the hypocrisy arises PRECISELY BECAUSE Obama is calling upon BP to 
clean up its mess WHILE REMAINING SILENT about  environmental havoc 
wreaked on/being wreaked on smaller, powerless, dependent countries 
world-wide SINCE Obama took up office
1. by US military
2. by US companies

I'd respect Obama more if he said, 'Look what BP as done, BUT look what 
America has also done - and is STILL doing. Let's ALL try to clean up 
all the messes we have caused and find ways to minimise such disasters 
in the future.'

American crimes against the environment: eg. deforestation, mining for 
all sorts (not just oil) in economically unsustainable ways, medical 
catastrophes, contamination of air, land and water, communities being 
uprooted and placed in virtual reservations. The list is endless.


On 18 Jun 2010, at 18:37, Darrell Newton wrote:

> And Obama is expected to somehow affect immediate changes on a global 
> basis after less than two years in office? Give him a chance.
>
> Much like the ultra-right wing Tea Partiers, there are far too many 
> criticisms being leveled against our government since he took office. 
> Where were these calls to action during the previous administrations? 
> What ecological issues has the present administation created? Do be 
> specific; I'm curious.
>
> Also, it's rather difficult to compare BP's disregard for safety and 
> hunger for profit with any other eco-disaster since Bhopal. If the 
> U.S. had created a similar mess under Obama, I dare say he would have 
> handled it more swiftly, and more certainly than Svanberg and Hayward, 
> who now finally admit that they have NO idea how much oil is spilling 
> into our waterways. Meanwhile, if we're tallying up issues beyond the 
> apparent, and immediate, how do we being to examine BP's legacy within 
> the colonies?
>
> There's is nothing hypocritical about calling upon BP to clean up 
> their mess. Suppose Amoco (the American Oil Company) had done the same 
> off Land's End?
>
>
> Darrell M. Newton, Ph.D.
> Chair and Associate Professor
> The Department of Communication Arts
> Salisbury University
> 260 Fulton Hall
> Salisbury, MD 21801
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> ________________________________________
> From: The Black and Asian Studies Association [[log in to unmask]] On 
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>
> and the environmental havoc being wreaked on countries world-wide SINCE
> Obama took up office?
> 1. by US military
> 2. by US companies
>
> I'm sure that if all of that was totted up BP's impact would not seem
> so extreme.
>
> I'm not defending BP - by any means - but hypocrisy is hypocrisy, no
> matter the skin colour of those who practise it.
>
> Angela
>
> On 18 Jun 2010, at 17:10, Watley George wrote:
>
>> There are so many things Obama has to clean up from the legacy of Bush
>> Jr. and his predecessors. Let him handle the BP disaster and judge him
>> on that. He certainly must do better than Bush Junior's Hurricane
>> Katrina debacle (amongst many others)!
>> George
>>
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>> Northamptonshire Caribbean People c. 1955-1985
>> Division of History, School of Social Sciences
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The Black and Asian Studies Association
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angela Allison
>> Sent: 18 June 2010 15:57
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: America's hypocrisy (again!)
>>
>> 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
>>> 260 Fulton Hall
>>> Salisbury, MD 21801
>>> (410) 677-5060 Office
>>> (410) 543-6229 Department
>>> http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~dmnewton/
>>> ________________________________________
>>> 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
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> 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]