Greenpeace activists paint boat with oil from BP leak: "ARTIC NEXT?"

[proud2BlibKansan]

PORT FOURCHON — Lafourche Parish sheriff’s deputies and Harbor Police arrested seven Greenpeace activists Monday after two painted “Arctic Next?” messages on a vessel at the port, authorities and environmental activists said.

Greenpeace officials said in a statement that the environmental group’s members were protesting new oil drilling proposed for two Arctic seas off the coast of Alaska in light of the British Petroleum oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two members rappelled down the side of the Harvey Explorer, which the group said was headed for Alaska, and painted the ship with oil from the BP leak, Greenpeace said.

Deputies said the messages were directed to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, whose representative was at Port Fourchon on Monday while he and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano were in Galliano.

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[tblue]

1. Good for them.

But does it change anything?

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. It's more than I did today

:)

[laughingliberal]

10. Nothing changed the day after Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus, either.

The efforts to keep issues in front of the public are essential. With the corporate compliant US government and MSM, it takes a lot of courage to keep standing up and attempting to promote awareness.

I applaud them for this.

[petronius]

3. This is something of a peeve of mine, so I apologize for being a spelling-cop,

but the word is Arctic.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Oops you are right

At least the activists spelled it correctly. :)

[HughMoran]

5. 1 in 4 DUers think they should be killed for damaging property that's not theirs

:shrug:

[JoeyT]

9. I was gonna ask who owned the boat.

Though I wasn't going to suggest killing 'em. :P

Of course if they want to pick up oil there's plenty of places they could volunteer. (As much as it rankles me to suggest people should clean up BP's mess for free. I think BP should be forced to pay everyone that volunteers.)

[enki23]

6. please, tell me they spelled it correctly.

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[bahrbearian]

Why can't BP be arrested for

with unauthorized entry of critical infrastructure and unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, deputies said.

[bahrbearian]

Why can't BP be arrested for

"with unauthorized entry of critical infrastructure and unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling," deputies said.

[bahrbearian]

7. Why can't BP be arrested for

"with unauthorized entry of critical infrastructure and unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling," deputies said.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

8. Go Greenpeace!!!!!

Paul Watson would be proud that you stepped up.