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Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Headlines, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Supression of Science

FDA, NOAA Still Not Testing for Heavy Metals or Dispersants in Gulf Seafood

Federal officials and the Obama administration have maintained for well over two months now that all is safe in the gulf: no serious food contamination, no significant risk to air and water quality, no long-term health risks. And all this seems well and good so long as you only ask the government’s scientists. Asking elsewhere, one gets an entirely different story, and from such notable … Continue reading FDA, NOAA Still Not Testing for Heavy Metals or Dispersants in Gulf Seafood

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British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Katrina, New Orleans, Oil Spill

An Audition: British Petroleum’s Public Relations Department

By now many of us have read of British Petroleum’s increased ad spending in the months following the April 20th Deepwater Horizon Explosion. Rep. Kathy Castor was especially upset by this, saying “BP is overdoing it, it’s really making people angry. Every day you get up and see these full-page ads in every newspaper and the TV ads…while BP’s advertising campaign ramped up, businesses and the … Continue reading An Audition: British Petroleum’s Public Relations Department

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Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Katrina, Macondo Well, Oil Spill, Restore the Wetlands, Supression of Science

Changing Course in the Gulf: Bad Lessons in Money and Politics Pt. 2 – Bobby Jindal, Sand Berms and the Shaw Group

Over the past five months, Gulf Coast residents have been treated to a number of decisions with direct impact on their lives. They weren’t asked to give input at the time these decisions were made. They weren’t asked how they thought it might affect their future. The decisions occurred above their heads and most times, without their knowledge, but they are the ones now paying … Continue reading Changing Course in the Gulf: Bad Lessons in Money and Politics Pt. 2 – Bobby Jindal, Sand Berms and the Shaw Group

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Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Headlines, Katrina, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Plug The Leak, Sarah Palin, Supression of Science

Headlines: Gulf Coast and Beyond

Criminal charges being considered against BP in Gulf oil rig tragedy – Times Picayune Hurricanes May Carry Toxic Chemicals from Crude Oil and Dispersant Inland – Washington Blog FDA’s standards for Gulf seafood may be lower than those in past oil spills – Press Register John McCain Says He’s Too Old and Tired for Any New Ideas of His Own – HuffingtonPost ‘Censoring’ of Craigslist … Continue reading Headlines: Gulf Coast and Beyond

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Apocalypse, Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Headlines, Macondo Well, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Plug The Leak, Restore the Wetlands, Supression of Science, Thad Allen, Tony Hayward

The Gulf? Don’t Nobody Know Nothing Never – Me Neither, Except for…

I remember one night many years ago, walking down Decatur Street in the Quarter as the darkness was coming on, challenging the streetlamps to do their best. It was a beautiful February evening, colder but not freezing and as I glanced in the river’s direction I smiled at the sight of a rolling fog bank, moving slow, silent and concealing. Stopping at the corner of the square, I … Continue reading The Gulf? Don’t Nobody Know Nothing Never – Me Neither, Except for…

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Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

And the Dam Began to Crack…Two Studies and the Fishermen Speak Out

Scientists, fishermen, activists…all across the Gulf Coast have been speaking out against what many of them believe to be unrealistic numbers from the government and with the news of two recent studies, the news media appears to once again be listening as the NOAA, state officials and in one particular instance, a seafood factory owner was forced to go on the defensive. First the Georgia … Continue reading And the Dam Began to Crack…Two Studies and the Fishermen Speak Out

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Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, Supression of Science

Going Against the New Narrative – the University of Georgia, the American Medical Association and Mississippi Fishermen

Wow, yesterday was a bad day for the official story, you know…that storyline that says the Gulf of Mexico is rapidly recovering, 75% of the oil is gone, the seafood is safe and how it is now time for everyone to live happily ever after with the reopened fishing areas? Well, to believe the American Medical Association, the University of Georgia and some fisherman taking … Continue reading Going Against the New Narrative – the University of Georgia, the American Medical Association and Mississippi Fishermen

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