Chevron Lobbyist: ‘We can’t let little countries screw around with big companies’

Listen. Maybe you didn't get the Memo. You leftist, tree hugging, acid dropping hippies.

This is our planet and you live on it.

We can destroy what we want when we want it because we run the government and the government runs you.

Don't make us run your IP addresses.

Chevron

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and you wonder why gas prices are around $ 4.00 a gallon

Well, if I were Ecuador's president--I'd get together with Hugo and a few of my other OPEC buddies and shut off the oil.

George and Dick would be ****** royally.

And instead of a fine---I'd sentence the chief executive officers and board of directors of Chevron to spend three years imprisonment in the middle of the villages they polluted. And I'd garrison troops all around the villages to make sure they don't leave---at least not upright.

HEY, George and Dick, you want the oil back on, hand 'em over.

I think that might work out ok.

At what point is it time to join together and violently rise up against the corporations that hate us?

I'm very serious, so please do not just write me off as a kook.

At what point is it fair to say that a corporation has declared war on the people of earth and so the people of earth are justified in retaliating?

I admit that this begs many questions and would certainly be a new kind of war but I am so angry after reading that article that if I could be provided with some irrefutable proof that Chevron has actually done this, I'd be inclined to take some very serious measures in fighting back.

mother nature is going to wipe us all out. We keep messing with and think we rule this earth. Just couple monster hurricanes and storms could change the way we live and the way we see the earth. Its coming

I love this section:

"The plaintiffs -- some suffering from cancer and physical deformities -- have showed up in court in native garb, with painted faces and half naked. Chevron vigorously contests the charges and has denounced the entire proceeding as a 'shakedown.'"

So Chevron dumps 80 metric tons of cancer causing toxic carcinogens into the air, water, soil for years.

THEN the residents start developing (surprise, surprise) cancer and other health problems.

The citizens with cancer sue the company that dumped then cancer-causing toxins (keywords) into the air and water.

Chevron, the company that dumped the cancer causing toxins that gave the villagers cancer makes the following legal rebuttal: FUCK YOU!

Obviously "Fuck You!" is just the short-hand version of their legal defense.

The longer, more intricate version reads: "Fuck you, ya goddamn savages. Don't you know who we are? Don't you? We shit bigger than you!"

I'm not a lawyer, but this seems to be extremely strong legal footing. Laws (both foreign and domestic) do not apply to people or corporations that have yearly earnings above a certain dollar amount. If your a company that makes (for example) over 2 BILLION a year in profits than, by legal precedent, you are not bound by any laws and cannot be found guilty of anything.

In the US laws only apply to the poor. If you are a CEO, the President of the United States or Britney Spears you are not subject to domestic or international laws of any kind. You can snort as much coke you want, run someone over while drunk, ignore FISA laws, illegally dump toxins....basically do anything you want without fear of legal repercussions. If Britney Spears, George W. Bush or Kay Lay felt like shooting you in the face with a shotgun they are legally allowed to do so. Laws only apply to those of us making under $100k a year.

Under that legal precedent Chevron is perfectly free to poision, displace or outright kill anyone poorer than them.

I'm glad to see this posted. Lawsuits like this hardly ever make major news outlets. There is reason Chevron doesn't want to settle this case. If they lose or settle, it could very well encourage other countries who have had similar experiences with Chevron and other big oil companies to follow suit. This kind of irresponsible business practice is the normal order of business for these companies. Ecuador is small, but what big oil really can't afford is the setting of a precedence. I personally hope they lose badly. They deserve it and Ecuador's people shouldn't have to live in a polluted environment, especially when most of them are not receiving any benefit from the sale of their countries resources.

This is why the rich get richer and the poor stay poor till they die. Because the system refuses to help anyone who does not have money. You know the old saying, " you need to spend money to make money."? Well, apparently you need to degrade people and ruin our ennvironment, then hire your top lawyers to try and scare the little people to make money. Give me a break Chevron, just admit what you did fix it. I am so tired of the big companies passing the buck. The Equadorian people have been there a hell of a lot longer then Chevron. Screw Chevron. I hope they can at least have a fair trial, but i doubt they will.

Time to make biofuels and put some real competition on Big Oil.

One gallon of biodiesel replaces the need for 2.3 gallons of crude oil.

They'd feel the pinch real soon.

PetroSun is making biodiesel right now from saltwater algae in Rio Hondo, TX.

Want to really do something to fix America? Want to do something to fix global warming? Want to do something to break the power of the oil/coal/nuclear lobby?

Then quit shouting. Quit marching. Quit chanting. This isn't the 60's. You want to stop a war over oil? Then get rid of oil. Get your money together do your research and go see a broker and buy stock in companies that will produce biodiesel and ethanol.

When people pull into the station and buy B-100 or E-85, when people have solar panels on their rooftops instead of nuclear reactors, and when we use biomethane and NG instead of coal----the profits that support the Energy Monopoly, corrupt politicians, and a war over oil, and terrorists will dry up and blow away. And so will the Energy Monopoly, corrupt politicians, the war over oil and terrorists.

http://groups.msn.com/BreakingTheChains/general.msnw?action=get_message&mvie...

This is their idea of giving back to nature.

they're gonna get away with it too.

Chevron is responsible. They need to take their licks and do the right thing..clean up your mess Chevron.

"claps loudly"

If corporations like Chevron are legally considered people, why are they allowed to commit acts and crimes no person would ever get away with?

Remember Exxon? From what I understand, even after being fined they have never finished the clean up or paid for the damage after all these years. Tell me who has the power in this country.

This is a complete bunch of crap. We can't let Big Companies like Chevron screw up the ecologies and environments of small countries like Ecuador.

Their so called "investment" did little to actually help Ecuador, it lined the pockets of a few politicians and helped to amass wealth and Billions in profits to Chevron. They owe Ecuador, at the very least, to leave the land in the same condition that they found it.

I fully support the lawsuit and reject the Trent Lott's claims that poor little Ecuador is bullying Chevron. Fuck that shit.

just take responsibility clowns.,

How dare they speak about corruption? You want corruption, look up the word and you'll see Negroponte's face in the effing dictionary, right next to Trent Lott's. US companies have been screwing over Latin America for decades and longer, so I say screw Chevron.

The first two words address the problem entirely!

Considering the record quarterly profits the oil companies have been posting it seems they would want to settle. Then again their record on the enviroment speaks volumes on its own. Another option could be for them to pull out and let an enviromentally responsible Co. take over. Probably not going to happen as long as there is a drop of oil profits left in the ground.

The Obama letter, written before the senator had even announced his run for president, is now the wild card in the Ecuador-Chevron dispute. Donziger said he has had no further discussions with Obama on the issue (although he has co-hosted a New York fund-raiser and, together with his wife, raised between $40,000 and $50,000 for Obama’s campaign). An Obama spokesman last week said the senator “stands by his position” that the case is a “matter for the Ecuadoran judicial system.” So now the prospect of an Obama presidency has given additional urgency to Chevron’s plea for help in Washington. Waiting until next year could leave the oil giant at the mercy of a judge in the Amazon jungle.