'This will never be the same' - pic

[Kadie]

'This will never be the same': Kevin Reed weeps as he looks at puddles of crude that washed up overnight on the formerly white sands of his hometown Pensacola Beach, Fla. "I'd like to take the CEO of BP and jam his face in that pile on the beach," he says.

http://www.sfgate.com

[Maru Kitteh]

1. .

:-(

[Angry Dragon]

2. Where are the bp clean-up crews??

Who is in charge down there??

This is what I do not understand, everyone knows that the oil is coming and the powers that be just let it roll in.
Who is in charge??

[Poboy]

16. This question is asked over and OVER.

TPTB are preventing locals from acting, and allowing this to happen.

Who are TPTB? Seems to be BP, and the pleas of the little people to the federal government fall on deaf ears.

[notesdev]

18. The federal response is impressive

Never thought they could fit 9 million Gulf Coast residents and a few billion marine creatures under that bus, what with it being as crowded it as it was under there to begin with.

[girl gone mad]

19. Touché. n/t

[Jamastiene]

25. That is the most accurate summation I have seen yet. n/t

[racaulk]

50. !

:thumbsup:

[Pooka Fey]

74. kick

[Grinchie]

77. Don't worry, there's plenty of room under the bus.

The more the merrier, because maybe someday they'll be ables to take action and shut down this Cabal once and for all.

All it takes for all of these people to do this is to stop shopping, stop driving, stop consuming, and take the time to learn how to provided for themselves.

I would estimate that a general, countrywide strike of one or two weeks in duration would scare the living crap out of whatever cancerous thought pattern is allowing this country to go to the dogs.

The Corporations are all leveraged to the hilt, and a general strike would destroy any remaining illusions for the working classes that the economy is "Recovering". It's the only way to see if the goobernment has any plan regarding this scenario, and their response to it would be very illuminating.

[Catherina]

91. +1 n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

115. +1. nt

[QC]

119. Fear not! There is room for all under the Hopemobile! n/t

[phasma ex machina]

39. +1 "Where are the bp clean-up crews??" America's unemployed need jobs. nt

[Grinchie]

79. America's Unemployed don't need to endanger their health.

Thats the bottom line. We don't have Universal Healthcare like the rest of the Developed Countries.. We got Mandatory Health Insurance..

Just a cursory study of Oil, and what it does when heated to 150 degrees under the tropical sun will reveal that Humans have no business sticking around it for more than a few minutes at a time.

When a beach on the Oceanfront is no longer considered "Well Ventilated" people need to start running.

Now there are some that a less educated and desperate, but they better get a lifetime of healthcare assurances for free as part of the Job offer, otherwise, Caveat Emptor fellow humans.

[Bo]

47. I´m sorry to say but the Gulf is Done, and "they" know it.

Thats why NO CLEAN UP CREWS...it is pointless...YOU CANNOT STOP A LEAK AT THAT DEPTH.

[go west young man]

69. Too true.

Notice how our complicit media has quit talking about the oil that is still leaking. After that cap was applied the media acted as if there was no more oil leaking yet it continues to flow into the Gulf. Another complicit media cover up for big business.

[newtothegame]

53. We're not allowed to ask that. This is NOT Obama's Katrina. nt

[11 Bravo]

67. The BP workers are all engaged in camera suppression ops.

Can't allow the "small people" to actually see the fucking disaster they have created.

[valerief]

95. It's not like they CARE or anything. nt

[YOY]

96. Burning turtles and dolphins apparently.

Far more important stuff.

[me b zola]

And there are no do-overs

Cost/risk benefit ratio. What are we willing to give up to continue to suck off the teat of fossil fuels.

[Swamp Rat]

3. I know EXACTLY how he feels

:grr:

[femmedem]

22. I'll bet you do.

My parents live on the gulf coast of Florida, further south, and I keep wondering if they're going to spend the rest of their lives looking out onto a toxic graveyard.

I still can't get over how you've taken your grief and anger and done something so positive with it. (Giving up the car.) It's very inspiring to me. I'm still mulling over how far I'm ready to run with the inspiration.

