"Louisiana isn't the only place that has shrimp"…

I want to thank all of you who answered my email and FB request to spread the TRUTH in the words of “The Fisherman’s Wife”.

I had many new readers pick up on this story globally--Canada, Mexico, Malaysia, Moscow, Paris and Germany—from Alaska to Maine—and from sea to shining sea, to the oil laden Gulf! THANKS for your efforts!

I’m going to go out on a limb here and ask again for another favor of you, my readers.

Multiple sources in Louisiana and on the web have reported that BP Vice President, Randy Prescott made the statement that, "Louisiana isn't the only place that has shrimp."

Apparently, Mr. Prescott doesn’t get the fact that his company’s damned oil and their sub-sea and aerial spraying of dispersants are polluting the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the air and land masses of the surrounding Gulf States.

Mr. Prescott, this ain’t just about shrimp and this ain’t just about Louisiana!

It’s about BP’s corporate culture creating the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history and possibly the worst ecological disaster to affect the modern world; an event for which--reports say--BP had no external insurance for.

For those readers so motivated, you can contact Mr. Prescott and voice your concerns over his unsympathetic remarks—Randy Prescott is BP’s Vice President of Power Origination, call him at 713.323.4093 or e-mail him at randy.prescott@bp.com.

There’s an old saying that when the small fish die, the big fish die, too. In this case, when the small fish die, the big fish die, and the entire region stands to die, too.

This is more than BP covering up a leaky oil pipe

BP and the Obama administration continue to keep what they know about the actual amount of oil gushing into the Gulf a national secret. They’ve done so by maintaining a “no-fly zone” in the skies above the site, and a U.S. Coast Guard blockade in the surrounding waters.

Louisiana’s Cajun Navy—many of whom are now getting sick after being told the dispersants were non-toxic—may end up like many of the 9/11 first responders who also were told the environment they worked in was “safe”.

The surrounding secrecy and corporate lies may cost American lives in addition to the eleven already lost unless BP is forced to “fess up”.

As a nation, we’ve explored outer-space for decades; having landed men on the moon and sent robots to Mars.

Yet our government can’t get an accurate flow rate from inner space, from a company proven to operate remotely controlled vehicles at depth while producing billions in quarterly profits without--up to now--losing a drop.

Last Friday, when BP admitted that the “Top Kill” procedure had failed, the press conference included Coast Guard Rear Admiral Mary Landry who reiterated the administration’s position of “since day one” three times in her statements--even though it’s common knowledge that “day one” means “day eight” in Washingtonese.

R.Admiral Landry commented that “they’d done a good job fighting the oil” comparatively to what has flowed in the past 40 days or so, in ratio to what has reached the shore.

Landry failed to mention that much of what has not made shore lies hidden beneath the surface of the Gulf thanks to the hundreds of thousands of gallons of dispersants used to break-up the oil.

She also failed to confirm or deny the twenty-two mile long, 6 mile wide “sub-surface plume” that scientists are monitoring near one of the Gulf’s deep water estuaries.

Voices of the victims

The truth about what’s happening at “ground zero” is heard in the voices of the victims; and it differs greatly from what’s heard in the corporate press releases from BP, or the daily press briefings with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

Gibbs recently went so far as to attack one victim, a Louisiana resident and Obama supporter—Democratic strategist James Carville, whose well warranted melt down about Obama’s bungled response to the massive leak in the Gulf Coast went viral in the days after he spoke his mind during a television interview.

Perhaps Mr. Gibbs needs to take a trip to the bayou and listen to the people who are living this nightmare to fully understand what Mr. Carville may, or may not know:

“Today was utter chaos for our boats and men, everything is so out of control and unorganized it's unreal.”

“Between the Coast Guard, Wildlife and Fisheries, public officials, BP and the Federal Government, it's a circus!! Everybody wants to give orders and nobody wants to do their job.”

“If they'd have let all the boats work from day one then a lot of it wouldn't have made it to shore. Instead they'd rather spray chemicals on it so it sinks to the bottom and nobody can see it…”

“We have issues with the task forces of vessels....some are getting tons of food while others are barely getting any. Some are getting all the fuel they need while others are on stand by with none. The logistics aren't set up correctly and we're 40 days into this. Sad thing is that there are capable people out there that could put the logistics together and make it work, but it seems BP doesn't want that to happen.”

“One has to wonder if someone within BP isn't sabotaging all things brought forth, because one company couldn't possibly be this unorganized.”

“Do we really think that OBAMA will make sure all his promises are kept? Heck no, he's part of the problem… Obviously, he was too busy on vacations, and traveling to push his own agenda.”

A voice of leadership

Lt. General Russel L. Honoré, US Army (Ret), is the "Category 5 General" who led Task Force Katrina and authored "Survival: How a Culture of Preparedness Can Save You and Your Family From Disasters". Lt. Honoré offers his sobering opinion in this quote from a CNN report.

“The No. 1 rule when dealing with disaster is to figure out which rules you need to break. Rules are designed for when everything is working. A democracy is based on trust. BP has proved it can’t be trusted.”

From my perspective, we’re somewhere between twenty-million and forty-million gallons of goo in the Gulf.

Perhaps it’s time for the Cajun Navy to follow Lt. General Honorés’ No. 1 rule and break a few as they work to save their way of life--after all, sometimes it’s much easier to ask for forgiveness later, than it is to ask for permission in the heat of the battle.