Ted Stevens, famous for using tax dollars to fund a bridge to nowhere, and who once referred to the Internet as a series of tubes, is now, surprisingly, taking on big oil. You cannot find a more perfect example of corporate corruption than Exxon, who continues to post world record profits:
An Alaska jury hit Exxon with a $5 billion verdict in 1994, but Exxon hasn’t paid a dime of it. Instead, it has appealed the case for so long that 8,000 of the original class members in the lawsuit have since died without seeing the case resolved.
Read the whole entry at MoJo.
The worldest largest, most lucrative company, refuses to pay a single cent to atone for its crimes. 14 years, 5,000,000,000 dollars, 8,000 deaths, not one cent paid. Classy.
- Eric Miller, millerec@etown.edu
“Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals… except the weasel.” – Homer Simpson
Stephen Johnson implies he’s not the President’s puppet, but he won’t go quite so far as to say so under oath. These must be strange times when the head of the Evironmental Protection Agency refuses states the right to clean up their own air.
This issue has nothing to do with any of the excuses Johnson presents. It’s all about influence – if the states demand more efficient cars, US automakers will have to comply, and Bush is dragging his feet on their behalf. I am sympathetic to the view that markets should make more decisions than governments when it comes to business, but the market has already spoken. Now it’s time for leadership to hop on board.
Watch the video. If you only see one youtube clip this year that exposes Stephen Johnson as a complete weasel, make it this one.
– Eric Miller, millerec@etown.edu