[cwydro]

33. Ditto

In the Keys and just waiting.

Every morning I go out on my porch and look at my canal.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

71. ...

~hugs~

[Mojorabbit]

78. So do I

It is a desecration that just hits me to my core.

[TexasObserver]

4. recommend

[Ahpook]

5. Very well said

Its time we start shoving it back.

They do it to us and laugh? I can only think the shit they say about Americans.

What does it take to piss off enough Americans to try and stop these freaks! I can bet someone associated with all this madness has expressed that very thing?

And i mean that on any level. The wars, health care, you name it..

[blondeatlast]

6. That's one of those photos that will stay with me; it really does capture the

anger, frustration, and hurt.

[amborin]

7. K&R

[nonconformist]

8. K&R

[Bobbieo]

9. This photo tells the whole story!!!!

[GoCubsGo]

10. Not just the CEO of BP's face that needs to be jammed in that pile

All those who were responsible for letting corporate lobbyist come in and write/gut the safety and environmental regulations need to be down there licking up that hell hole mess they created.

[alsame]

12. Exactly. I hope that people are able to connect the dots and

direct some of their outrage at those who enabled this to happen.

[Catherina]

92. +1 n/t

[fishwax]

11. ugh

:(

[Tailormyst]

13. Gut-wrenching- what have we done?

It's like the planet is bleeding.

[BrklynLiberal]

14. Sadly, he is one among many, many who are crying and mourning.

[Lint Head]

15. I would like to be there when he

takes the CEO of BP and jams his face in that pile on the beach. I would help him do it.

[tex-wyo-dem]

21. but...but...poor tony just wants his life back...

Poor tony....

F him and the rest of his cronies!

[Chulanowa]

23. And I'd be there to make sure you didn't let him up for air

Let's see if the fucker can really make a living from oil.

[hamsterjill]

37. I would help, too..

And I would ENJOY it!!!

Would it solve the problem? Of course not. But it would make this PERSONAL to the CEO.

[Grinchie]

81. I wouldn't be surprised it it caught fire at the same time for some mysterious reason...

Apoptosis is a good thing.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

17. Unfortunately, that picture is only a taste of what is happening, and what is coming.

The death and destruction knows no bounds yet...

[lpbk2713]

20. Not to sound trite, but I feel his pain.

Formerly beautiful white beaches now look like mud flats.

The greedy bastards.

[phasma ex machina]

40. The greedy bastards are us. CalPERS is a major stockholder of BP. nt

[Grinchie]

82. Don't forget their holdings of GM, the culprits behind the Hummer

And the destruction of the first commercially produced all Electric Car, of which was destroyed, utterly, by being crushed and then chewed up in a grinder.

Perhaps it hurt profit share of there other holdings.. BP.

While the Hummer was afforded tax incentives...

Wake up Lobotnic's, this quest for profits without ethics is a dead end path...

[Major Hogwash]

24. Kick to the top. If the South would quit reelecting Republicans to Congress, this wouldn't have

happened.

[SmileyRose]

28. Not True

The nation as a whole needs to stop electing corporatists - in any party.

[SammyWinstonJack]

116. +1. nt

[Poboy]

30. Where is the federal response?

Why are they preventing locals from acting, and leaving us here to die?

[Swamp Rat]

85. Yeah you rite!

:grr:

[Major Hogwash]

106. Call Mary Landrieu and ask her.

Oh, snap! That one's going to leave a mark.

[Swamp Rat]

110. Were you trying to offend me?

YOU call Typhoid Mary and tell her whatever it is you want to tell her.

[suzie]

68. And perhaps if the entire nation had curbed its appetite for oil, this wouldn't have happened.

To categorically blame the South seems at this point just despicable.

[Chulanowa]

112. Perhaps if Japan curbed its oil appetite, too...

Since that's where this shit was going to be sold, after all.

[JoeyT]

26. Don't worry.

Someone he knew probably voted Republican once, so it doesn't matter.
ibtDLC.

