This seabird was oiled in a Black Sea spill in 2006. It could be a harbinger of what’s about to happen in the Louisiana coastal wetlands. [Photo by Igor Golubenkov/Flickr]
This happens whenever I doze while listening to Morning Edition. I had this crazy dream. All those patriotic delegates at the Republican National Convention - the smiling mob who roared at Sarah Palin’s self-congratulation about pit bulls and lipstick – every one of them flew to Louisiana on their own dime. BP and the Chamber of Commerce didn’t pay a penny. And they were mucking around in the swamps with baggies and soda straws, prepared to siphon oil off sick birds. And Rudy Giuliani was cheering them on: “Spill, baby, spill.”
I’m probably not the only bird-lover having this dream. Here’s the Huffington Post ’s take on the revised mantra.
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You know what McCain and Obama said during the campaign, “Drill, baby, drill.”
BOTH of our crooked major party candidates advocated more off-shore drilling during the 2008 campaign. So don’t give Obama a pass on this one. He’s every bit as much to blame, and unlike Palin, he’s the one in power, so he’s the one to whom we should target our wrath.