OIL DRILLING PLATFORM DISASTER

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The oil spill coming from 5,000 ft. below the surface

is the light gray irregular shape off the coast near the

Mississippi delta - now about 40 miles away from

the Delta and Breton National Wildlife Refuges.

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Bad place, bad time. One of the nation's most fragile ecosystems, southern Louisiana and the Mississippi delta region, is under threat of being "gooified" by the oil spill, gushing 42,000 gallons a day, right during breeding season for shore-birds and other waterfowl, fish, and  amphibians.  British Petroleum, operator of the aptly named drilling platform "Deepwater Horizon," (the rig's horizon is deep in deepwater now) yesterday reported record earnings of 5.6 billiondollars in the first three months of the year.

"I say old chap, good show, and all that -

just an absolutely stunning performance!

Bravo!!"

The brown pelican, which not long ago got removed

from the "endangered" list, is a major character

in these islands and coastal byways. It was efforts made

for the brown pelicans' welfare and survival over

a hundred years ago in Florida that led to

the establishment of the

national wildlife refuge system.

Breton is the second oldest refuge in the

system, created in 1904.

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Editor's Note:

An update to this post was added days after

this was published, with further info.

See it here:
http://maninthemaze.blogspot.com/2010/04/oil-spill-update.html
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GOLDMAN SACHS AND PSALM 28

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Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock;

be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me,

I become like them that go down to the pit.

Hear the voice of my supplications,

when I cry unto thee, when I lift up

my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Draw me not away with the wicked,

and with the workers of iniquity,

which speak peace to their neighbors,

but mischief is in their hearts.

Give them according to their deeds,

and according to the wickedness

of their endeavors: give them

after the work of their hands;

render to them their desert.

Because they regard not the

works of the Lord,

nor the operation of his hands,

he shall destroy them,

and not build them up.

Blessed be the Lord,

because he hath heard the

voice of my supplications.

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Psalm 28, 1-6

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GOD BLESS THE IRS!

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"Deal Has Wealthy Running Scared"

the headline proclaimed.

Swiss bank account secrecy has been a fact

since the middle ages. But a new deal between

America and Switzerland is getting signed.

The landscape, so says a tax lawyer in Washington,

is permanently changed. The names of thousands of

Americans who are hiding personal assets

in Swiss banks are going to be released

to U.S. authorities.

Hurrah!

I'm sure most of the tax dodgers in this

category would swear they're loyal Americans.

Bullshit. They aren't, they're traitors.

In this day and age even the snotty

little privileged shits have to carry their own weight,

and pay the piper the cost of citizenship.

So do all the congressmen (and ladies) who got paid off,

and the crooked defense and road paving contractors,

and the..., and the....ad nauseum.

Yes, I know, a lot of the money will simply get up and

move to Southeast Asia, or the Bermuda Triangle,

or any number of places that want fat-cat cash

and don't ask a lot of questions.

But it's a start in the right direction.

Tax cheats who have it but hoard it

aren't worth a tinker's damn.

May the IRS succeed beyond their wildest dreams;

may God's wrath fall upon the heads of the scammers.

God Bless the IRS!

THE SIOUX KILLED LIARS. WE SHOULD TOO.

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"It is said that, in the very early days,

lying was a capital offense among us.

Believing that the deliberate liar is

capable of committing any crime

behind the screen of cowardly untruth

and double-dealing, the destroyer

of mutual confidence was summarily

put to death, that the evil might

go no further."
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Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) Santee Sioux

The Soul Of The Indian, 1911

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Now then, if America had such a

wise and insightful way of doing

business, we'd be rid of thousands

of worthless mortgage bankers, hedge

fund managers, lawyers, real estate

salespeople, and other similar scum.

America's lost its guts.

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