Edit: :sarcasm:

[NoSheep]

41. I got that look when the person he knew voted for a Republican.

[dccrossman]

27. K&R

So happy that the oil hasn't reached Florida yet...

[Prometheus Bound]

29. Tony Hayward: "We will make this right."

We know it is our responsibility to keep you informed and do everything we can so this never happens again. We will get this done. We will make this right.

http://kaystreet.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/bp-ceo-tony-hayward-tries-to-salvage-reputation-with-new-ad-campaign-%E2%80%98we-will-make-this-right%E2%80%99/


How?

[Swamp Rat]

86. By killing us all with Corexit

[SammyWinstonJack]

117. Yeah make it right!

:nuke: So I guess all the marine life/wild life will magically come back to life, then? He is a disgusting POS!

[Evasporque]

31. ""It's natural. It's as natural as the ocean water is." - Rush Limbaugh

[deutsey]

36. I know it violates the code of karate that I've learned

but I'd love to roundhouse kick that idiot right to the head.

:evilfrown:

[BuelahWitch]

56. So let the fat turd swim in it!

Rotten filthy mouth swine! :grr:

[lark]

60. Better yet -

Make him live on the beach, eat the oil killed fish, breathe the fumes, and drink oil mousse infused water - see how naturally sick he gets.

[Grinchie]

83. Actually, just smear a small patch on his skin and count the days until cancer begins...

This was the sure fire way to induce cancer in mice during the 1930's, in case anyone is interested in this nasty little factoid.

Now our geniuses have genetically bred, patented "Cancer Mice", but I'm sure they still use to old, tried and true method a smearing ooil on, or placing oil subcutaneously under the skin for a more serious and systemic form of cancer.

This fact I would imagine has been replaced in modern medical schools to only talk about the GMO Mice due to Oil Company complaints that the textbooks are disparaging their product....

If there are any medical professionals here on DU, maybe you can shed more lite on this topic.

[proReality]

104. Let's see what he has to say when

the oil rounds the Keyes and settles on his beach. I'll bet the tune will change.

[AnArmyVeteran]

32. SEIZE THIS MOMENT PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!!!!

Do something to stop the massive amount of corporate corruption. Stop allowing corporations to destroy our country. If you need help call me. I'll give you ideas on what do to!!!!!!!

This is a golden opportunity and to squander it by doing nothing is inexcusable. Get on national television and DETAIL exact plans on how we're going to turn our nation green. Don't dance around the subject. Do something proactive. You can make every republican look as disgusting as that oil on that pristine beach, IF YOU WANTED TO. STOP trying to be bipartisan. SCREW the republicans. They are our enemies. They have tried to stop everything you tried and even when you caved into them making every law passed weaker and weaker you got nothing from them. So why do you continue to give in to them??? Why do you even listen to them? Bush didn't give a damn about anyone but his corporate pimps and his corrupt political party. But you can do something great for America. Do it NOW! And if you need help, call me or listen to the people instead of your current advisors. They are steering you into certain defeat in 12 unless you purge them from around you and get real progressives who will give you advice that is best for our country. Surround yourself with people of action and purpose who have never whored themselves out to corrupt corporations.

You called this a war Mr. President, but no one sits idly in the background during a war. They FIGHT. And any war fought should be with the goal of winning. I served in the military and I am sick of seeing my country attacked and defiled by corporate armies like BP and the thousands of others like them. You could change that Mr. President. If you wanted to. But do you? Will you???

Rome is burning Mr. President. The people are angry, upset and even brokenhearted. Listen to them instead of your current advisors or focus groups. It's obvious they have no intention of changing the status quo, or are unable to be creative, imaginative or forceful enough to do what is right for the United States and the American people. We elected someone who would stop the last eight years of corporate carnage. If you merely listen to the people instead of your advisors you can be a great president. It's your choice. But it's OUR country.

[Poboy]

46. It is a no-brainer ArmyVet.

He could single handidly turn the entire south/gulf coast states 'blue'.
He has every reason both politically and morally to do what you plead him to do, but like so many other issues, he does not.

