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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Freeper on August 13, 2010, 01:02:45 PM
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DCBob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Aug-11-10 05:24 PM
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Scientists: Oiled marshes are "healing".
BARATARIA BAY, La. – Shoots of marsh grass and bushes of mangrove trees already are starting to grow back in the bay where just months ago photographers shot startling images of dying pelicans coated in oil from the massive Gulf oil spill.
More than a dozen scientists interviewed by The Associated Press say the marsh here and across the Louisiana coast is healing itself, giving them hope delicate wetlands might weather the worst offshore spill in U.S. history better than they had feared. Some marshland could be lost, but the amount appears to be small compared with what the coast loses every year through human development.
On Tuesday, a cruise through the Barataria Bay marsh with scientists revealed thin shoots growing up out of the oiled mass of grass. Elsewhere, there were still gray, dead mangrove shrubs, likely killed by the oil, but even there new green growth was coming up.
"These are areas that were black with oil," said Matt Boasso, a temporary worker with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill_healing_ma...
Of course many of the "doom and gloomers" wont want to believe this. They had their heart set on an environmental catastrophe. It is still a serious problem and BP still needs to pay out the nose for the damage done but it does look like nature is going to heal itself.. and alot sooner than most expected.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8927417
Ouch that's gonna leave a mark.
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Oooooooooooooooh, I see a pizza in DCknob's future!
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Oooooooooooooooh, I see a pizza in DCknob's future!
Yep,he broke the 1st commandment of the DUmp:
"Thou shall not speak the truth, nor shall thou speak common sense!"
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Yep,he broke the 1st commandment of the DUmp:
"Thou shall not speak the truth, nor shall thou speak common sense!"
You said it brother! :cheersmate:
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And the conspirisy theorists show up:
JERRY COPE: Well, a friend of mine, Charles Hambleton, and I came down about three weeks ago. We’ve been hearing a lot of stories. People were calling both of us regarding the loss of marine life and that there was a tremendous cover-up operation in place to conceal this from the public and the media. And this was at the same time where a lot of, you know, mainstream media were complaining about restricted access, that they couldn’t get onto the beaches, they weren’t allowed to fly. So these calls kept coming in.
We finally decided three weeks ago to come down and see for ourselves what the situation was, and we went from Louisiana all the way to Florida, spent a great deal of time around Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, Alabama, which tends—is kind of like ground zero in this whole mess, in terms of especially the effects of the dispersant. There’s a great many people there that are sick and ill. The doctors aren’t really sure how to treat them. Dr. Riki Ott’s been down, spending a lot of time with those folks. Myself, I have a pneumonia induced by chemical exposure. I’ve been talking to doctors in Boston.
But the—we talked to numerous fishermen and local people, and there was, in fact, a very large-scale operation with BP, assisted by several federal agencies, to cover up the loss of marine life. They gathered up the fish, birds, whales, dolphins, all the sea life, and the carcasses were destroyed, in very large numbers.
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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/4/environmental_acti...
Of course we all KNOW DemockracyNow! is the mostest, bestest place to get the truth. :whatever:
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See, I told you grass would grow up thru the tar.... :-)
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IMHO, it's a huge act of arrogance to think that a human error--or series of human errors--can screw up God's Creation to the point where He cannot restore it quickly.
**** the DUmors. :bird:
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IMHO, it's a huge act of arrogance to think that a human error--or series of human errors--can screw up God's Creation to the point where He cannot restore it quickly.
**** the DUmors. :bird:
Exactimundo!
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IMHO, it's a huge act of arrogance to think that a human error--or series of human errors--can screw up God's Creation to the point where He cannot restore it quickly.
**** the DUmors. :bird:
I dunno about that. We have free will, therefore it is possible to screw up areas of the earth that will take years for the earth to recover from. For example a nuclear bomb going off.
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JERRY COPE: Well, a friend of mine, Charles Hambleton, and I came down about three weeks ago. We’ve been hearing a lot of stories. People were calling both of us regarding the loss of marine life and that there was a tremendous cover-up operation in place to conceal this from the public and the media. And this was at the same time where a lot of, you know, mainstream media were complaining about restricted access, that they couldn’t get onto the beaches, they weren’t allowed to fly. So these calls kept coming in.
We finally decided three weeks ago to come down and see for ourselves what the situation was, and we went from Louisiana all the way to Florida, spent a great deal of time around Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, Alabama, which tends—is kind of like ground zero in this whole mess, in terms of especially the effects of the dispersant. There’s a great many people there that are sick and ill. The doctors aren’t really sure how to treat them. Dr. Riki Ott’s been down, spending a lot of time with those folks. Myself, I have a pneumonia induced by chemical exposure. I’ve been talking to doctors in Boston.
But the—we talked to numerous fishermen and local people, and there was, in fact, a very large-scale operation with BP, assisted by several federal agencies, to cover up the loss of marine life. They gathered up the fish, birds, whales, dolphins, all the sea life, and the carcasses were destroyed, in very large numbers.
1. I don't recall any WHALES or DOLPHINS in ANY media coverage of this "disaster", and believe me, if they were, we'd STILL be seeing it on the TV.
2. IF (very big IF) such a "cover up" were actually going on, in the world of instant internet access, YouTube, and camera/video phones, there would be photos. LOTS and LOTS of photos.
3. IF (again, very big IF) such an operation was happening, could it be, possibly, because of a public health/safety issue?
DUmmies sit with one thumb in their mouths, the other one up their asses, and they rotate them every 10 minutes. :hammer:
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I dunno about that. We have free will, therefore it is possible to screw up areas of the earth that will take years for the earth to recover from. For example a nuclear bomb going off.
What a few years to us would be a blink of an eye for Him.
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1. I don't recall any WHALES or DOLPHINS in ANY media coverage of this "disaster", and believe me, if they were, we'd STILL be seeing it on the TV.
2. IF (very big IF) such a "cover up" were actually going on, in the world of instant internet access, YouTube, and camera/video phones, there would be photos. LOTS and LOTS of photos.
3. IF (again, very big IF) such an operation was happening, could it be, possibly, because of a public health/safety issue?
DUmmies sit with one thumb in their mouths, the other one up their asses, and they rotate them every 10 minutes. :hammer:
The dummies believed Jeb Bush covered up how many people really died in hurricane Charlie I believe it was.
They claimed he hid the bodies on ice trucks. :mental:
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The dummies believed Jeb Bush covered up how many people really died in hurricane Charlie I believe it was.
They claimed he hid the bodies on ice trucks. :mental:
They're just too damned smart, don't ya know. :rotf:
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The dummies believed Jeb Bush covered up how many people really died in hurricane Charlie I believe it was.
They claimed he hid the bodies on ice trucks. :mental:
I thought it was "Andrew".
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Andrew was in 1992 under a Dem Gov, Lawton Chiles, so that meme wouldn't work...
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Andrew was in 1992 under a Dem Gov, Lawton Chiles, so that meme wouldn't work...
Ah! Shoulda known! Freep usually knows what he's talkin' 'bout.
Wrong on two counts!
Of course we all know a DemonRat could never be accused of the same BS conspiracies that they accuse Repubs of on a daily basis!