It appears TIME Magazine thinks that as long as the environment is okay, fuck the PEOPLE…
“The obnoxious anti-environmentalist Rush Limbaugh has been a rare voice arguing that the spill — he calls it “the leak” — is anything less than an ecological calamity, scoffing at the avalanche of end-is-nigh eco-hype.
Well, Limbaugh has a point. The Deepwater Horizon explosion was an awful tragedy for the 11 workers who died on the rig, and it’s no leak; it’s the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. It’s also inflicting serious economic and psychological damage on coastal communities that depend on tourism, fishing and drilling. But so far — while it’s important to acknowledge that the long-term potential danger is simply unknowable for an underwater event that took place just three months ago — it does not seem to be inflicting severe environmental damage.”
Oh, so we’re all good then? What. the. HELL?
The problem is we’re screwed either way. Again. If we push that the environmental damage is bad then no one will want to buy our seafood or visit our towns, and that will destroy the local economy. But if we agree to saying the environmental damage is not-so-bad, we’re selling out our land *and* our people, letting a famously corrupt mega-corporation off the hook, and excusing an incompetent federal response and a painfully cold president who has proven he doesn’t care what happens to us.
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I hate Rush Limbaugh with a fiery passion. The response to this oil spill makes me crazy. It’s like saying to a girl who has been beaten and raped, “At least you’re not pregnant.”