WHY ARE YOU LETTING US DIE MR.PRESIDENT?

[Bo]

48. Obama could have put 1,000,000 unemployed there cleaning this up

...but something tells me HE knows it is POINTLESS

[Poboy]

51. Whether is is pointless or not, which is debatable

Even if you believe it to be pointless, THE PEOPLE ARE BEGGING.
As I say, if he were seen as aggressive in effort, even if unsuccessful, he would turn the entire region in his favor.

[Mojorabbit]

80. I totally agree

The same is happening with the oiled bird cleanup. Lots of well experienced sea bird rehabbers waiting to be called as volunteers but they contracted a professional company and are paying them which is fine but let the volunteers help too instead of having the paid people bitching cause they are working 16 hour days. Let people help. It would go a long way toward channeling the helplessness and anger and might just make a huge difference.

[AnArmyVeteran]

114. Absolutely!!! But by seeming to be detached he is looking like their enemy.

He could have won the hearts and minds of all those people on the Gulf and possibly turned red states blue. It was a golden opportunity but now it's all but blown. What a wasted golden opportunity.

[Grinchie]

88. Not enough respirators and safety equipment in America to fully protect workers.

I know what it takes to protect one's health, "reasonably well" when subjecting ones body to the horrificly toxic enviroment this spill has created. But people do not realize that if you were to be totally protected, you'd have to be in a moon suit, and you better have a good air conditioner unit working 24/7.

Then, as you become more and more contaminated, the suit would have to be cleaned or discarded as toxic waste. You gotta be able to see if you want to work at night, but what are you going to do with all the sand that is contaminated with oil? What about all the marine invertebrates that come along with the sand, rotting in big piles while the oil cooks in the Tropical sun?

60 days ago, I already knew what the ramification were regarding this disaster, simply due to the fact that this is unprecedented in history, unless you look upon a mass extinction style event..

The unfortunate reality is that we are watching the creation of "Tar Sands" on the Gulf Coast. It's easier to view films of the refining process of Tar Sands than it is to see films of the inside of a High Fructose Corn Syrup Refinery.

In the end, the process will need to be similar in order to clean up this mess, and people with plastic foot wraps (made of oil btw) are going to gnerate a crap load of expendables inthe process.

[mod mom]

107. I have 4 Israeli issued gas masks that I would love to ship off if someone knows

an organization that would accept them.

I bought them prior to the 2005 peace march in DC for my family (brought a 4 and 2nd grader) in case * goons tried to use tear gas or worse.

[Grinchie]

109. I don't know what good it would do -- BP refuses to allow them without training.

I think I saw it from the woman that has been allowed inside the perimeter of BP's response team.

Personally, I'use them regardless.

I live in the tropics and can handle the heat and humidity, but many people would collapse from heat exhaustion if they were to suit up to do REAL cleanup of the shorelines..

Unfortunately, it is hopeless until the leak is stopped, because the unending stream will undo any cleanup as time goes on.

Sure, the slick may be directed by wind and currents, but it's still out there and will come in eventually.

[AnArmyVeteran]

113. I like your post. Suits would cook anyone inside them.

But they could use repirators. And President Obama needs to tell BP NOT to order anyone, anywhere doing anything. He needs to tell BP they have zero authority over any American and he needs to tell BP to provide the tens of thousands of masks needed and heavy earth moving machines. Obama could be looking like a hero right now had he acted with force and purpose and assumed a leadership role in the cleanup.

[Stumbler]

49. I couldn't agree more.

[Enthusiast]

54. Pull all the resources

away from the fruitless wars of choice. Put all our military assets on the gulf fighting the spill problem.

[JDPriestly]

59. I hope you sent this directly to the president.

[Catherina]

93. I wish the same thing. He needs to start listening to the people n/t

[cwydro]

34. President Obama

I beseech you.

Get something done.

There are no workers on that beach; there are nowhere near enough skimmers working.

