Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Provokes Panic and State of Emergency Salem-News.Com
C'mon out, or are you at a Tea Party hiding behind a bogus patriotic sign, along with your other Mad Hatter (Michael Steele) and Red Queen (Sara Palin) friends, you know the ones that call for punishment first, then the trial?
I ask because certainly the non-human species that live in or rely upon the Gulf of Mexico need those waters to be relatively pollutant free, and they have nowhere to go.
They've already felt the brunt, the steady drip feed of civilization via the toxic soup runoff of urbanization, I mean what's a few more contaminants among chums?
They're getting that punishment, and there was no trial anyway, they've committed no crime other than exist wonderfully as God created them, as part of naturally complex, interlocking continuums commonly known as marine and estuarial ecosystems.
Yes, we can cry about, even find fiscal compensation for the shrimpers and other fishing industry members that earn their living in this area. And of course those favorite tourist resorts in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and western Florida aren't looking forward to the adverse impacts as vacationers cancel or re-schedule visits this merry month of May---Or even longer as the side-effects cascade throughout the communities of unique organisms native to the Gulf.
