Category: Leak

Spike Lee to Obama: ‘Go off!’ “One time, go off!” director Spike Lee urged on CNN’s “AC 360°.” “If there’s any one time to go off, this is it, because this is a disaster.” Lee’s sentiment echoes the frustration of people who want to see Obama get loud, take charge and inspire them like he…

President Obama is planning another visit to the Gulf Coast to view the progress on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. Before he arrives, he should be advised that the people of South Louisiana are cynical of presidential visits. We have seen viewing of disaster areas before. We have heard promises and speeches before. There…

Thirty-nine photos of oil in the bayou. Every gulf municipality should sue. $75 million isn’t enough. Kill baby, kill. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/oil_reaches_louisiana_shores.html

You have heard them. “If you drive a car back and forth to work every day than you should have expected this sort of thing to happen.” Or, “As long as you depend on oil, there are going to be accidents like this.” Well, no and no. Leaving out the fact that my shop and…

I’m not sure if the BP Gulf Volcano has surpassed the Valdez in total amount but I am thinking it has. Even a layman would know a spill from a finite source (Exxon Valdez) would be a drop in the bucket compared to a gushing hole in the planet. Even though the fishing industry, oyster…

So says he in the AP His scope is short-sighted though as he blames Bush for merely the response and not the many administrations that ignored the flood protection issue and the Army Corps who designed the shitty, undermined, I-walls. And it’s also short-sighted in that New Orleans also a testbed of corporate failure evidenced…

The oyster is celebrated with style here on Pacific Street in Old Algiers. Every year starting with a big shindig on New Years Day, we have a go at them with ravenous intensity. We even have an amulet, a gold oyster with a pearl Mardi Gras bead mounted in the middle to adorn he or…