There's a great list of places with their phone numbers here.
Don't have time? Here's an option:
The National Wildlife Federation is looking for volunteers and support to help spot distressed or oiled wildlife, and to assist in the cleanup and restoration efforts along the coast of Louisiana. You can text the word "NWF" to 20222. That'll donate $10 to the National Wildlife Federation through your phone bill.
I'm thinking about heading down in July. Time to stop bitching and start cleaning the coast.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Costner Kicking Ass
As an actor I think he's marginal at best but this gives me a massive amount of respect for Mr. Waterworld:
One Small OIL CENTRIFUGE CLEANS 200 GALLONS PER MINUTE
Can we get them on every fishing, trawling, skimming boat that is in the water? Let's hope our government and BP don't get in the way this time.
One Small OIL CENTRIFUGE CLEANS 200 GALLONS PER MINUTE
Can we get them on every fishing, trawling, skimming boat that is in the water? Let's hope our government and BP don't get in the way this time.
Friday, June 18, 2010
'Chest ... pierced, he clenched his fist'
"A journalist tells of witnessing the firing squad execution of ... "
Too bad this a-hole can't get tried by those he's effected most. Like the 11 dead because BP was behind schedule and cut safety and protocol corners. Then of course there are the residents of the effected area, growing daily. Yea, I'd volunteer for the job & happily pull the trigger. Hey, dreams are free.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Hmmmmm
it took how many days of oil continuing to gush for "Scientists" (read: MEDIA) to realize that the story BIGGER than the blame game is that the Gulf of Mexico is wasted and for longer than we have to knowledge to predict.
And Obama thinks his administration can make it all better in (fill in useless number here) ????
It's nice he wants to make BP pay. But how about we stop the goddam leak first? Are there any marine engineers who can tell me why with all our imperial might, with all our tools, boats, factories and ingenuity we can't stop this f-ing leak? Or do we just not want to spend the money? Well if BP is gonna pick up the check how about it folks? OR is all our creative juice going into neat graphs like this:
If that oil isn't stopped, I'm going to say it now, throw it out there, be bold
WE ARE ALL DEAD.
Some might dismiss that statement as over the top, but when oil kills a massive amount of biomass which in turn kills more and more massive amounts of everything connected, well lets just say I hope I'm wrong. There's a reason it's called a food web. It's all connected. I'm no marine engineer and I'm no oil-spill-forecaster but I do know this is wicked f-ing bad for us all, and BP, Obama - we're ALL paying for it.
On that note I'm gonna go drive my Hummer 1 mile to get hamburgers at McDonalds. Then fill it up at BP.
And Obama thinks his administration can make it all better in (fill in useless number here) ????
It's nice he wants to make BP pay. But how about we stop the goddam leak first? Are there any marine engineers who can tell me why with all our imperial might, with all our tools, boats, factories and ingenuity we can't stop this f-ing leak? Or do we just not want to spend the money? Well if BP is gonna pick up the check how about it folks? OR is all our creative juice going into neat graphs like this:
If that oil isn't stopped, I'm going to say it now, throw it out there, be bold
WE ARE ALL DEAD.
Some might dismiss that statement as over the top, but when oil kills a massive amount of biomass which in turn kills more and more massive amounts of everything connected, well lets just say I hope I'm wrong. There's a reason it's called a food web. It's all connected. I'm no marine engineer and I'm no oil-spill-forecaster but I do know this is wicked f-ing bad for us all, and BP, Obama - we're ALL paying for it.
On that note I'm gonna go drive my Hummer 1 mile to get hamburgers at McDonalds. Then fill it up at BP.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Big George
Really stoked to have had the chance to catch up with George at ATOC. Had a great chat with him after the TT, gotta get a screening lined up for his hometown in SC this winter.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Palin and her best friend Murkowski
I guess it wasn't enough the "Drill Here Drill Now" cry. Then the anger-mongering of her tea-parties. So what now? Let's PROTECT the oil companies from being liable for turning the Gulf of Mexico into a toxic cesspool. Unbelievable yet - par for the course.
Money.
Money.
Me.
Money.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Money.
Evil. Corrupt.
When these bible thumping hypocrites reach the pearly gates I wonder if they will spontaneously combust upon pressing the doorbell?
And this just coming to light - turns out it was BP who was ordering the job be done in an unsafe manor. They caused it. They killed the workers. And Murkowski wants to protect these killers?
CNN STORY HERE
Par.
Best case scenario?
