Comments on: Oil and Indians Don't Mix

By: BeliTsari

BeliTsari — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:46:27 +0000

Jeepers, just wait until these folks associate this years G20 location with Aubrey K. McClendon sloughing-off 1/3rd of his Marcellus Shale gas plays to StatoilHydro (leaving Chesapeake with a 67.5% working interest 1.2 million net acres) maybe all the flaring will keep folks from freezing in the dark this winter in da Boig? MMmm... Probably finally hear about this when all that toxic (radioactive) fracking fluid gets into NYC or Philly's water... Oh, that's right, you folks drink bottled! Well at least, all the DOT sanctioned, 80% SMYS MAOP 48" pipe lines are being built in start-up Indian owned mills, where nobody knows... But that's another story!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:33:58 +0000

uhhhhhh..... last time i checked it's not the big bad republicans and their big bad Exxon/Valdez Oil/Chervron Brothers that are squashing the peruvians. The peruvian government sold-out those poor natives to none other than...drumroll... CHAVEZ!!!! Yes that tyrant of the Southern America... OH ... I must, must, must also add that though it's the ArgenTina Social-ist Oil Machine that is sucking up over 50% of that yummy energy... the second taker at the feast is none other than....drumroll....Occidental Oil!!!! YES, you know AL GORE'S company. I love the way you left out the facts in your 'investigative' report. The only thing that you left out is how America long ago had slaves.

Continue Slanting Left....It suits you well.

Source: http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:A5oEueOdxqgJ:www.eoearth.org/article/Energy_profile_of_Peru+Peru+Trade+Promotion+Agreement+occidental&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

By: trd

trd — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:26:23 +0000

Somethings just don't change. Hope those amazon indians do all they can. credit card for people with bad credit

By: Karen Willis

Karen Willis — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:45:17 +0000

Thank you Mr. Palast for not being part of the dialectic the false Left V.S. Right pillowfight is killing our country, you are one of the few people who actually reports, the only issue i have is that this is a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy, democracy is mob rule which our founders did not want

".............and to the republic for which it stands, one nation....."

A republic is a form of government in which the head of state is not a hereditary monarch and the people (or at least a part of its people) have an impact on its government. The word 'republic' is derived from the Latin phrase res publica which can be translated as "public affairs".

Democracy is a form of government in which the right to govern is vested in the citizens of a country or a state and exercised through a majority rule.

Please look into the book - Political Ponerology By Andrzej Łobaczewski it is EXTREMELY intresting

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:37:37 +0000

Anyone posting negative stuff on here clearly has not done their homework...(right Edwin?) Read any of Palast's books; or try "The End of America" by Naomi Wolf; or, perhaps read a blog like http://nafeez.blogspot.com (this one is not for the faint of heart - and it's where I found out about Greg Palast...imagine that). Here's a thought, study your history. Go back and read any credible source on Mexican history, for example. I believe that you'll find more than enough examples of graft and corruption in the oil industry to satisfy your request for "substantiation"...

Stop picking on the guy that's exposing what the world already knows is happening. While you're at it, pull your head out too...

(Thanks for the great reporting Mr. Palast!)

By: Dana

Dana — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:54:00 +0000

Another great book detailing corporate crime against Indian nations, and ultimately, all life on earth, since the profits they seek are based on an economic model which doesn't consider the long term impact, is In The Absence of The Sacred: The Failure of Technology and The Survival of The Indian Nations by Jerry Mander.

By: Dan T

Dan T — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:36:49 +0000

Greg,
You must be a very brave guy taking on these Bog Oil Types! That is a dangerous sport I must admit. Thanks for speaking up no one else does.

By: David

David — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:27:28 +0000

Edwin,

Do you serious think that Big Oil and Energy that you know did this 30 to 50 years ago would suddenly stop doing so?

Are you stupid or something?

All one has to do is look directly at Iraq today. Are you so blind that you think that Halliburton, Exxon, and some of the other lying, thieving, and despicable are not doing there what Greg speaks of happening in South America?

Read the "Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein ... after reading that book... you come back here and tell us that you still think that the Oil/Energy freaks are not still doing these inhuman acts in the name of profit!

By: Richie

Richie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:17:07 +0000

Edwin...The media is owned by Big Oil...and Big Pharma...
Of course this stuff goes on to this day..Peru had killings just last week..(Early June '09)30-50 years ago? Mr. Palast has more integrity than all of Congress combined!!!

By: Edwin

Edwin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:39:10 +0000

I find it interesting you site lots of facts but no references. Why not substantiate them, if you can?
As well, you're dredging up stuff that happened 30 - 50 years ago and trying to make people think it happened yesterday. Get real! Prove to us that still goes on now with factual evidence and where you got it and it might be believable.
If it happened in the past, certainly no excuse for the companies and governments involved not to make some kind of generous restitution. I really don't think this is still going on or we would hear more about it. The media loves this stuff.