And I listened to that Doug Suttles scumbag for BP on the Today Show today, saying, "well Ann, we just really can't predict what's going to happen".

Oh yeah? Well I predicted this all some time ago. I don't have a geology degree and I am not the head of the Coast Guard, so I'm not so sure why I'm ahead of the loop on this one.

[AnArmyVeteran]

38. How did Chad Allen get his job too???

When oil goes into the water it eventually comes to the surface and then goes ashore, DUH!!!!!! Yeah, some evaporates and contaminates the air but that thick, heavy gunk on the beaches will be coming ashore for the next 100 years or more. I don't need a geology degree either. It's goddamned common sense. How do leaders of companies or governments get their damned jobs when they are either totally clueless or pathological liars? And I bet in that interview Ann just sat there as dumb as a stump like most people in the media and said "Well even I know what's going to happen!" or "Are you really that stupid Mr. Suttles?" or "How in the living hell did you get a high level job being so damned dumb or dishonest?".

It makes me want to have 99% of my brain removed so I can become eligible to be a CEO or a high ranking government leader. Damn, are they all stupid or liars???

[cwydro]

43. Liars.

Every last one of them.

[PA Democrat]

35. It's beyond heartbreaking. Even if they clean up the current mess,

more oil will wash up tomorrow and the next day and the next day, etc.

[chemenger]

42. I'll bet you that all BP execs are travelling with bodyguards now

for this very reason. A new business opportunity for Xe (formerly known as Blackwater). Probably a good 5 to 10 million Gulf Coast residents who would love to do the same.

[Spheric]

44. Mr. President, can you feel our pain? Are your feet warm, yet?

Do you understand the magnitude of what we as a nation are doing?

We should no longer need to hold your feet to the fire. The fish and birds and turtles and mammals and humans of the Gulf are doing it for us.

It is well past time to act, and to act decisively. Please, please do not let this continue. Do not let this country and the world down.

[AnArmyVeteran]

45. Is anyone in leadership even listening to the people?

[lark]

61. Fuck NO

they are just sucking up to the oil folks trying to make sure we drill baby drill anywhere and everywhere and fuck the consequences - after all, it's mainly the small people that get hurt by this.

[SammyWinstonJack]

118. Have they ever?

:shrug:

[Enthusiast]

52. Think Pensacola Beach real estate will

take a hit? Like these people already underwater on their mortgage need to lose another 20% of the value now. But it is still "Drill, Baby, Drill" on the GOP side.

Hey, if this gusher continues maybe the Gulf Stream will carry some of this oil clear to the British Isles where old BP can reap an additional source of anger.

[YOY]

97. Does the bear pope shit in the woods behind the Vatican?

n/t

[Grinchie]

100. Nah, Real Estate is Recovering*

*now that prices have fallen 75%. Percentage dropped may be affected by proximity to the Gulf. Additional conditions apply.

[JHB]

55. Remember Brit Hume and the other "Where's the oil" BP apologists?

Anyone have an idea of what it would cost to dump a few tons of oily, ruined Gulf Coast sand into the Fox News studios? They love it so much, let them have it.

[Uncle Joe]

62. For those who don't remember or missed it, here he is.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x465938

[Marr]

108. I love how they vacilate between, "it's Obama's Katrina!" and,

"it's nothing to worry about! Drill, baby, drill!".

[raouldukelives]

57. I'm sure they deny any responsibility

Why, it could just be natural seepage. :sarcasm:

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

58. The Summer of Our Discontent

What I want to say would cause this comment to be deleted.

Arrhhhhhhhhh!!!

[Grinchie]

101. All Hail Master Censor!

How dare you taunt him so?

Get with the program -- "Buddie".

[Uncle Joe]

63. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Kadie.

[xchrom]

64. the Gulf is dead - long live the Gulf. nt

[bigwillq]

65. K and R (nt)

[End Of The Road]

66. Why aren't there MACHINES to clean this up??

Seriously, BP has the technology to do some amazing drilling (when they do it right), but we have to hire people with shovels and buckets to clean up their mess when they do it wrong? How 4th century is that?

