BP Oil Spill: $18.7 Billion Fine a Mere 2% of Its Enormous $929 Billion RevenueBy Melissa Dykes Well now the company has been ordered to pay the largest environmental fine in the nations history at $18.7 billion dollars, the final settlement to be divvied up among the Gulf states who suffered most in the oil spills wake. Sure, $18.7 billion sounds like a lot of money even these days, but check out this chart (via The Independent): This money wont make it to the pockets of the people actually affected. It never does. $18.7 billion So thats how much it costs for the deaths of 11 people, the rape of a whole ecosystem, and continuous negative health impacts on millions of humans and animals throughout the area for years to come? Hundreds of tar balls still dot the beaches of Louisiana even today, something that will continue for who knows how long. But dont worry: BP senior vice president Geoff Morrell says the signs are good for a healthy Gulf. There is nothing to suggest other than that the Gulf is a resilient body of water that has bounced back strongly, he says. The Gulf has not been damaged anywhere near the degree some people feared it would have in the midst of the spill. The company, who obviously has a great vested interest, says its all good. On a sidenote, did you know that BP Oil CEO Tony Hayward sold off 1/3 of his total BP stock (thats 223,288 shares) on March 17th just a month before the explosion? Did he know something the rest of us didnt? If you havent watched the Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theories episode on this oil spill yet, you might view the whole thing a little bit differently after you do: Melissa Dykes is a writer, researcher, and analyst for The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared, and a co-creator of Truthstream Media with Aaron Dykes, a site that offers teleprompter-free, unscripted analysis of The Matrix we find ourselves living in. Melissa also co-founded Nutritional Anarchy with Daisy Luther of The Organic Prepper, a site focused on resistance through food self-sufficiency. Wake the flock up! 