Wow, this is really getting worse. With all our ships & technology, we can invade and attack any country we want within 24 hours. Too bad we can't send some of those resources to do the job BP should be doing. Sorry, just another uneducated, one-sided, opinionated rant from me. Call it an inconvenient truth.
Monday, June 7, 2010
This just in
A Massive Flow of Bullshit Continues to Gush From BP Headquarters
STORY HERE:
LONDON—As the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico entered its eighth week Wednesday, fears continued to grow that the massive flow of bullshit still gushing from the headquarters of oil giant BP could prove catastrophic if nothing is done to contain it.
The toxic bullshit, which began to spew from the mouths of BP executives shortly after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April, has completely devastated the Gulf region, delaying cleanup efforts, affecting thousands of jobs, and endangering the lives of all nearby wildlife.
"Everything we can see at the moment suggests that the overall environmental impact of this will be very, very modest," said BP CEO Tony Hayward, letting loose a colossal stream of undiluted bullshit. "The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean, and the volume of oil we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total volume of water."
Hayward's comments fueled fears that the spouting of overwhelmingly thick and slimy bullshit may never subside.
According to sources, the sheer quantity of bullshit pouring out of Hayward is unprecedented, and it has thoroughly drenched the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, with no end in sight.
Though no one knows exactly how much of the dangerous bullshit is currently gushing from BP headquarters, estimates put the number at somewhere between 25,000 and 70,000 words a day.
"We're looking at a truly staggering load of shit here," said Rebecca Palmer, an environmental scientist at the University of Georgia, who claimed that only BP has the ability to stem the flow of bullshit and plug it at its source. "And this is just the beginning—we're only seeing the surface-level bullshit. It could be years before we sift through it all and figure out just how deep this bullshit goes."
Congressional hearings aimed at stopping the bullshit have thus far failed to do so, with officials from BP and its contractors Halliburton and Transocean only adding to the powerful torrents of bullshit by blaming one another for the accident.
Along with the region's wildlife and fragile ecosystem, countless livelihoods have been jeopardized by BP's unchecked flow of corporate shit. Those who depend on fishing or tourism for their income are already feeling the noxious effects of the bullshit firsthand, as out-of-control platitudes begin to reach land and seep ashore.
Dense streams of shit are expected to continue spreading throughout the region and the entire United States.
"This bullshit, it's everywhere," said Louisiana fisherman Doug LaRoux, who lost his house to a tide of government bullshit following Hurricane Katrina. "It reeks. Big buckets of disgusting shit are oozing everywhere you look and I don't know if it's ever going to stop. I feel helpless"
Added LaRoux, "I never thought I'd be the victim of so much bullshit."
Observers have noted that after the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, corporate bullshit gushed up like a geyser for two decades and didn't wane until the oil company had bullshit its way through an exhaustive process of court appeals that ultimately reduced payouts to victims by 90 percent.
Despite Hayward's denials that BP is at fault for the environmental disaster and his concern that it will result in "illegitimate" American lawsuits, the embattled CEO has still managed to trickle out a few last drips of bullshit sympathy for Gulf Coast residents.
"I'm as devastated as you are by this," Hayward said after a meeting with cleanup crews on Louisiana's Fourchon Beach. "We will clean every last drop up and we will remediate all of the environmental damage."
"There's no one that wants this thing over with more than I do," he added a week later, just absolutely defying belief with the thickest, most dangerous bullshit yet. "I'd like my life back."
Millions of Americans reported feeling ill and disoriented upon contact with that particularly vile plume of bullshit.
Many environmentalists, including Palmer, have called for a boycott of BP until the bullshit stops or is at least under control, but they emphasize that in the long term, Americans will have to change their habits if they wish to avoid future catastrophes.
"We must all work together if we're going to cure our nation of this addiction," Palmer said. "The sad fact is, the United States has been running on bullshit for decades."
STORY HERE:
LONDON—As the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico entered its eighth week Wednesday, fears continued to grow that the massive flow of bullshit still gushing from the headquarters of oil giant BP could prove catastrophic if nothing is done to contain it.
The toxic bullshit, which began to spew from the mouths of BP executives shortly after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April, has completely devastated the Gulf region, delaying cleanup efforts, affecting thousands of jobs, and endangering the lives of all nearby wildlife.
"Everything we can see at the moment suggests that the overall environmental impact of this will be very, very modest," said BP CEO Tony Hayward, letting loose a colossal stream of undiluted bullshit. "The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean, and the volume of oil we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total volume of water."
