REP. ALAN GRAYSON (D-FL) wants Repubs sent to prison for supporting
drilling but he can start with me (although I am not repub) and I'll
make him look as foolish as he is.
MY beaches (Yes MINE as I am a 5th gen Florida native) used to be
pristine and clear of condos and I could walk them without some idjit
yankee telling me it belongs to him. There used to be salt marshes
that produced crabs and redfish but they were filled for development
spurred by tourism. I used to be able to walk into the sand dunes to
a sheltered spot and build a fire and see the glory of the night sky,
now the dunes were levelled for hotels and the night sky is nothing
but neon. Given a choice between tar balls and tourism, there is no
doubt, I'd take the tar balls. Oil jobs pay well, tourism pays
minimum wage. Once condos foul the beaches, it is effectively forever
whereas the oil will be gone soon enough. I'd go so far as to believe
that tourists with their suntan grease have probably put more oil in
MY beach sand than BP will.