I noticed this huge ad in the back of the NY Times this morning, ran by the oil giant BP in an attempt to apologize.  Apparently they are running full-page ads on the Washington Post, NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, aside from all the live-feeds on the internet.  It’s disheartening to see photos of the disaster and how it is affecting our environment, animals, local people, and eventually us.  I don’t think most of us even know that the British Petroleum has been feeding its superpower by drilling the deep waters so close to our coast. The rate of acceleration of the spill is 210,000 gallons per day since April 22, according to USA Today.  For those of you who haven’t seen where the flow of oil has been taking place, here’s a nicely illustrated map. A detailed timeline of events trailing back from the explosion is explained on Treehugger.

As for the spoof stand-up comedian in your face apology (below), this hardselling strategy may stereotypically work, but as a New Yorker I think it’ll take a little more intelligence to convince.