"I think I know...that MSM shops on ATS for stories and ideas. Maybe they will see this thread. "


No sooner had I typed this........CNN is reporting this story NOW.

What did I tell you? I betcha they got it here.

THANK YOU OP

edit: ahh...they are saying they got it from the NYT's story. They are saying it is rusted pipes and sabotage from their own people from a kind of a "war" that is going on.

[edit on 6/17/2010 by ladyinwaiting]

So this means that in 50 years, just like in Nigeria, you will turn black too!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[edit on 17-6-2010 by Gloster]

Well done to the OP for highlighting this but I expect nothing less on here. Unfortunately, as we all know, nobody will do anything about this until there is some way to profit from helping clean it up.

Originally posted by proteus33
its a sad thing and i feel that goverment there should take a note from hugo chavez and take control of every well in there country and nationalize there oil production. but they won't so big oil keeps raping them its almost as sad as when dubeers had diamonds found in nigeria classified as conflict diamonds by un to keep nigeria from competing with them for diamond sales. they just can't get a break . British petroleum leased the rig they hired the employees on the rig so its there fault i am sorry for all you British who had your retirement invested with bp. but saying bp isn'tresponsible is like saying the vatican isn't responsible when a one of there priests rapes a bunch of children and then is relocated to avoid prosecution and liability.

Oh, yes- because when THE GOVERNMENT "takes care" of the environment, it leave NOTHING behind, but scortched-earth. I was a H.S. Exchange student to West Germany,back in the late 70's. We went on a trip, into East Germany. EVERYTHING was covered in coal-dust, all the water was so polluted, you didn't have to be Holy to walk on it,and the air was unbreathable.
There is a LONG historical record, of "Government" management- and the result. When a PERSON, a real, flesh and blood individual, owns something, they generally take good care of it. When "everyone" owns something, it is soooo easy, to let "someone else" take care of it.
I'm NOT defending the Multi-national oil companies- they are basically governments unto themselves.
My understanding of the Nigerian Delta, is that MOST of the oil spilt, is done by illegal taps into the pipeline, many, EVERY DAY. Shoot a hole into the pipe, collect all the oil you can transport, then drive away. Leaving the high-pressure, hot crude, shooting-out. And no, I will not accept "their extreme poverty", as an excuse.

I think they're onto us.

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I think BP have done a sterling job, and continue to do so. I think what is frustrating for Americans is the lack of the Hollywood superhero, who will in the blink of an eye plug the well. Wake up, real life isn't like that. Hollywood movies (and American expectations) are.

I don't think there has been any cover-up or complacency on the part of BP.

To hear the way the senators grilled the BP CEO today was hilarious. They would ask a question, and as soon as Tony responds, they interrupt with another question. Erm, shut up and listen. That's what the rest of the world has to do when you mouth off at the rest of us.

Back off and let BP get on with it, unless of course a hollywood studio can come up with a better solution? I think not.

Have Exxon and other US oil firms had such a grilling from Senators for all their wrong-doings?
Hmmm, probably not.

But then again, if it's not happening on the doorstep of the US, "who gives a?".

Originally posted by Haydn_17
I hope this shuts up all the people saying that the human race will become extinct due to this oil spill.

Are you serious? The Nigeria mess is not on the scale of the Gulf Spill.

Originally posted by NightFlyer96
I think I know why this was neglected - in the U.S they only care about what happens in their hemisphere - not about what happens in the rest of the world. look at the chile and Haiti earthquakes, they made such a big deal about Haiti, yet when the chile earthquake happens it was only on the news for about 2 days

I'm happy to inform you that this is simply not the case.

Much like the people in Nigeria, no one asks the actual citizens what they think, what they want, or what is allowable or acceptable concerning big business.

What do you think all these town-hall meetings, letters to editors, comments, protests, arrests, etc., that happen here are all about, my international friend?