I sure wish I could believe that you are being ironic and
tongue-in-cheek!
Angela
On 18 Jun 2010, at 10:55, Darrell Newton wrote:
> In defense of our President, please note that he has his hands rather
> full these days, not only trying to help clean up BP's ecological
> horror, but all the messes his predecessor George W. Bush made (i.e.
> Iraq, the economy, Wall Street, the mortgage industry, etc.). I doubt
> very seriously if Obama would have turned his back in the people of
> India had the Bhopal disaster taken place on his watch. Remember, it
> was Ronald Reagan who was in office at the time, friend of the
> ultra-rich, and denier of the poor. Remember our nation has a
> democratic process, in which the people elect the leaders. We do the
> best we can with what we get. Perhaps he will get around to addressing
> Bhopal, but he's a bit busy right now.....
>
>
> Darrell M. Newton, Ph.D.
> Chair and Associate Professor
> The Department of Communication Arts
> Salisbury University
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> ________________________________________
> From: The Black and Asian Studies Association [[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Angela Allison [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 3:31 AM
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> Subject: America's hypocrisy (again!)
>
> BHOPAL GAS - LETTER TO THE US PRESIDENT WITH ENDORSEMENTS
>
> Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan
> Following Barack Obama's tough stand against BP for the oil spill in
> the
> Gulf of Mexico, victims of the Bhopal gas disaster are calling on the
> US
> president to hold to account the US business interests implicated in
> the
> incident. Dow Chemicals, which bought Union Carbide in 2001, refuses to
> accept its liability for cleaning up the toxic wastes at the closed
> factory,
> which is still harming citizens of Bhopal.
>
> source: [log in to unmask]
>
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