar bears, have egg on their face if it was the oil spill that actually killed off that animal species and all others including humans?
Listeners to Mike Malloy’s radio program have lately been subjected to a barrage of facts, opinions, and predictions indicating that the BP malfunction is an Extinction Level Event and that America’s government is keeping a lid on the dire predictions.
Isn’t America’s much touted "free press" also an indisputable oil spill casualty?
Malloy reported that unbeknownst to Americans a Soviet expert was permitted to do some on scene observations and he has said that America is botching the efforts to staunch the flow of oil and that this ineptness will soon escalate to the irreversible "point of no return" fail level. A Google news search for more about this man’s inspection and prediction was not productive.
If we postulate that dire prediction for the sake of speculation about the potential deleterious effect the oil spill might have on Greenpeace’s mission of spreading the gospel of ecological concern, then it seems to be a slam dunk (just like victory in Iraq was going to be?) exorcise in logic to conclude that an extinction of life event will mean that Greenpeace’s fund raising efforts will hit a wall of skepticism and hence not meet goals.
The Republicans are still promulgating their philosophy of strong reliance on self-determination and hard work and are asserting that such an attitude is the proper remedy for the ecological challenges facing residents in the Gulf region.
Teabaggers aren’t going to want or need Greenpeace’
If the BP oil spill is an end of life event, President Obama’s well intentioned Robin Hood efforts to redistribute wealth will be an example of the too little too late factor in action. If BP’s ineptness means the end of life on earth; does BP need every last cent in their bank account right up to the last minute? What harm would it do for them to cough up some reparations funds that could fund a Greenpeace "We tried to warn ya" Animal House style "Going out of business" party to mark the end of their conservation efforts and of all life on earth?
If BP funds such a party and the world doesn’t end; that wouldn’t be BP’s biggest gaff. So why not cut a check for the Greenpeace "Going Out of Business" party fund immediately?
Quote from Farley Mowat: "We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be –the mythologized epitome of a savage ruthless killer – which is, in reality, no more than a reflected image of ourself."
Now the disk jockey will play "Zippidy Doo Da," Satchmo’s version of "What a wonderful world," and the Beatles’ "Good day sunshine." We have to punch out and leave the blogfactory to go do some fact checking on the granddaddy of all conspiracy theories: "Was Bruno Hauptmann railroaded into the electric chair?" Have a "the Mayan calendar ends in 2012" type week.