Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Today in BP Oil Disaster: Day 72
Posted by Alex Woodward on Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 4:24 PM
"We're on day 72, it's been ten weeks, over two months, they're still talking about cutting the red tape. We've been asking them to cut the rep tape since early May. ... There's so much of a disconnect. There needs to be a paradigm shift where the state and locals take over, the federal government gets out of the way, let BP pay for it at the end of the day. I'm ashamed to be an American right now. This is the greatest country in the world, and we have failed to properly respond to this disaster."
It is neither about charity nor sympathy, and, in fact, we very much want you to continue to visit our majestic city and relish in its music, safe seafood and Southern charm. But it is all about a preservation of a way of life, a culture, a special sense of place and a pride of being here. That is something Midwesterners understand just as well as those of us in N'Awlins.
Marjorie Esman, executive director of the group's Louisiana chapter, reminded the sheriffs of the coastal parishes that "members of the public have the right under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to film, record, photograph, and document anything they observe in a public place. No one—neither law enforcement nor a private corporation — has the legal right to interfere with public access to public places or the recording of activities that occur there. Nor may law enforcement officials cooperate with private companies in denying such access to the public."
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Keep those films and your news coming. It is the only truth the American public is being given. Nightly news skims over the oil spill saying very little if any thing. News clips consist of two or three people raking a small area on the beach. If we are lucky we get a fast view of ships in a circles and some fire on the water. I call it a "News Blackout." We are organizing and pressuring the government and recent concessions by Congress are due to public outrage. We have not been successful in getting the National New Stations to do their job. So more than ever we need your videos and reports. There are movements accross the states here are a few: a National petition called Seize BP's Assests, then local fund raisers called Clear Wat out of NY and animal activists. All breathing down the government's neck. And despite what the government says those chemicals being used have been banned in Europe and need to be researched. From what I gather it is a toxic soup being thrown together to force the oil from the surface so one will think it is cleaned up. I could be wrong but this is the information I got when I researced the chemicals. Also BP bpught thw rights from google for the words oil pil spil gulf so you might want to use a different search engine. I have to look around before I get to the correct sites for information. God Bless You my fellow American, Ruth in CA.
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