Gulf Coast native’s perspective on oil spill

**jaTant** · 09-29-2010, 02:38 PM

It will take more than some heartfelt TV commercial to rectify this!

http://gardenandgun.com/article/losing-it

**firemedic** · 09-29-2010, 03:04 PM

I hate it for those people, they are pretty resilient, but they keep on getting hit, and eventully that will wear you down. It suck's

**GMAC** · 09-29-2010, 07:28 PM

I hate it for them, too. But the truth is, La. has been trashing its wetlands for years. Now that there's been a spectacular spill, its all "golly gee, look what they've done to poor little us" Maybe now they will realize what they have, and what they're losing, and start treating the marsh with some respect. But I'm not holding my breath.

**TealTapper** · 09-29-2010, 08:36 PM

No need to worry, BP is a good, upstanding corporate citizen. They could have prevented the whole mess with a $500,000 blowout preventer (something Great Britain requires of them in the North Sea), but no matter they'll make everything right as rain. Forget the fact they wanted to pay out $20 billion or so in dividends, but had to bow to public pressure to set up the compensation fund. Forget the fact they hastily bought up Google search terms to put their own spin on the situation. Forget the fact they have regularly polluted and only taken responsibility when they were forced to. Forget the fact that they seem to regularly have "accidents" that kill their employees 10-15 at a time.

Don't worry...they're just misunderstood...they'll make it all right if given the time...trust them, okay

**BOGSTER** · 09-29-2010, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by GMAC

I hate it for them, too. But the truth is, La. has been trashing its wetlands for years. Now that there's been a spectacular spill, its all "golly gee, look what they've done to poor little us" Maybe now they will realize what they have, and what they're losing, and start treating the marsh with some respect. But I'm not holding my breath.

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