Month: May 2010
Slow-Motion Catastrophe
Not even the experts know
Where the oil will eventually go.
But one thing’s for sure,
There is no quick cure
For the poor poisoned Gulf of Mexico.
Fake Twitter Feed Not Helping BP’s Reputation
Poor British Petroleum. They just can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to stemming the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, preventing the spilled oil coming ashore in Louisiana or getting the Environmental Protection Agency off their back for using toxic dispersants to degrade the oil before it reaches the surface.
And now this — a fake Twitter account that satirizes the company’s response to the spill that has attracted nearly 37,000 followers versus its real Twitter account, which has only about 5,500. Worse still, the followers of the real account are mostly nerds — the EPA, U.S. Coast Guard and the White House — while the fake one counts Cindy Crawford, the Flaming Lips and Keith Olbermann among its followers.
The fake account features tweets like this:
We feel terrible about spilling oil in American waters, we’ll make sure the next spill happens where the terrorists live. #bpcares
Or this:
Please help us with rebranding. We’re not calling it an “oil spill” anymore, now it’s a “Southern Fun Party”. #bpcares
Verbatim
I think he’s said quite enough for the – for the time being in terms of national press coverage. My advice to him would be to speak to the people who are going to be actually voting in this election.
— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), commenting on Kentucky Senate Tea Party candidate Rand Paul’s unfortunate choices of words, themes, and ideas.
Gallup: Gay Marriage Support at 44%-53% – Still Twice As Popular Today than Interracial Marriage Was When It Was Legalized in 1967
Chart source
The trend toward a national consensus in favor of gay marriage remains in play, a new Gallup survey finds — and while a slight majority of Americans remain opposed to gay marriage today, it is still more than twice as popular now than interracial marriage was when the Supreme Court legalized it in 1967.
In the first Gallup poll on interracial marriage taken after the Supreme Court’s 1967 ruling on Loving v. Virginia that states could no longer prevent interracial couples from marrying, just 20 percent of Americans favored mixed-race marriages. Seventy-two percent were opposed.
The latest Gallup poll on gay marriage finds a nine point gap between opponents and supporters:
Verbatim
This is how I like the feminist movement. From behind.
– Rush Limbaugh, upon watching his fiance, Kathryn Rogers, walking up stairs ahead of him.
GOP Wins U.S. House Seat in Kenya – Or Is It Indonesia?
Depending on where you believe Pres. Obama was born, the Republicans apparently won the House seat in that district in a special election:
Hawaiin Charles Djou has become the state’s first Republican Congressman in 20 years after winning 39.7 percent of the special election’s vote. Democrats Colleen Hanabusa and Ed Case won 31 and 27.8 percent of the vote. The district includes President Obama’s Hawaii hometown.
The district went 70 percent for Obama in 2008. Analysts say the Dems lost because they fielded too many candidates, none of whom would clear the floor, and so the Democratic vote was split, while Republicans voted as a block.
The seat comes up for election again in November.
