Vulture's Picnic is a little disjointed but a picture comes together of super-rich people who will do whatever they can to further their own fortunes and influence. In this internet-connected, global economy, these people have outsized influence, and are often behind the scenes and unknown to most people.
These vultures are like a cancer, feeding off the bodies and bank accounts of people, companies, and countries. It's far beyond "free enterprise."
Among other things, Palast chronicles British Petroleum's (BP) 2010 Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, and how they had an almost exact blowout two years before that in the old Soviet empire. It was easier to cover up the latter, leading directly to the former, and it's criminal.
I can't do the book justice. I admire Greg Palast for his tenacity and ability to gather the goods on wrongdoing around the globe. He thrives on whistleblowers and insiders who can't stomach what their companies are doing. In that sense, we need a whole lot more whistleblowers. And in that sense, Obama has been horrible, prosecuting whistleblowers at an unprecedented rate, even after campaigning that we need more whistleblowers. Why? So he could weed them out and prosecute them?
Anyway, if you'd like to read Chapter 1 for free, go here.
For some good reviews of the book, go here.
If you have the goods on serious wrongdoing, you can get that info to Greg at contact@gregpalast.com or go to Greg's website here.
Do the right thing. Read this book. This is information that we all need to know, and you won't get it by watching the news on TV.
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