Grateful Dead

I hear you man, you are exactly right. Everytime I see a poor bird coated in oil I want to jump through the tv set and save it then kick BP's ass. I would think, as you mention, that the basic life forms, the food for all the critters we love so much, would be the most negatively impacted. "Lazy lightning you say you never strike the same place. I want a double dose in any case" ... "You got to hear my supplication. Got to hear me now. A little bolt of inspiration"

The Louisiana coastline will need a lot of work to remove the sludge and continue rehabilitation efforts of wildlife: beaver, birds, muskrat, nutria, otter, fish, crabs, oysters, shrimp and the plants and micro-organisms they feed upon....

If there are aliens flying around outer space they must be looking down on Earth in disbelief. They must be wondering how living organisms could so easily destroy their own home? I just laughed (an angry laugh mind you) when they came on the news all excited about plugging the leak like they had just won a gold medal in the Olympics or something. Maybe instead of patting themselves on the back they should spend their time thinking of ways to proactively prevent another disaster like this. The Earth can only take so much of this crap! "Lazy lightning you say you never strike the same place. I want a double dose in any case" ... "You got to hear my supplication. Got to hear me now. A little bolt of inspiration"

...For dancing in the streets. Yahooo! The whole fam damily will be in town for Gathering of the Vibes in Bridgeport, CT at the end of this month. That means Furthur & Rhythm Devils, plus a whole lot more. Maybe they'll all get on stage and jam!! This is going to be great time as long as it's not hot as hell. Even if it is you can still jump in the ocean to cool off. It's like 100 yards from the stage. Have a great weekend everybody! Endless summer is in full swing!

BP finally plugging the hole had no emotional relief to it. Just a sense that the bleeding had stopped because the temporary bandage was now in place. The bandage could slip any time before the stitches (relief wells) are applied. At least the oil is stopped even if a hurricane causes them to cease operations again for whatever reason. I get indigestion just thinking about the amount of oil in the gulf -- approximately 809,423 barrels of oil (x 42 for the gallon amount). I know I have been forced to look very hard at how I can reduce my oil consumption by 75%. That would bring me in line with what the average European uses... which is just too frightening to think about.

Plugging time !!!

That would be wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

4:50pm -- The Weather Chaninnel confirms that NBC confirms what everybody can already see on the spillcam. It's over. And yeah GTed, BP's stock surged almost 4% today. To think we could have had it when it was circling the drain at 27. I thought long and hard about it and even was told point blank to buy it but I'm just not a slimy bottom-feeder making money off the misery of others and watching as BP hires every unemployed insurance claims bunghole in the Southeast to stonewall Gulf residents on legitimate claims.

Recycling electronics! I had the two words inversed! "Lazy lightning you say you never strike the same place. I want a double dose in any case" ... "You got to hear my supplication. Got to hear me now. A little bolt of inspiration"

I believe is done all over California (depending on where you live) Goodwill takes the TV's, etc & does whatever to them. Yuba County has a great recycling program....haven't investigated So. Cal, but they most likely do......thanks, Marye 4 the Oakland info