Exxon Fails to Get Crews Out Today

July 4, 2011 in Crime, Crony Capitalism, Economy & Business, Energy, Environment, Media, Montana, Water Quality, wilderness, Wildlife

by jhwygir For up-to-the-moment news from an affected landowner, please read Alexis Bonogofsky’s twitter timeline. Of greatest interest today, she reports that Exxon did not send out their specialized crews today. Nice, huh? While MSNBC reports that Exxon officials are now saying the spill could extend beyond the 10 miles they’ve originally reported. You don’t [...]

Happy Birthday, America

July 4, 2011 in Montana

by lizard America, you’ve been good to me. I exited my Mother’s womb through her vagina in 1978 with a golden ticket that said “Welcome to America, land of freedom and opportunity, now don’t fuck it up.” I did my best to be a good kid, got good grades, played sports, and developed socially acceptable [...]

$*&@ You Exxon

July 4, 2011 in Crime, Crony Capitalism, Economy & Business, Energy, Environment, Montana, Water Quality, Wildlife

by jhwygirl The story develops – this from the Seattle Post Intelligencer: Pruessing (Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. president) also said that the 12-inch pipeline had been temporarily shut down in May because of concerns over the rising waters on the Yellowstone. He said the company decided to restart the line after examining its safety record [...]

Dear Attorney General Steve Bullock

July 3, 2011 in Economy & Business, Energy, Environment, Montana, Steve Bullock

by jhwygirl A crime has occurred in our great state along the mighty Yellowstone River. There are private landowners affected by this spill – their property has been trashed, and to what degree of damage has yet to be known. These landowners could use your assistance. Apparently, state officials are referring Montana citizens to Exxon’s [...]

Exxon Spills the Yellowstone, Hires Out-of-State for Cleanup, & Fails to Warn Ag Downstream

July 2, 2011 in Energy, Environment, Montana, Tribal issues, Water Quality, Wildlife

by jhwygirl All of that being reported in the local press. Property owner adjacent to the river have been evacuated….and ditch owners all along the Yellowstone are doing what they can to keep the toxic mess out of their systems. The NYTimes just got the story up in the last two hours – do make [...]

War Prez

July 2, 2011 in Montana

by lizard Obama is now a commander-in-chief responsible for launching/continuing varying degrees of military actions in six nations: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia. As this reckless, expansionist president continues to stretch our dwindling national resources to play the hegemonic chess game for global spoils, he plays the still-jocular domestic pussycat at home, saying [...]

Liz’s Weekend Poetry Series: Atomic Ghost

July 1, 2011 in Montana

by lizard I didn’t grow up with the specter of nuclear annihilation drummed into me like school children were more than half a century ago. My explosions were of the casually televised variety, not threatening WWIII, but smart, sometimes clustered, always championed as precise, clean, strategic. The specter has receded. Nuclear proliferation doesn’t take up [...]

Do You Hear That?

July 1, 2011 in Montana

By CFS Thats the sound of the Montana GOP asserting our state’s right to have a medical marijuana industry that is free from intrusions of the Federal Government.  Doesn’t the GOP platform state: “We demand federal withdrawal from those areas of responsibility reserved by the U.S. Constitution to the states and people.  We urge our state [...]