Devastating Satire Aimed at Exxon and Big Oil

This satire on Exxon’s nasty oil spill in Arkansas was aired on the Rachel Maddow Show last night. It imagines a world where oil is conveniently brought right to your door, by letting it burble right up through your lawn. Sad to think this is what’s happened over the past two weeks in Mayflower, AR, as chronicled in stories like this NY Times article by reporter Michael Schwirtz. It must be noted that the material from this spill is a form of tar sands oil, similar to what’s being mined and extracted in Alberta, Canada, and possibly being brought in to the US if the Keystone Excel pipeline is given a green light. This dark devastating spoof, under a minute long, was produced by Heavy Crude Video with Andy Cobb appearing as the unhinged narrator. Watch it and weep.