BP Claims Airspace Above Oil Plumes is a “No-Fly Zone”
Here we have more evidence that BP has basically taken over the functions of government across the Gulf region. Its terrifying how powerful these oil cartels are when they flex their muscles.
Its worth mentioning that Newsweek has been covering this problem (perception management) in at least a so-so fashion.
“We are not at liberty to fly media, journalists, photographers, or scientists,” the company said in a letter it sent on Tuesday to Sen. David Vitter (R-La.). “We strongly feel that the reason for this massive [temporary flight restriction] is that BP wants to control their exposure to the press.”
The ability to document a disaster, particularly through images, is key to focusing the nation’s attention on it, and the resulting clean-up efforts. Within days of the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, pictures of dead otters, fish, and birds, as well as oil-covered shorelines, ignited nationwide outrage and led to a backlash against Exxon.”
-Corporate governance anyone? Read more here.
Of course, it’s probably pretty hard for their privateers and corporate mercs to blockade hundreds of miles of littorals, not to mention thousands of miles of open sea. Thus, scientists from South Florida College of Marine Science conducting tests in the water have reported a previously unknown and utterly gargantuan plume of submerged crude on its way to the shores of Alabama. I’m sure this is only the beginning, so brace yourself Alabama.
