Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for June 12, 2010

Lower it right on top of Duke; that’ll help prevent more verbal pollution.

I think he’s pointing to his shoulder; the initials stand for “bursitis prophylactic.”

Between the oil and Duke’s alcohol fumes, the bird didn’t stand a chance.

^Just nobody light a match around Duke!

Your BP conspiracy theory of the day: http://www.blogster.com/joannemor/bombshell-expose-the-real-reason-the-oil-still-flows-into-the-gulf-of-mexico

Looks like the BIRDS are the ones that are unflappable…

@horace_manoor: And who would that be, in your opinion ? (Good pseudonym. Says alot about you.)

When does BP receive the bill?

People are always complaining about the high price of gas. Yet here BP is trying to give it away for free (although un-refined) and people are still complaining.

What, too soon? XD

Mr. Andrews’s response implies that even BP is getting fed up with Duke’s efforts to deny reality. Enough already of what Sheik calls “verbal pollution”!

The main consumers of Duke’s verbal pollution, of course, are stockholders and those of us who continue to use BP’s product without feeling guilty.

Duke is being paid to shield all of us from having to face the magnitude of this disaster. As one of BP’s naive apologists said on Thursday, “How foolish all the people sound who talk as if BP wanted this to happen” (pschearer)

He’s right that we foolishly deny the ugly reality by vilifying BP. His own folly is to deny BP’s negligence by excusing them. BP was irresponsible from the start, when they let their greed overrule common sense and denied the very possibility of a spill.

To drill for oil a mile beneath the ocean without imagining the consequences–that’s denying reality. BP foresaw only profits, not this incalculable loss.

Just in case anyone thinks we have something to say about this catastrophe; I’m afraid it’s a little dated but interesting reading………….

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/spotlight-the-us-militarys-march-2010-fuel-contracts-03176/

@NoBrandName: It may be too soon for some, but it made me laugh.

Since Katrina got mentioned a few times this week, I have a question…what was so different between the government response to that storm and all the others before it? I lived within 2 miles of the Gulf of Mexico for the first 27 years of my life, and I can’t tell. If anything, the US Navy was more involved in evacuations than usual. I know that people complained about FEMA being late to the scene, but that’s always been FEMA’s SOP ever since Carter created the agency.

The effect on wildlife certainly impacted on Duke.

I’ve seen worse while standing in Trafalgar Square, SuperGriz. At least we’re warned by the “WHOOSH!”

lol

stebon,

STFU.

Are these the same conservatives who decried the Obamanation for stepping in and “nationalizing” the banks and car companies, who are now decrying the fact that the government HASN’T taken over a foreign company?

longtime – one and the same!!

At least one bird fought back. Good thing Duke didn’t have his usual lit cigarette hanging out.

Horace and Stebon (has anyone ever seen them in the same room together?) must be BP executives. No amount of negative reaction to them seems to sink into their GT-fixated brains. Maybe there’s nothing there to penetrate.