Comments on: Cruel, Crude

By: likwidshoe

likwidshoe — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:19:04 +0000

5 billion dollars is “trivial”? In what world? And yeah, the oil industry is making record profits right now and in a way it sort of evens out considering that there were periods during the last 20 where they were taking losses.

By: bob smith

bob smith — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:28:35 +0000

ammazing

By: adam

adam — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:21:20 +0000

I live in Havelock, NC, Mike, you’re welcome to come meet me anytime. You’re right, I don’t give a rat’s ass about anything because there’s really nothing to give a rat’s ass about anymore. I can hapilly live my life without griping about every incident that occurs. And, in fact, regardless of my apathy, I still, more often than not, volunteer to help out with said incidents. And, I’ll guarantee you that I do much more than sit at a desk with my legs propped up mumbling such nonsense. I dare say it’s probably even more than you do day-to-day. Keep this in mind: Exxon Valdez most likely didn’t want to lose that 11 million gallons of oil. They didn’t wreck on purpose to make you environmentalists all wet your beds. It was an accident. It was sixteen years ago. That said, simply because I pointed out a fact (shit does happen, mind you.) doesn’t mean that I don’t do anything. I help where I can, and I don’t just sit around complaining about it. I thought people like you didn’t run solely on stereotypes, y’know, judging a book by it’s cover type thing. I thought you guys were about unity? Hmm, maybe not. Just a thought. Take it easy sports fan. Oh, and hey, I have red hair, if that helps you in your journey to find me. HAVELOCK, North Carolina, that’s where I’ll be.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:47:41 +0000

Shit happens, Adam?………Dude, I’ll bet you’re the type of person that doesn’t give a rats ass about anything but yourself and what you will of won’t get…….I really am amazed that you would post a statement like “Shit Happens”………I’ll bet you are the type of person that sits on his ass, with your feet up on the desk, saying, “yep! I’m the boss!”…………Oh, man I’d like to meet you in person to see what your all about..lol

By: adam

adam — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:03:25 +0000

i hate environmentalists. accidents happen. hearsay is not valid enough evidence to accuse someone of being drunk, it was proven in the courts. the attempted suicides, the broken families, etc. were not a direct result of the spill, they were a direct result of the individual’s weak minds and lack of confidence to move on. using the spill as a scapegoat to try and assume pity is more a travesty than an accident. they tried to clean it up, and it will be cleaned up. there are plenty of animals for us to eat, either way. but you’re probably a vegetarian anyway, so it doesn’t even affect you. i should be the one crying here because now i don’t have those salmon to eat anymore. but i’m not, because i understand that shit happens. you are a factor in the reason i’m paying 3 dollars a gallon in gas, what with whining about the landscape in Alaska so we can’t drill screw up a small portion of the scenery to save some money on oil, because we aren’t stealing it from Iraq, as you people so ignorantly alleged. jan blair seems to live in some utopia where nothing ever goes wrong, or should go wrong at least, wake up and smell the coffee, bud. shit happens, it’s part of living. a little common sense a long time ago would have proven that too you, but, now, i’m afraid you’re all lost causes.

By: Terri Chapman

Terri Chapman — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:55:08 +0000

Very well written article, but distressing to read. Why does it seem that the environment always suffers under corporate greed? And how can it be that Hazelwood was acquitted of operating the tanker while drunk when he was indeed intoxicated? Sad indeed. Thank you for bringing this story to light, Jan. Keep up the good work!

By: CLB

CLB — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:16:49 +0000

I just met someone whose family is (was) in te Valdez community’s fishing business. He said that in ’03-’04, area families received between $1,000 to $2,000.00 per family, in compensation.