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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:15 PM Original message |
Nigeria's agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because then we'd need to look at ourselves Rec'd |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why isn't there more outrage about this? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The media in the UK are covering the spill in the Gulf, and this too. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. The media in the UK.............. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am angry about this, and angry about most of what's been done to Africa. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I'm sorry... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe because it's been going on a long, long time. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Perhaps. But with all the talk about the spill in the Gulf, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Definitely! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Yep. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Agreed. We have reached a potential turning point. The question is whether or not we |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I think we could also stand to make some lifestyle changes. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Definitely. |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Where does this 40% figure come from? |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I read that 40% of our oil imports come from Nigeria... |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I think the journalist got it wrong. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Got it. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You'd have to write the journalist and ask. (nt) |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why? |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. And what are we supposed to do about it? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Really now |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So, for the record: |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Kill Capitalism |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. Hell, we can barely get our own government to help us out. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. We should at least be aware of what we're contributing to. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. Drill THERE, Drill NOW |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. The problem with blaming |
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