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29. Duke Energy, doing their part to destroy our earth as much as any

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 11:59 PM

Mar 2014

greedy, carbon spewing, people killing corporation on the planet.

http://www.southernstudies.org/2014/02/institute-index-duke-energy-coal-ash-spill-latest-.html

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Is anyone really surprised by this? Really, anyone? [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Mar 2014 OP

That's capitalism, you know. Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #1

Capitalism AKA Corporate Welfare! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #26

I am surpised hfojvt Apr 2014 #61

I still say that it is capitalism. Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #62

actually that is NOT true either, as Schumpeter points out hfojvt Apr 2014 #64

Maybe I am stuck with visions of Sinclair's The Jungle. Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #65

Bribery doesn't cost The Wizard Mar 2014 #2

Nope, not one bit nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #3

And Duke Energy is a person under the law, entitled to freedom of speech and of religion Glorfindel Mar 2014 #4

If Duke is a person . . . Jack Rabbit Mar 2014 #8

Sounds good to me! Glorfindel Mar 2014 #12

Therefore, an arrest warrant should go out to Duke Energy, directors and the executive echelon. It's RKP5637 Mar 2014 #27

It's going to be interesting to watch the male Supremes twist themselves in knots on the HL case. CrispyQ Mar 2014 #37

Not as bad as Welfare Moms! Whisp Mar 2014 #5

I'm shocked, I tell you. Treant Mar 2014 #6

Freedumb works. GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #7

I wish dumb were free, but it just keeps getting more expensive. QuestForSense Mar 2014 #22

where's the outcry from the right? Terra Alta Mar 2014 #9

not surprised. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2014 #10

And, on top of that... GoCubsGo Mar 2014 #11

I think I feel, no I need to go! AAO Mar 2014 #13

Who Spilled The Coal Ash? Dirty Socialist Mar 2014 #14

And will we do anything about it? stuntcat Mar 2014 #15

And a lot of people in North Carolina support and defend their right to do so you betcha *wink*! NBachers Mar 2014 #16

I had to spend Thanksgiving with a N Carolinian who was upset about part of the outer banks being .. stuntcat Mar 2014 #21

wow...nt Jesus Malverde Mar 2014 #17

Savvy! blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #18

Yeah but what about that surfer dude using food stamps to buy seafood? ZX86 Mar 2014 #19

Exactly. ctsnowman Mar 2014 #36

Instead of taxing corporations to help balance the budget... Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #20

EXACTLY Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #56

Why don't our fearless leaders in the Senate have hearings on this type of shit? Elwood P Dowd Mar 2014 #23

What do you have against job creators? Doctor_J Mar 2014 #24

It's what they teach in business school. laundry_queen Mar 2014 #25

Corporations are the real criminals in society. Initech Mar 2014 #28

Duke Energy, doing their part to destroy our earth as much as any mountain grammy Mar 2014 #29

Aren't they a subsidiary of PG&E? Sickening either way. eom dotymed Mar 2014 #39

No, they are not a subsidiary of PG&E. Duke energy is 50% nuclear. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #42

Really Skip? dotymed Mar 2014 #47

I dunno, the PG&E I know is in Northern and Central California. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #48

I got interested and googled it. dotymed Mar 2014 #50

Share your links, please. I'd be interested to see what you found, I found nothing like that. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #54

Here you go SKP. dotymed Apr 2014 #59

Nope. None of those indicate PG&E presence in Ohio. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #60

The address indicates (shows) the PG&E location dotymed Apr 2014 #63

The thing is though there are lights on in our houses treestar Mar 2014 #53

Customers without an affordable option.. I don't get your point. mountain grammy Mar 2014 #57

They are destroying the earth but so do we treestar Mar 2014 #58

It looks like that is factually untrue bhikkhu Mar 2014 #30

Thanks for posting this. smiley Mar 2014 #35

It also would be different questions regarding their violation of EPA regulations/laws treestar Mar 2014 #55

Duke energy should be seized by the government because of their environmental damage. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #31

Nope, not in the least. cntrygrl Mar 2014 #32

K and R (nt) bigwillq Mar 2014 #33

That's fascism for ya. DeSwiss Mar 2014 #34

. David2775 Mar 2014 #38

Blame congress. Don't blame a business for staying competitive. (not that you are) NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #40

They're job creators! IronLionZion Mar 2014 #41

oh Al capone would be like super rich PatrynXX Mar 2014 #43

Taxes are for the little people. nt NorthCarolina Mar 2014 #44

Isn't that the truth! mdbl Mar 2014 #45

K&R Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #46

It's good old fashioned Republicon Socialism Berlum Mar 2014 #49

what! gambling in Casablanca? I am shocked I tell you shocked lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #51

What were the subsidies for? treestar Mar 2014 #52

Nationalize Big Energy Octafish Apr 2014 #66