Where is Eli Whitney when you need him?

Bear with me, this is conceptual (I was a music major): some sort of big vehicle that drives down the beach, scoops up the sand, washes it, separates the wash-water from the oil, contains the oil to off-load later, and deposits the washed sand back on the beach behind it as it moves along?

Even if it isn't 100% effective, wouldn't it be alot more effective than the way we are doing it now (or not doing it now)?

[Grinchie]

102. They're still being built in China.

[Dark Knight]

70. Open your eyes

You guys really need to wake up and realize obama doesn't care, if he truly cared he would be using every available oil skimmer, building sand berms, and using his president authority to get things done, not to mention he would have a person ON THE GROUND IN CHARGE! HE DOES NOT CARE! HE DOES NOT CARE! Simple as that.

[katty]

72. massive tragedy - and more to come

[Blue Owl]

73. Yeah, let's just sit back and let the corrupt liars at BP handle this

Real good, then.

:sarcasm:

[bc3000]

75. Luckily we have the CEO of BP to blame so we don't have to examine our own behavior

[JuniperLea]

76. Right because no one tried really hard to make the government keep Jimmy Carter's plans in place...

No one tried really hard to keep corporations from taking over our government... no one tried really hard to keep oil men out of the white house...

:sarcasm: <=== Just in case...

[Swamp Rat]

87. BLAME THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS TOO!!

[YOY]

98. I drive once a week to get groceries. Walk and take public transport to work.

I buy local when I can. Little has been done to make a lifestyle so easy or to aim industry towards a more green solution.

BP and the oil industry are to blame.

[Grinchie]

103. Don't forget County Planners and Zoning Laws that cater to WalMart

While at the same time prohibiting Mom and Pop stores in the suburbs.

I chose my current home because it's small, I can walk just about anywhere, and I only have to fill my tank up once every three months, and that's if I have to drive anywhere at all..

Our Gooberment is to blame...

[wolfgangmo]

84. He's wrong. Everything will return to the way it was.

It might take time and by the time it gets back to a natural state humanity might be extinct, but the planet earth will survive. Of that there is no question. The only question is whether or not we will be here to see it.

Considering that the US is the number one producer of serial killers in the world, perhaps one of them would be so kind as to take one captain of industry, do their thing, take the corporate criminals address book and then work their way through it. They'd do the world a big favor. Maybe someone could set up some kind of a facebook group so that all the serial killers could do us all a favor. {all of this is based on Dexter so don't blow a gasket}.

[unapatriciated]

111. Dexter came to mind before I finished reading you post.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkly_Dreaming_Dexter

We just finished watching season two

[waronbanks]

89. BP has NEVER been interested in a clean up

Only a COVER UP. To this day they do not give a shit about our coastlines, waters, wildlife and working families. They just want to cover up the damage as much as possible.

Thats why the corexit and why they refuse to stop using it. They feel its the best way to break up the oil and keep it hidden. It also made it impossible to track and clean up.

They are criminal and the US government is aiding and abetting.

Itrs a fucking cover up and no one will do anything to stop it.

We are America After the Oil. And its going to get much much worse.

[waronbanks]

90. BP has NEVER been interested in a clean up

Only a COVER UP. To this day they do not give a shit about our coastlines, waters, wildlife and working families. They just want to cover up the damage as much as possible.

Thats why the corexit and why they refuse to stop using it. They feel its the best way to break up the oil and keep it hidden. It also made it impossible to track and clean up.

They are criminal and the US government is aiding and abetting.

Itrs a fucking cover up and no one will do anything to stop it.

We are America After the Oil. And its going to get much much worse.

[OwnedByFerrets]

94. As a resident of the Gulf Coast, I have those same sentiments.

And a few more.

[guitar man]

99. It gets harder and harder to see this

I haven't lived on the Gulf Coast for 25 years but it's still a part of me...those immoral bastards! :mad:

[defendandprotect]

105. No clean up teams -- and heaven only know how much oil will wash in --???