Being Eaten by Dogs or Lice II
In response to too much attention, seems the aspiring sponsor of Smithsonian's oceanic website has withdrawn. Gives me visions of a crab scuttling quickly back down its hole.
There is a new ethic of picking up your ball and going home in D.C. these days. Given any kind of checks and balances, the oil industry acted like the occupied White House. It ran home and wouldn't play.
The failure of the right wing to have any toleration for any but its own rule is reminiscent of small children that Don't Play Well With Others. Wonder how they teach that in business school? Oh,Yeah, You're Two O' Them, 101?
The American Petroleum Institute yesterday rescinded its offer to give the Smithsonian $5 million for a major exhibit hall and Web site on the world's oceans, ending a controversy destined for the institution's Board of Regents meeting on Monday.
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The American Petroleum Institute yesterday rescinded its offer to give the Smithsonian $5 million for a major exhibit hall and Web site on the world's oceans, ending a controversy destined for the institution's Board of Regents meeting on Monday.
There is a new ethic of picking up your ball and going home in D.C. these days. Given any kind of checks and balances, the oil industry acted like the occupied White House. It ran home and wouldn't play.
The failure of the right wing to have any toleration for any but its own rule is reminiscent of small children that Don't Play Well With Others. Wonder how they teach that in business school? Oh,Yeah, You're Two O' Them, 101?
Labels: oil companies, Oversight
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