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On 04/06/2010 4:54 PM, Frogwatch wrote:
On Jun 4, 6:37 pm, wrote: wrote in message ... 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. I get it.... you are a 'valued repeat customer' of Looney's Special Georgia Bud. This will do you no good in the long run. If you want an example.... just see The Freak up in Connecticut. Fishermen were out of work because of the ban on gill nets ( a good idea poorly executed). Shrimpers are out of work due to farm raised asian shrimp and oystermen are out of work because of run-off from all those new homes raising bacteria counts. Oil would be a great replacement and would pay better, tourism is a filthy business whereas oil is relatively clean. Yes, oil does degrade as I have shown via several articles and by papers I have shown from Alaskan State agencies. You may pretend it does not but that is like pretending wood does not rot. And oil is a naturally occuring substance. Unlike the tons of toilet seats+bowls, tires, boats, city garbage and everything else dumped in the gulf from the locals. Oil just might be the better of it. -- This depression is about liberal magots running debt liberally. |