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Old July 11th, 2011, 10:36 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
DaveS
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Default The Godfather meets the Yellowstone Oil Spill

On Jul 11, 10:44*am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
There's a Godfather quote for every conceivable circumstance:

"That's all right. These things gotta happen every five years or so, ten
years. Helps to get rid of the bad blood. Been ten years since the last
one. You know, you gotta stop them at the beginning. Like they should
have stopped Hitler at Munich, they should never let him get away with
that, they was just asking for trouble."

--
Ken Fortenberry


Bottom line on this spill is . . .
When the river crossing was put in the company took the cheapest
possible allowable method using the available loopholes of the moment
as is SOP for Exxon, BP etc..

Specifically after having done all they could to block regs requiring
enclosure of the pipe WITHIN an independent armored conduit, and
larding as many pols with contributions and whores, the oil company
took the cheapest, most chancy option possible. It is consistant with
the way these orgs work. Then according to SOP, when the **** breaks
down the corp have their most reasonable sounding hirelings left alive
make whatever statements their over-bosses want. Most often these are
what normal people consider to be lies, but reality is that most of
the hirelings usually only know what they "need to know," so the
"spokesperson" doesn't believe they are a part of the lie. If the
spokesperson finds out and balks the company just buys them off or
fires them. For some who know little of life outside big corps or
govt, the "go along to get along" method suffices and little notice
need be given to the soul destroying consequences, much less to the
social damage done.

Anybody who has had to fight the lawyers of a large corporation
(Verizon in my case) knows that what I say here is the most reasonable
explanation for the obscene, treasonous behavior of most large
corporations and the individuals who get caught up in the moral
bankruptcy of bandit capitalism and corporate kleptocracy,

Dave
Who is glad that a good fishing friend, closely involved at very high
and hands-on level with the construction of those Japanese Nukes, is
not alive to bear the shame of sincere but failed assurances. His best
efforts and honest assurances could not compensate for the corrupt
corporate culture. R.I.P. friend.