I finally broke down and for the first time ever in my life actually paid for a movie on demand at home. Used my AppleTV. The movie I picked for this auspicious occasion? GASLAND II. I got tired of waiting and hoping for a local theatrical screening. I have a 12-ft projection screen at home, figured it was time to give it a shot.
Wow. Just, wow.
The assault, no other word for it, the sustained, organized, battle-hardened, determined, and deliberate ASSAULT on land, water, air, and essentially all life on Earth by these companies is breathtaking. If a citizen went and polluted someone's water well, or worse, all the wells in a large geographical area -- destroying acquifers, basically -- they would be hauled in and you can bet they would be charged with tons of crimes, including terrorism. If a corporation, with armies of lobbyists and bribed politicians, poisons the water, destroys an acquifer, it's freedom and patriotism.
But it isn't. We all know what it really is.