Unvarnished truth is hard to swallow

by Steve Masover

A summary for a study titled Global Warming Warnings Can Backfire begins:

From  Priuses to solar panels and plastic-bag bans (and even green dating!),  it seems that everyone’s going green. The message that our world is in  danger if we do not take action is also everywhere: from images of baby  polar bears drowning to frightening images of a parched barren future.  The push to go green is based in good intentions, but an upcoming study  in Psychological Science shows that the popular 'do or die'  global-warming messages can backfire if the situation is presented too  negatively.

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Bush/Cheney Exec Order 5/01 = Gusher in Gulf

by Gorette

Late last night I read the powerful, incredible New York Times expose on the knowing failure of oil corporations and intentional lack of the right safety equipment that caused the Gusher in the Gulf. I had just written a diary on Bush's Executive Order to give free rein to oil corporations! The link between the two could not be more clear: BP chose to do everything fast and dirty. Had they not ignore safety reports about faulty BOPs and shear rams failures, they could easily have avoided this catastrophe.

BP knew they were operating unsafely. Read the Times article.

The Bush/Cheney administration had empowered them to do so from May 2001. If Republicans are going to blame this disaster and its cleanup on Obama then let the true blame be placed on Bush/Cheney for enabling the oil industry to run roughshod over safety precautions, regulations and oversight.
PLEASE REC the BP Catastrophe Liveblog Mothership!

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