The People's Republic of Amerika. Brought to You by the Fine Folks at ExxonMobil and Your Elected Officials

Within a week of the ExxonMobil tar sands oil pipeline burst in Mayflower, Arkansas, ExxonMobil was in charge of the clean-up, the U.S. government had established a no-fly zone over the area, some 40 residents were starting their second week of evacuation, ExxonMobil was threatening to arrest reporters trying to cover the spill, and several homeowners had filed a class action lawsuit seeking damages from the world's second-most-profitable corporation, which had helped keep the pipeline secret from terrorists.
http://www.alternet.org/14-things-you-need-know-about-horrifying-arkansas-oil-spill

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"That's Not Oil and We Aren't Paying to Clean it Up." Exxon Spokesperson

Images and video of the "Heavy Crude," which is not oil, spill in Arkansas.

 

The central Arkansas spill caused by Exxon's aging Pegasus pipeline has reportedly unleashed 10,000 barrels of Canadian heavy crude - but a technicality says it's not oil, letting the energy giant off the hook from paying into a national cleanup fund. Legally speaking, diluted bitumen like the heavy crude that's overrun Mayflower, Arkansas, is not classified as 'oil'. And it's that very distinction that exempts Exxon from contributing to the government's oil spillage cleanup fund.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/exxon-oil-spill-not-oil-040313