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BP Buys "Oil Spill" Search Term

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can't-say-i'm-surprised dept.

technology_dude found an unsurprising but amusing little story that BP is buying keywords on Google and Yahoo for things like "Oil Spill" to help spin some damage control. I guess if you can't plug your spill, the least you can do is try to clog the flow of information.

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  1. Have they bought "Bitch Please"? by webweave · · Score: 0, Troll

    The president should temporarily take over BP's Gulf operations. We have a national emergency on our hands. No president would sit by and watch a privately owned nuclear reactor melt down and the gulf spill is the environmental equivalent.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/why-obama-should-put-bp-u_b_595346.html

  2. Re:Can't Even Boycott the Bastards by FatSean · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't see a problem with boycotting the whole chain. Each link contributes and each link takes profit.

    I'm planning to move to natural gas for home heat. Yeah, there are still problems with nat gas drilling but over all much lower environmental impact than oil.

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    Blar.
  3. Am I the only one... by hort_wort · · Score: 0, Troll

    who wants to watch the Alien movies again? Think about it for a moment: if Weyland-Yutani was practicing business today, is there a better way to be evil/deceptive than this? Don't answer that -- you might give them ideas.

  4. Do you drive a car? This is your fault by cryfreedomlove · · Score: 0, Troll

    I drive a car to work each day. I create demand for gasoline, which creates demand for off shore drilling. My next car will be electric. I'm waiting for the Chevy Volt to come out. Then I won't have oil soaked birds or the blood of young soldiers in Iraq on my conscience.