Tuesday, 8 June 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/edinburgh_east_and_fife/10264909.stm
Susan Taylor,29, confessed and was sentenced for three years in jail. She had rolled the dummy around the cup she used to take her daily methadone. Her advocate defended saying she was `distressed` because the 10-week-old boy would not stop crying and she did not know what to do to help him. She had no idea how dangerous methadone could be. The baby was barely breathing and had fits on the way to the hospital. Polis were alarmed 2 days later when doctors detected meth in the baby’s urine. Taylor’s partner got ten months for failing to tell doctors about the methadone given to the baby.
I could not believe what I was reading. How stupid can you be? Giving a baby methadone and alleging you did not know how dangerous it could be? Parents, never ever leave your child(ren)in care of drug addicts. You cannot trust their judging ability, especially in stressed situations. Mostly, they cannot take care and be responsible for themselves, let alone to take care of a little one. Now they have plenty of time behind bars to think about their deed and to rehab. I was deeply shocked. These incidents happens everywhere around the world, but they rarely reach the headlines
woensdag 9 juni 2010
dinsdag 8 juni 2010
BP will pay 'many billions of dollars in fines' for oil spill, White House warns
Monday 7 June 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/bp-oil-spill-fines-government
The White House has told BP they have to pay ´many billions of dollars´ in fines for the oil spill disaster since the explosion. The amount for those penalties will be determined by the quantity of oil polluting the Gulf: US law allows fines of $4,300 per barrel of oil.
Up till yesterday BP has paid $1.25bn (£870m) to clean-up costs and compensations to businesses and hotels put out of work because of the spill. The increase in the costs surpasses extremely the administrations and BP’s worst case scenario for an oil spill.
Barack Obama said "What is clear is that the economic impact of this disaster is going to be substantial and it is going to be ongoing."
I think that BP is responsible for the clean-up costs of the damages done. But the US government should show tolerance and not pressure for some payments to be made immediately. For we are talking about billions. And I think that the emphasis should be on stopping the oil spill permanently and the environmental sanitation, instead of possible future fines. BP and the US government should work shoulder to shoulder and combine forces and knowledge to resolve this catastrophe done to 'our earth'.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/bp-oil-spill-fines-government
The White House has told BP they have to pay ´many billions of dollars´ in fines for the oil spill disaster since the explosion. The amount for those penalties will be determined by the quantity of oil polluting the Gulf: US law allows fines of $4,300 per barrel of oil.
Up till yesterday BP has paid $1.25bn (£870m) to clean-up costs and compensations to businesses and hotels put out of work because of the spill. The increase in the costs surpasses extremely the administrations and BP’s worst case scenario for an oil spill.
Barack Obama said "What is clear is that the economic impact of this disaster is going to be substantial and it is going to be ongoing."
I think that BP is responsible for the clean-up costs of the damages done. But the US government should show tolerance and not pressure for some payments to be made immediately. For we are talking about billions. And I think that the emphasis should be on stopping the oil spill permanently and the environmental sanitation, instead of possible future fines. BP and the US government should work shoulder to shoulder and combine forces and knowledge to resolve this catastrophe done to 'our earth'.
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