We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Senior EPA Analyst: "Government [Agencies] Have Been Sock Puppets for BP In This Cover Up"

from Washington's Blog. 

This excellent investigative journalist has assembled a lot of damning evidence to show that BP continues to act for the interests of its stockholders and against the public interest by using dispersants that cause some very serious health effects on cleanup workers and others near the contaminated area. 

Well, isn't that the way all corporations act? Actually most do not when their actions are so dramatically causing health risks, but when a corporation is large and powerful enough such as BP, they can and do get away with serious crimes.

Interesting, isn't it, that so little of these serious health effects have made it into mainstream news. 
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