I get tears in my eyes every time I think of the thoughtful way in which monster Frankensteinian Exxon/Mobil, a leviathan corporation of many parts, divisions and international locations, chose to mark our insignificant nation's (we as a nation are so much less, so insignificant, compared to all these wonderful multinational bodies of industry which have cast the bestiality-loving catholic -- in the universally- and utterly-united sense -- five on the U.S. Supreme Court into awed worship of their huge and powerful quintessence), that Exxon/Mobile chose in its generous and sensitively corporate way to mark our nation's 235th anniversary of founding. Of course, our nation's founding in the year 1776 pales in comparison to the superhuman, unearthly and freakishly extraordinary birth of Exxon Mobile on November 30, 1999, a result of the copulation of Exxon, formerly known as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey or Jersey Standard, and Mobil, formerly known as the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, which evolved from the break-up of Standard Oil in 1911, when the Standard Oil Company of New York, or Socony, was founded, along with 33 other successor companies. In 1920, the company registered the name "Mobiloil" as a trademark, all of these corporate persons the descendants of one John Davison Rockefeller, a corporate body unto and of himself.
Now, that does strike me as rather an incestuous relationship given the humanlike personhood of these various entities bestowed upon them by the corporately-catholic Supreme Five, but I am very sure that if rape were involved, the violence-loving five will be in full accord with the union.
Oh dear, I have gotten so involved with the genealogies of all the parties involved that I forgot to get to the original point of this post. Please go below the fold to peek at the point.
On 1 July 2011 Exxon Mobil spewed an estimated 42,000 gallons of oil from a ruptured pipeline into the Yellowstone River in Montana. Now, mind you, the 42,000 gallows are surely derived from Exxon/Mobil’s estimates and I am quite sure that they are being tastefully modest about their efforts.
You must know that this was done as a result of the desire of Exxon/Mobil to mark the anniversary of our nation’s founding with a stupefyingly astounding explosion of oil from Old Faithful on the Fourth. It didn’t quite work out that way but you may rest assured that Exxon/Mobile is working ceaselessly to rectify its error with our U.S. Congress.
Congress is preparing to vote on legislation to speed up the permit for the massive Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, which would carry up to 20 times the amount of oil per day as the Yellowstone pipeline and cross this same river on its route through six heartland states.
There are three bills involved, one of which:
The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation Thursday that would require the president to make a decision on a controversial oil sands pipeline by Nov. 1.
The bill passed in a 33-13 vote with the support of six Democrats, including Reps. John Dingell (Mich.), Gene Green (Texas), Mike Doyle (Penn.), Mike Ross (Ark.), Jim Matheson (Utah) and John Barrow (Ga.).
The Republican-backed legislation is slated to come up for a vote on the House floor this summer.
Republicans and some Democrats see TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline as an essential component of the country’s energy mix, arguing that it will create jobs and make the U.S. less reliant on Middle Eastern oil.
The State Department is in the process of reviewing the Keystone XL proposal. Republicans have said the review has been dragging on for too long.
http://thehill.com/...
The three bills:
H.R. 1287: Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011
H.R. 1934: North American-Made Energy Security Act
S. 706: Domestic Jobs, Domestic Energy, and Deficit Reduction Act of 2011
The original sponsors and a great majority of the co-sponsors are Republican, of course, and you can’t blame them for wanting to hasten the creation of the Keystone XL pipeline to enable Exxon/Mobil’s desire to transform our nation’s landscape with even larger splatterings of petroleum but the efforts of the Republicans are plagued by pesky environmentalists:
Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit last week against the U.S. State Department for refusing to release communications between the department and Paul Elliott, a former Clinton aide and now a lobbyist for TransCanada, the company behind the proposed tar sands pipeline. The suit follows a FOIA request for the records between Elliott and Clinton by the environmental groups, which include Friends of the Earth, Earthjustice, Corporate Ethics International, and the Center for International Environmental Law.
http://www.treehugger.com/...
Friends of the Earth!
Earthjustice!
Corporate Ethics International!
Center for International Environmental Law!
Shame on you!
And just look at how Trans Canada has chosen to honor the state of North Dakota:
TransCanada has said its Keystone I pipeline spilled 500 barrels (21,000 gallons) of oil in North Dakota on Saturday morning. Friends of the Earth says the incident is the 12th spill from the Keystone I pipeline, which is not even a year old.
FOE describes more about this weekend's spill:
According to eyewitnesses, Saturday's rupture of the Keystone I pipeline sent a six-story high gusher of oil into the air. The spill occurred at a pumping station, but the spray contaminated soil and water in a nearby field before it could be contained.
http://www.treehugger.com/...
Just think of all the glories to be bestowed by the 2,000 mile Keystone XL pipeline as it winds its way all the way from Hardesty, Alberta through Saskatchewan into Montana, into North Dakota, across South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, all the way to Port Arthur, Texas.
Absolutely stupefying in its wonder and glory.