Author: Farron Cousins

Papantonio: BP’s Republican Circus Monkeys

As we approach the 50-day mark for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, citizens across the Gulf Coast are growing increasingly angry over the disaster response. Haley Barbour, governor of Mississippi, is angry with the Obama Administration, even though he says that we need to expand offshore oil drilling in the Gulf. BP CEO Tony Hayward “wants his life back.” And the body count for animals like dolphins and pelicans continues to rise. Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC’s The Ed Show to give us the latest updates on the...

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This Week on Ring of Fire!

This week’s Ring of Fire Radio, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and David Bender:  Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern   This week on Ring of Fire Radio, Joe Brewer from the Cognitive Policy Works institute will be here to tell us how the GOP manipulates people’s emotions, causing them to feel disgusted and repulsed by words like “liberal” and “healthcare reform.”   Our friend Stephanie Miller will step into the Ring to talk about how Republicans in Fox clothing aren’t doing as well as they like to pretend.   Congressman Michael Capuano will brief us on his legislative efforts to rein in the influence of big money on the political process and to create a system of real shareholder accountability for these “Corporations Gone Wild!”   And as part of Ring of Fire Radio’s on-going, exclusive coverage of the worst oil disaster in our nation’s history, Devastation in the Gulf, Casi Callaway from the Mobile Baykeepers will be joining us to talk about the dangerous oil plumes hiding beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico that could potentially create hundreds of square miles of new dead zones in the Gulf.   JOIN US IN THE RING! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST by clicking on the “Podcast” tab at the top of the Ring of Fire Radio blog.  Your support helps...

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Papantonio: BP – The Cheney Slime Gets Thicker

As new information pours out everyday that BP’s underwater oil geyser continues to erupt, Dick Cheney’s involvement becomes more and more clear. With the recent announcement by BP that they would be hiring a former Cheney spokeswoman to handle their PR, we have to wonder how deep this incestuous relationship really goes. Mike Papantonio appears on MSNBC’s The Ed Show to discuss the...

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This Week on Ring of Fire!

This week’s Ring of Fire Radio, hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and David Bender:  Saturdays at 3 o’clock Eastern, rebroadcasts Sunday nights at 8 pm Eastern   This week on Ring of Fire Radio, Newsweek columnist and NBC/MSNBC correspondent Jonathan Alter steps back into the Ring with stories and new details from his brilliant new book, “The Promise: President Obama, Year One.”  You won’t want to miss this!   The tremendous health hazards that we can expect from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are horrific, but Dr. Riki Ott warns us that the thousands of gallons of dispersant chemicals BP is dumping into the water are making a bad situation even deadlier.   Laura Turner Seydel will be here to tell us about the dangerous toxins that are found throughout our bodies – and how the everyday products we use are causing those toxins to add up.   Attorney Lea Morris will be joining us to talk about yet another dangerous pharmaceutical on the market that is causing serious damage to American consumers.   As part of Ring of Fire Radio’s on-going, exclusive coverage of the worst oil disaster in our nation’s history, Devastation in the Gulf, investigative journalist Rick Outzen will return to give us his latest report from the frontlines of this fast-breaking story.   JOIN US IN THE RING! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR...

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Papantonio: Time to Prosecute BP

The company that owns the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig argued in federal court Tuesday that plaintiffs should not begin collecting evidence and testimony on the Gulf oil spill until the November deadline for claimants to file suit. Transocean Ltd. made it’s arguments in Houston after the federal court there accepted the company’s petition to limit it’s liability in the oil spill to less than $27 million, the amount the company says the sunken rig is worth. U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison made no rulings Tuesday, but he scheduled two more court dates for early June, noting he wants to...

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