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Saturday, July 3, 2010

John Wathen's Incredible Video of a Dying Gulf of Mexico



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Keith Olbermann Interview with John Wathen

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SPECTRE of SPECTRE said...

Photographer Detained Briefly by BP and Local Police
by Stephen Engelberg
ProPublica, Yesterday, 10:30 p.m.
Lance Rosenfield/ProPublica

This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE (PBS).

A photographer taking pictures for these articles, was detained Friday while shooting pictures in Texas City, Texas.

The photographer, Lance Rosenfield, said that shortly after arriving in town, he was confronted by a BP security officer, local police and a man who identified himself as an agent of the Department of Homeland Security. He was released after the police reviewed the pictures he had taken on Friday and recorded his date of birth, Social Security number and other personal information.(SNIP)

http://www.propublica.org/article/photographer-detained-briefly-by-bp-and-local-police

July 3, 2010 at 5:06 PM
SPECTRE of Orwell's 1984 said...

Obama makes Bush look like a strict Constitutionalist which he most certainly wasn't. The snare is closing on all of us.


First Amendment suspended in the Gulf of Mexico as spill cover-up goes Orwellian
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor

(NaturalNews) As CNN is now reporting, the U.S. government has issued a new rule that would make it a felony crime for any journalist, reporter, blogger or photographer to approach any oil cleanup operation, equipment or vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. Anyone caught is subject to arrest, a $40,000 fine and prosecution for a federal felony crime.

CNN reporter Anderson Cooper says, "A new law passed today, and back by the force of law and the threat of fines and felony charges, ... will prevent reporters and photographers from getting anywhere close to booms and oil-soaked wildlife just about any place we need to be. By now you're probably familiar with cleanup crews stiff-arming the media, private security blocking cameras, ordinary workers clamming up, some not even saying who they're working for because they're afraid of losing their jobs."

Watch the video clip yourself at NaturalNews.TV: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=203

The rule, of course, is designed to restrict the media's access to cleanup operations in order to keep images of oil-covered seabirds off the nation's televisions. With this, the Gulf Coast cleanup operation has now entered a weird Orwellian reality where the news is shaped, censored and controlled by the government in order to prevent the public from learning the truth about what's really happening in the Gulf.


The war is on to control your mind
If all this sounds familiar, it's because the U.S. government uses this same tactic during every war. The first casualty of war, as they say, is the truth. There are lots of war images the government doesn't want you to see (like military helicopter pilots shooting up Reuters photographers while screaming "Yee-Haw!" over the comm radios), and there are other images they do want you to see ("surgical strike" explosions from "smart" bombs, which makes it seem like the military is doing something useful). So war reporting is carefully monopolized by the government to deliver precisely the images they want you to see while censoring everything else.

Now the same Big Brother approach is being used in the Gulf of Mexico: Criminalize journalists, censor the story and try to keep the American people ignorant of what's really happening. It's just the latest tactic from a government that no longer even recognizes the U.S. Constitution or its Bill of Rights. Because the very first right is Freedom of Speech, which absolutely includes the right to walk onto a public beach and take photographs of something happening out in the open, on public waters. It is one of the most basic rights of our citizens and our press.

But now the Obama administration has stripped away those rights, transforming journalists into criminals. Now, we might expect something like this from Chavez, or Castro or even the communist leaders of China, but here in the United States, we've all been promised we lived in "the land of the free." Obama apparently does not subscribe to that philosophy anymore (if he ever did).

So how does criminalizing journalists equate to "land of the free?" It doesn't, obviously. Forget freedom. (Your government already has.) This is about controlling your mind to make sure you don't visually see the truth of what the oil industry has done to your oceans, your shorelines and your beaches. This is all about keeping you ignorant with a total media blackout of the real story of what's happening in the Gulf.(SNIP)

http://www.naturalnews.com/z029130_Gulf_of_Mexico_censorship.html

July 4, 2010 at 9:44 AM
SPECTRE of SPECTRE said...

A picture of a dead sperm whale which has been char-broiled at some point in one of their wonderful burn boxes. This picture is vanishing from the web. It originally was shown with various articles, but now gone. The caption says the sun did this, but I have never seen anything like this.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/green/18green_whale.pdf

July 5, 2010 at 9:40 AM
SPECTRE of Tyrants said...

