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Can't get this scene off my mind

Who do you trust?

An independent scientist...one of a handful not bought and paid for by BP?



A sick shrimp boat captain who is on the front lines and sees firsthand what is actually in the waters being fished?



Or.....

An ad campaign running on BP cash?

Gulf Shrimp Safe Enough for 1,575-per-day Diet


A government agency trying to make us believe that the numerous turtle deaths are brought on by shrimper nets....two weeks before the shrimp season even started?

Sea turtles drowning in fishing, shrimping trawls, says NOAA

The same government that is suppressing information about ongoing dolphin deaths?

Feds forbid scientists probing Gulf dolphin deaths from speaking to media

The same government that has clearly colluded with BP in order to cover up the magnitude of this ecological crisis?

White House, BP tried to spin oil spill science, emails reveal

I can keep going for miles and miles, the bullshit we're being fed runs as deep as the Gulf sea bed where millions of gallons of oil and dispersant are still lingering....continually washing inland as the ocean temperature rises with the summer heat.  Stick a prop in the mud nearly anywhere in Bataria Bay and see what comes up:



These are areas that are actively being fished.  The effects PAH's, dispersant, heavy metals, and even NORM (Normally Occurring Radioactive Material) have on the ecosystem of Gulf sea life and subsequently the animals which humans ingest is largely unknown.  The safety testing methods currently in practice are being questioned by numerous independent scientists, Dr. Shaw included.

The truth is....there are a lot of sick people along the Gulf Coast.  One year later, this spill has not disappeared.  This spill is producing major health problems across the Gulf region.  Whether those health effects are from direct exposure or seafood consumption....or both...we don't have enough independent research to provide honest, scientific answers.  That is by design.

For BP, the name of the game is plausible deniability.  Hide the problem:  sink it; deny it; pay off the scientists to propagate the message; buy off the Gulf Coast media sources; pump the tourism boards full of cash and let them tell everyone it's safe while simultaneously sequestering any independent, scientific research which may show the magnitude of the spill; stall the claims payout process as long as possible by making it a labyrinth to navigate thereby strangling the affected parties into a slow death; avoid health study impacts and "influence" Gulf Coast medical facilities to do the same.

Meanwhile, their cronies in the beltway write off their spill debt with taxpayer money to the tune of 9.9 billion in the first year:

The Next BP Blow Up: A $9.9 Billion Tax Credit

You realize that's half of the $20b they are required to put in the escrow account that Feinberg has no intention of depleting?  In fact, they have only put $5 billion in the account to date and they aren't required to put the next $5b in until this summer.  That means the liability for this spill is not only being subsidized by the American taxpayer, it means BP just turned a $4.9 billion profit off American taxpayers in one year.  I will bet anyone a six pack of Abita they will get a second $9.9 billion dollar tax credit in 2011.  Apparently dumping 7 million barrels of oil and dispersant into the Gulf of Mexico is a lucrative proposition.

Much, much more to come....

A more sensible take

...than my previous rant.

From the mouths of babes…where Feinberg throws another tantrum…

"Master-Blaster run Bartertown!!!"  I wanna enter the Thunderdome with Feinberg.

Atlas flexes

Dispute heats up over BP's $20 billion oil spill fund

"The dispute heated up after Feinberg's lawyers filed a motion Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans. The motion charges Hood with making "unsupported and damaging assertions" about the claims process."

HT per Library Chronicles but I don't know how to deep link his posts.

To Atlas,

You're being defamed by Hood?  Really, Ken?  You wanna swing your pecker around and try to scare some folks?

How's this for defamation?  You are a fucking shill.  You were from the beginning.  You've been a shill all your fucking life.  Go back to your goddamn, bullshit, Brockton roots and wallow in your Zapruder/911/agent orange cash.  Tell your childhood neighbors how you've always fought the good fight...I hope they buy it.

In the meantime, just get the fuck out of the Gulf Coast and don't come back.   

Do anything you need to do to stroke your ego, bitch...just get the fuck out of our world.  You represent the people of the Gulf Coast about as much as George W. Bush did when he flew over Bourbon street after Katrina and wondered if people were "still partying down there." 

Leave...just leave. 

And I get it...you're gonna tell us if you leave, the 20b is off the table.  We've seen that game before, it's called bait and switch.  The 20b was never on the table, we knew that from the beginning.  You're on commission from BP, motherfucker...and this ain't our first rodeo. 

We are sick, we are dying, it's going to get worse... and you....are a fucking shill.  You're a shill who's distracting attention away from things that really matter, i.e., sick and dying people.   So show some balls and fight for us or just go beat off with your buddies in the beltway, man.  Just get the fuck out of our way....please.  

You have no confidants here, sir....none that matter.

That's defamation, and I mean every fucking word of it.

More Cries for Help

Last Saturday I spent the day at Dr. Michael Robichaux's farm in Raceland talking with well over 60 offshore workers, fisherman, and family members who are experiencing extreme health effects from the BP oil spill.  Many of the workers who came into direct contact with the oil and the dispersant, Corexit, are experiencing similar health problems ranging from mild sypmptoms to life threatening conditions.  It's not only the men who were out on the Gulf during the spill that are sick, family members are experiencing health problems as well.  Even people who swam in the ocean are stricken.

While I can't confirm this number, I am told by folks monitoring the issues that they estimate thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida are suffering.   Some are experiencing mild symptoms such as asthma, nausea, and headaches, while others are suffering extreme health issues such as internal bleeding, paralysis and even death....yes death.

The following video is a testimonial from Louisiana charter boat captain, Louis Bayhi.  It's 6 minutes long and I implore you to watch the entire thing: 


Louis Bayhi - BP clean up worker experiencing severe health problems on Vimeo.

Louis was one of over 40 fisherman I spoke with on Saturday who is gravely ill.  All of these fisherman confirmed to me that the Gulf is still full of oil and dispersant is continually being deployed....including areas which have been deemed safe for seafood harvesting.   

There are more testimonials coming....please help spread this message...please help spread the truth.  The nightmare BP left us with is not over, in fact it may just be starting.  The MSM is not going to report what's happening, but I implore you to dig deeper and don't trust what you are being spoon-fed.

I fully expect to get attacked on the seafood issue but my response is fire away...I just spoke with over 40 guys who are out there every day and their concerns have now become mine.  I will take their word over anyone. 

Check out the LEAN - Louisiana Environmental Action Network website for more information. 

Naming the Carpetbagging Promoter

New Orleans Kirsha Kaechele Projects is now mostly in ruin

Hence forth, I would propose that Kaechele's name be codified in the New Orleans' lexicon as a noun, "Con-Kirsha". We can use it as the official moniker to describe bullshit promoters (music, art, etc.) who come into the city to enterprise on disaster capitalism.

Example: "Oh man, you're talking about that dude from L.A. trying to put on that bullshit festival...he's just pullin' a Con-Kirsha."

A Cry for Help

Which will most likely go unheeded.

Interview with Clayton Matherne 


A month later, Clayton can't work, he's lost his home, he's destitute and very, very sick.



He is one of hundreds, if not thousands, of people along the Gulf Coast experiencing health problems in the wake of the BP oil spill.  Dr. Michael Robichaux from Raceland is doing his best to treat people, most of whom have been turned away by local area hospitals as untreatable or undiagnosed.



Please get the message out....nothing has been "made right".  We're being lied to...but that shouldn't come as a surprise to the people of the Gulf Coast, now should it?