Gulf Oil Spill Mythbusters

by murrayewv

This blog is quick to condemn technological solutions on little data.  Diaries on the inadequacy of science and engineering abound (ironic, since we all are using computers to reach the internet).  Folks are quick to jump to conspiracy theories.  The problems of the oil spill are bad, but to read Daily Kos, the horrors are incredible, often in contradiction to all logic.  Chiming in to doubt some of these claims has resulted in What the hell, dude? You sounded earlier as if you were defending BP, and there's shitloads of anecdotal AND empirical evidence that they're in no way worthy of it. There's a point where you just have to stop playing "devils advocate" or "supporting the underdog". Or whatever that earlier bit was. Truthfully, it didn't make a whole lot of sense in context with the rest of the discussion, but seemed more designed to introduce the idea that "the fumes just aren't that bad, so people really didn't need masks anyway....

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Dear Mr. President, The Time is NOW

by whoknu

Right now, I sit here completely uninspired and I am angry!  I feel helpless.  I want to change. I want to break my addiction but I can't do it alone. You are our Leader and you need to start acting the part.  You speak for us and you need to start saying the right words.  You were elected to lead us, and you need to start NOW. That's right LEAD.  You are our Leader. If not now, when? The Gulf of Mexico oil volcano is a NATIONAL EMERGENCY! We need to start acting as if our lives depend on solving this problem, because the truth is, they do. We have had our Crude Awakening.  The time is now to show the country what we must do.  You know what we have to do.  We need to take this disaster, this National Emergency, and use it to make a bold turn towards changing the paradigm.  You see, this ship is headed for an ice berg and we need you to pull the wheel hard to the left or we are all doomed.  

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