This writer reminds me of the liberalism of the 1960s. Today we have tyrants who talk about liberalism, but they sure as Hell do not practice it. I have commented on this change several times, but this writer has driven the point home.

Why liberals should love the Second Amendment
by Kaili Joy Gray aka Angry Mouse
Share this on Twitter - Why liberals should love the Second Amendment Sun Jul 04, 2010 at 10:00:03 AM PDT
Liberals love the Constitution.

Ask anyone on the street. They'll tell you the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a liberal organization. During the dark days of the Bush Administration, membership doubled because so many Americans feared increasing restrictions on their civil liberties. If you were to ask liberals to list their top five complaints about the Bush Administration, and they would invariably say the words "shredding" and "Constitution" in the same sentence. They might also add "Fourth Amendment" and "due process." It's possible they'll talk about "free speech zones" and "habeus corpus."

There's a good chance they will mention, probably in combination with several FCC-prohibited adjectives, former Attorney Generals John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales.

And while liberals certainly do not argue for lawlessness, and will acknowledge the necessity of certain restrictions, it is generally understood that liberals fight to broadly interpret and expand our rights and to question the necessity and wisdom of any restrictions of them.

Liberals can quote legal precedent, news reports, and exhaustive studies. They can talk about the intentions of the Founders. They can argue at length against the tyranny of the government. And they will, almost without exception, conclude the necessity of respecting, and not restricting, civil liberties.

Except for one: the right to keep and bear arms.

When it comes to discussing the Second Amendment, liberals check rational thought at the door. They dismiss approximately 40% of American households that own one or more guns, and those who fight to protect the Second Amendment, as "gun nuts." They argue for greater restrictions. And they pursue these policies at the risk of alienating voters who might otherwise vote for Democrats.

And they do so in a way that is wholly inconsistent with their approach to all of our other civil liberties.

Those who fight against Second Amendment rights cite statistics about gun violence, as if such numbers are evidence enough that our rights should be restricted. But Chicago and Washington DC, the two cities from which came the most recent Supreme Court decisions on Second Amendment rights, had some of the most restrictive laws in the nation, and also some of the highest rates of violent crime. Clearly, such restrictions do not correlate with preventing crime.

So rather than continuing to fight for greater restrictions on Second Amendment rights, it is time for liberals to defend Second Amendment rights as vigorously as they fight to protect all of our other rights. Because it is by fighting to protect each right that we protect all rights.

(CONTINUED)

July 5, 2010 at 11:06 AM
SPECTRE of Tyrants said...

And this is why:

(Reasons below the fold)

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No. 1: The Bill of Rights protects individual rights.

If you've read the Bill of Rights -- and who among us hasn't? -- you will notice a phrase that appears in nearly all of them: "the people."

First Amendment:

...the right of the people peaceably to assemble

Second Amendment:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Fourth Amendment:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects...

Ninth Amendment:

...shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people

Tenth Amendment:

...are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/7/4/881431/-Why-liberals-should-love-the-Second-Amendment

July 5, 2010 at 11:10 AM
SPECTRE of Corruption said...

More bad news for BP as arsenic levels rise in seawater around the Gulf of Mexico

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world/more-bad-news-for-bp-as-arsenic-levels-rise-in-seawater-around-the-gulf-of-mexico/story-e6frfkyi-1225888272667#ixzz0sqlBdaj7





http://www.news.com.au/world/more-bad-news-for-bp-as-arsenic-levels-rise-in-seawater-around-the-gulf-of-mexico/story-e6frfkyi-1225888272667#ixzz0spoE0nbl

July 5, 2010 at 7:11 PM
SPECTRE ob Tyrany said...

"So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men."
-Voltaire

July 7, 2010 at 7:56 AM
SPECTRE of Total Destruction said...

Jerry, this site has pictures which would now be classified as a felony. It was a week long expedition into the Gulf. Unbelievable pictures!


TEDxOilSpill Expedition

This is a week-long project to document the current situation in the Gulf of Mexico and bring a first hand report back to the TEDxOilSpill event in Washington DC on June 28th. We'll be working on land, air, and maybe even on boat. Our team is composed of several talented photographers and videographers. In addition to documentation of oil on the water and on the beach, we're particularly interested in the human side of the equation and will be talking to some of the people most affected by the catastrophe in the Gulf. We'll also be documenting any and all evidence of media interference by BP, the Coast Guard, or other officials.

