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VIDEO– Finally, a TV ad that tells it like it is: Exxon hates your children

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Gosh! Exxon Mobil loves our children sooo much! Who knew?

If only they’d pay their fair share of taxes, but hey, they’re “job creators” so it’s all good, “jobs creators” who feel compelled to drill drill drill, baby, because, see, “energy exploration” *Cough! Wheeze! Hack!” is our future and will solve every single one of our nation’s problems!

But that’s okay, because boy howdy are they endearing with feel-good ads like this, or what?!…

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The more we invest in our teachers the better our students will perform. Now is the time to take action. Together we can put American students back on top. Find out more at exxonmobil.com/letssolvethis

Oh my, hahahaaaa! Excuse me, sorry… guffaw! I can’t seem to *chuckle* help myself! That was a good one! *Chortle* They want to invest in our teachers! What a knee slapper! Who woulda thunk it?

But wait… wait just a minute. What’s this? Exxon is “solving this” alright… by teaching them climate denial.

So, oops, it seems Exxon hates your children after all:

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FINALLY: A TV ad that tells it like it is: EXXON HATES YOUR CHILDREN. Go to ExxonHatesYourChildren.com if you want to see it on national television!

Quickie: Less is not more when it comes to oversight

Today’s Quickie, courtesy of the L.A. Times:

An oil spill in Montana’s Yellowstone River surged toward North Dakota on Sunday as outraged residents demanded more government oversight of Exxon Mobil‘s cleanup.

Oversight is dandy the minute you become the victim of its absence.

That was today’s Quickie. Was it good for you?

Oil companies turn on BP at congressional hearing

Photo via Reuter’s Larry Downing

Gee, Exxon Mobil is one of the good guys. Who knew? And Shell, well, hey they’re no BP:

(Reuters)Executives from other major oil companies turned on BP Plc and defended their own drilling practices during a U.S. congressional hearing on Tuesday as they sought to stave off new government regulations in the wake of BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Guess they forgot there’s this thing called Wiki (This is a partial image… the entire list was too extensive to grab)… nor did they watch The Rachel Maddow Show last night.

List of “spills” that have occurred:

EPA bars Texas’ operating permit to refinery

Well looky here, the government is doing something about pollution and nobody’s reporting on it. It’s nice to see that the EPA is nailing some of the big guys even if nobody’s looking.

Al Armendariz, the regional head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has stopped Big Dirty Oil in its tracks:

The federal government has removed Texas’ authority to issue an operating permit to a southeast Texas refinery, saying the state is violating the federal Clean Air Act in dozens of cases. [...]

Armendariz says the EPA will also block Texas from issuing permits in 39 other cases, including those for facilities owned by Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Dow Chemical.

Now about that British Petroleum….