Post #532402 by woofmutt on Wed, May 26, 2010 1:46 PM

I'm tired of people getting all self righteous against BP (sponsors of the current oil spill).

Corporations that wanna take the money and duck the blame are highly irritating and fun to laugh at when we see the film of their visits to Congress. But the blame game won't address the underlying issue: We like oil and oil causes problems once you bring it up from its quiet grave. The oil spills and similar crude related events are symptoms of our planet wide thirst for the black stuff.

It might feel good to join the "Boycott BP" Facebook page or start buying your gas at EXXON but unless one uses absolutely no products derived from crude oil it's kinda slightly hypocritical. (I also gotta wonder how long a personal BP boycott would last if fella's tank is on E and he's in a one station town and that station is BP. I can't imagine I'd hear this guy sayin "No, I will walk 50 miles to the next town and carry gas back to my car.")