Would you like to help fund the TEDxOilSpill Expedition? We’ve heard from a number of people that are interested in helping out on an individual basis and we can definitely use your help. We’re committed to making this a success, but with the speed with which we’ve pulled this together and the costs of chartering seaplanes and the like, our team of five people is taking on some fairly substantial expenses. To give you an idea of what our costs are, our seaplane expenses are going to run north of $500/flight hour.


Any support you’d consider giving-$5 to $50 to $500—will be so very welcome and will be directly used to fund and possibly increase the scope of our activities, including chartering aircraft and boats to get us into the thick of things.

Latest updates from the Expedition:
July 2nd, 2010 Should it Be a Felony to Cover the Oil Spill?
Reposted from TEDxOilSpill Expedition member James Duncan Davidson’s blog:

The Coast Guard has set up newer and tighter restrictions in the Gulf. Ones that would have prevented the TEDxOilSpill Expedition team from getting some of the photos we took. In short, there’s a 65-foot “safety zone” around any response vessels or booms on the water or on beaches. As reported by the Times-Picayune, violation can result in a civil penalty of up to $40,000 and could be prosecuted as a Class D felony.


http://tedxoilspill.com/expedition/

July 8, 2010 at 8:53 AM
SPECTRE of Total Corruption said...

Jerry, here's a follow up to the Black Panthers Case. If the KKK did this sort of intimidation at a polling place, the FEDS would be on their asses, rightfully so, like white on rice. What the Hell has happened to our great Republic?


Ex-Official Accuses Justice Department of Racial Bias in Black Panther Case

In emotional and personal testimony, an ex-Justice official who quit over the handling of a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party accused his former employer of instructing attorneys in the civil rights division to ignore cases that involve black defendants and white victims.

J. Christian Adams, testifying Tuesday before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, said that "over and over and over again," the department showed "hostility" toward those cases. He described the Black Panther case as one example of that -- he defended the legitimacy of the suit and said his "blood boiled" when he heard a Justice official claim the case wasn't solid.

"It is false," Adams said of the claim.

"We abetted wrongdoing and abandoned law-abiding citizens," he later testified.

The department abandoned the New Black Panther case last year. It stemmed from an incident on Election Day in 2008 in Philadelphia, where members of the party were videotaped in front of a polling place, dressed in military-style uniforms and allegedly hurling racial slurs while one brandished a night stick. (SNIP)


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/06/ex-official-accuses-justice-department-racial-bias-black-panther-case/

July 8, 2010 at 9:17 AM
SPECTRE of Criminal Collusion said...

Here's the truth while they run those pure bullshit propaganda prepackaged info-mercials claiming they will make things right. How about paying the people who have had their lives destroyed by you assholes?

Hundreds Of Fishermen Missing Checks From BP
BP Gives No Indication Of When Payments Resume
POSTED: 11:47 pm CDT July 7, 2010
UPDATED: 8:37 am CDT July 8, 2010

http://www.wdsu.com/news/24178322/detail.html

July 8, 2010 at 1:32 PM
SPECTRE of Debacles said...

Holy-Moly Batman!!

Oil/Water samples from Gulf...VERY TOXIC (Samples Taken on Day 70)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq65E7rmO_k&feature=player_embedded

July 8, 2010 at 2:35 PM
SPECTRE of Collusion said...

Jerry, here's a dandy from Washington's Blog:

Government Trying to Sweep Size of Oil Spill Under the Rug, Just As It Has Tried to Sweep the Economic Crisis, 9/11 and All Other Crises Under the Rug


http://www.washingtonsblog.com/

July 9, 2010 at 5:13 PM
SPECTRE of Collusion said...

Keep on moving folks because there's absolutely nothing to see!

BP says over 15% of oil cleanup
workers show high levels of Corexit dispersant toxin; Figure likely much higher

http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/bp-says-corexit-dispersant-toxin-found-in-more-than-15-of-oil-cleanup-workers-figure-likely-much-higher

July 10, 2010 at 8:58 AM
SPECTRE of Deflation said...

Low Tide Devastation from BP Oil Near Grand Isle


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMYdAe6Ajs8&feature=player_embedded

July 12, 2010 at 11:25 PM
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