A call for spoofs of Chevron

Chevron's desperate spin of its dumping crude in the Ecuador rainforest for a decade:

"Uh... it's absolutely true -- I mean, untrue, untrue! -- that we did this, and, um, it's not really that bad. I mean, there's oil in my 100% rabbit-tested makeup, which is exactly the same as dumping toxic sludge in an ecologically vital rainforest. I'm a fragile flower."

Apologies

Sometimes I have a lot of respect for my ex, wildernessguru.

One of the things I learned from watching him was that ... you don't have to be 100% in the wrong to apologize. You just have to recognize that the other person is upset and care how they feel. The rest sorts itself out afterward.

Book meme: yes, giving in.

I've been resisting this one:

Pick up the nearest book to you.
Turn to page 45.
The first sentence describes your sex life in 2012.

Intentions and aims: You will achieve them.
(It's a divination manual.)

The other book is likely to be weirder:

From eastern Tibet I received word of a man who had a copy of the medium-length sadana.
(Yep.)

FDR and the Second Bill of Rights.

From peoppenheimer here:

“In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.”

• The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
  
• The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
  
• The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return that will give him and his family a decent living;
  
• The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
  
• The right of every family to a decent home;
  
• The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
  
• The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
  
• The right to a good education.

(Franklin Delano Roosevelt, January 11, 1944; quoted from Sunstein, 2004, The Second Bill of Rights, New York: Basic Books)