Hayward's comments fueled fears that the spouting of overwhelmingly thick and slimy bullshit may never subside.
According to sources, the sheer quantity of bullshit pouring out of Hayward is unprecedented, and it has thoroughly drenched the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, with no end in sight.
Though no one knows exactly how much of the dangerous bullshit is currently gushing from BP headquarters, estimates put the number at somewhere between 25,000 and 70,000 words a day.
"We're looking at a truly staggering load of shit here," said Rebecca Palmer, an environmental scientist at the University of Georgia, who claimed that only BP has the ability to stem the flow of bullshit and plug it at its source. "And this is just the beginning—we're only seeing the surface-level bullshit. It could be years before we sift through it all and figure out just how deep this bullshit goes."
Congressional hearings aimed at stopping the bullshit have thus far failed to do so, with officials from BP and its contractors Halliburton and Transocean only adding to the powerful torrents of bullshit by blaming one another for the accident.
Along with the region's wildlife and fragile ecosystem, countless livelihoods have been jeopardized by BP's unchecked flow of corporate shit. Those who depend on fishing or tourism for their income are already feeling the noxious effects of the bullshit firsthand, as out-of-control platitudes begin to reach land and seep ashore.
Dense streams of shit are expected to continue spreading throughout the region and the entire United States.
"This bullshit, it's everywhere," said Louisiana fisherman Doug LaRoux, who lost his house to a tide of government bullshit following Hurricane Katrina. "It reeks. Big buckets of disgusting shit are oozing everywhere you look and I don't know if it's ever going to stop. I feel helpless"
Added LaRoux, "I never thought I'd be the victim of so much bullshit."
Observers have noted that after the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, corporate bullshit gushed up like a geyser for two decades and didn't wane until the oil company had bullshit its way through an exhaustive process of court appeals that ultimately reduced payouts to victims by 90 percent.
Despite Hayward's denials that BP is at fault for the environmental disaster and his concern that it will result in "illegitimate" American lawsuits, the embattled CEO has still managed to trickle out a few last drips of bullshit sympathy for Gulf Coast residents.
"I'm as devastated as you are by this," Hayward said after a meeting with cleanup crews on Louisiana's Fourchon Beach. "We will clean every last drop up and we will remediate all of the environmental damage."
"There's no one that wants this thing over with more than I do," he added a week later, just absolutely defying belief with the thickest, most dangerous bullshit yet. "I'd like my life back."
Millions of Americans reported feeling ill and disoriented upon contact with that particularly vile plume of bullshit.
Many environmentalists, including Palmer, have called for a boycott of BP until the bullshit stops or is at least under control, but they emphasize that in the long term, Americans will have to change their habits if they wish to avoid future catastrophes.
"We must all work together if we're going to cure our nation of this addiction," Palmer said. "The sad fact is, the United States has been running on bullshit for decades."
Friday, June 4, 2010
THE FACE OF BP
The must be accountability for a company that made hundreds of billions off us, promoting their "GREEN IMAGE" but in return left us with this.
Spill Here, Spill Now. If you don't like BP's handling of the spill (turns out they are now trying to keep journalists from taking photos & video of the worst-effected places*) then hit 'em where it hurts. Don't buy GAS from them. RETURN or chop up your BP credit cards. Do not support them in any way. Words are cheap, money and action speak louder.
Spill Here, Spill Now. If you don't like BP's handling of the spill (turns out they are now trying to keep journalists from taking photos & video of the worst-effected places*) then hit 'em where it hurts. Don't buy GAS from them. RETURN or chop up your BP credit cards. Do not support them in any way. Words are cheap, money and action speak louder.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
It's not rare
that I look around DC and smile. I really do enjoy living here. On my ride tonight, up around National Cathedral...
Been a while
since I ranted about politics so instead of the obvious Gulf of Oil CF, I'm going to comment on the war with Iraq & Afgan.
