Obama Oil Spill Response: President Visits Gulf Coast Beach

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A photo op never saved a fish, cleaned a bird, or protected the marsh. Go to the worst-hit areas and see the truth of how bad this is! And then, meet with the scientists who see what's lurking underneath and off-shore. This will not be solved in a week, a month, or maybe even years, and people - and entire communities - will suffer greatly because of BP's ineptitude and greed!

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David http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/

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22-Mile Oil Plume Under Gulf Nears Rich Waters

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We're in uncharted waters here folks - we don't routinely see an entire ecosystem and food chain destroyed on this magnitude. BP can't pay enough to repair this. They've went beyond the "Pottery Barn" rule. When you break an item, you pay for it. But what happens when by breaking that one item, you destroy the whole store, the whole mall, and maybe even the whole town where the Pottery Barn was. Time for a new level of corporate responsibility. If there truly were any justice (and let me say, I know this won't happen), BP should become the first company ever confiscated by the government and given to shrimpers and operators of hotels and restaurants along the Gulf.

In closing, all I can say is that spending Memorial Day weekend here in Destin, Florida with my family - and there is a deep foreboding here that what we have seen in coastal Louisiana is headed here and all along the Gulf Coast.

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Dissatisfied Grad Tries To Sell Diploma On eBay

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A stunt, yes. But he did start a conversation, didn't he. Good luck finding that eccentric millionaire (less of those these days) to pick-up your tab!



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Verizon Rep Allegedly Threatened To BLOW UP Man's House Over $308 Bill (VIDEO)

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OK, this is the kind of over-the-top behavior that makes folks want more regulation on debt collectors. Give the video a watch - unbelievable.



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Gulf Oil Spill: Eel Checks Out Gulf Oil Leak (VIDEO)

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I don't quite know if this is the "real eel" (ha!) or a fantastic photoshop - still, appears genuine and it is from CBS News (don't start with the mainstream media criticism - think they are really coming-in strong on this crisis). The eel though - wouldn't bet on him living long!




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Gulf Oil Spill: James Carville To Obama - Tell BP 'I'm Your Daddy' And Take The Lead In Response

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We in Louisiana very much appreciate having national-stage advocates such as James Carville and Mary Matalin now living in New Orleans and truly making it their home. They can get a camera and a world-wide cable news audience at any time, and hopefully, what they are reporting first-hand will make a difference. Yes, we were just coming back from Katrina, and now this - and the oil spill promises to be a years and perhaps decades-long recovery that is going to wipe the coastal areas out ecologically and economically - great job - keep talking!



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Obama's Options: What He Can And Should Say About The Oil Spill Today

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Here, Hear - let's just hope he hears! All of us in Louisiana get it - and we're apparently going to continue to "get it" for months and years to come - thanks BP! Time for the adults to take over - bring in the military and the world's foremost scientists and other experts to help fix this thing and help figure-out how the heck to get this muck of oil and dispersants out of our marshes. People's lives and livelihoods - indeed a whole region - depend on it.



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