Some interesting facts to consider - since the war has now cost our struggling country 1 Trillion bucks here are some interesting uses of 1 Trillion other than securing vast oil fields:
....feed every hungry man, woman, and child in America for a year—nearly one 100 times over.2
....transition the U.S. to a clean energy economy so we can solve global warming.3
....pay the salaries of two million teachers for ten years.4
....give $1,000 to every one of the billion children in the world living in poverty.5
....provide nearly 300 million people with health care for one year.6
....Or double cancer research funding, treat every American with unmanaged diabetes or heart disease, save millions of children's lives with immunizations, give New Orleans more reconstruction funds, implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations, send a peacekeeping force to Darfur, AND send every 3- and 4-year-old in the U.S. to preschool.7
NO I'm not surprised our country continues this fruitless debacle of chasing ghosts like Bin Laden under the guise of quelling "Terrorist Threats" - in fact this whole OIL IS MOST IMPORTANT view is clearly seen in the Gulf disaster. I heard some jackass republican even publicly said "It's not a disaster" - I won't even touch that one. Now that they're saying the oil will reach the East Coast beaches we'll hear all sorts of bitching. BP should have all assets seized like a cargo ship off the Somalia coast. This isn't going to effect just the Gulf - it will take about 5 years just to get our head's around it and probably 100 years to really be able to account for just SOME of the long term effects. We are totally playing with things we have no idea about and sooner or later we'll really screw up and somehow "Ooops, didn't see that coming" will help anyone or their bank account.
But can anyone remind me why we're still pouring about $2 Billion per month into Iraq and Afghanistan ??? And please don't even think of bringing up 9/11. If we can't get the "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" in 9 years don't you think that says something about the bureaucracy of our pathetic leaders? So why are we still there? What is the goal? Is there an end in sight? Or is this the military version of the Gulf Oil Spill?
ahem. Yes.
Sources:
1. National Priorities Project
http://costofwar.com/
2. According to "The Economic Cost of Domestic Hunger," by Dr. Larry Brown, an increase of $10-$12 billion a year over current spending on domestic hunger programs could end hunger in America.
3. "The Global Energy [R]evolution," Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council, 2009
http://www.energyblueprint.info/
4. According to Professor Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and currently at the University of California, Berkeley
5. Global Issues
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=88533&id=20870-7127796-2cMJyGx&t=3
6. National Priorities Project
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/tradeoffs
7. "What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy," The New York Times, January 17, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/business/17leonhardt.html
Some interesting facts to consider - since the war has now cost our struggling country 1 Trillion bucks here are some interesting uses of 1 Trillion other than securing vast oil fields:
....feed every hungry man, woman, and child in America for a year—nearly one 100 times over.2
....transition the U.S. to a clean energy economy so we can solve global warming.3
....pay the salaries of two million teachers for ten years.4
....give $1,000 to every one of the billion children in the world living in poverty.5
....provide nearly 300 million people with health care for one year.6
....Or double cancer research funding, treat every American with unmanaged diabetes or heart disease, save millions of children's lives with immunizations, give New Orleans more reconstruction funds, implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations, send a peacekeeping force to Darfur, AND send every 3- and 4-year-old in the U.S. to preschool.7
NO I'm not surprised our country continues this fruitless debacle of chasing ghosts like Bin Laden under the guise of quelling "Terrorist Threats" - in fact this whole OIL IS MOST IMPORTANT view is clearly seen in the Gulf disaster. I heard some jackass republican even publicly said "It's not a disaster" - I won't even touch that one. Now that they're saying the oil will reach the East Coast beaches we'll hear all sorts of bitching. BP should have all assets seized like a cargo ship off the Somalia coast. This isn't going to effect just the Gulf - it will take about 5 years just to get our head's around it and probably 100 years to really be able to account for just SOME of the long term effects. We are totally playing with things we have no idea about and sooner or later we'll really screw up and somehow "Ooops, didn't see that coming" will help anyone or their bank account.
But can anyone remind me why we're still pouring about $2 Billion per month into Iraq and Afghanistan ??? And please don't even think of bringing up 9/11. If we can't get the "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" in 9 years don't you think that says something about the bureaucracy of our pathetic leaders? So why are we still there? What is the goal? Is there an end in sight? Or is this the military version of the Gulf Oil Spill?
ahem. Yes.
Sources:
1. National Priorities Project
http://costofwar.com/
2. According to "The Economic Cost of Domestic Hunger," by Dr. Larry Brown, an increase of $10-$12 billion a year over current spending on domestic hunger programs could end hunger in America.
3. "The Global Energy [R]evolution," Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council, 2009
http://www.energyblueprint.info/
4. According to Professor Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and currently at the University of California, Berkeley
5. Global Issues
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=88533&id=20870-7127796-2cMJyGx&t=3
6. National Priorities Project
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/tradeoffs
7. "What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy," The New York Times, January 17, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/business/17leonhardt.html
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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