The GULF OF MEXICO IS DYING & taking our children with it.

CNN 8/14/10 – The one really big question hanging over President Obama’s weekend vacation to Panama City, Florida, now has an answer.  Will he or won’t he dive into the water to send a message that the Gulf Coast is back.  The answer: He will, and sooner than expected.  “I think we’re going to go tomorrow and as I just said Ed, I’m not going to let you guys take a picture of me with my shirt off,” Obama jokingly told CNN Saturday. “You guys will tease me just like last time. I was on the front page … People commenting.”

But just hours later, a photo was published on the White House Flickr page showing a smiling President Obama and his daughter Sasha taking a dip in the Gulf waters off Alligator Point in Panama City Beach, Florida.   No reporters or press cameras were present for the swim, but the image will nonetheless send a message that the White House has sought to convey with the first family’s trip: the Gulf Coast is open for business.    Obama caused a bit of a tabloid stir when he took off his shirt to reveal a muscular physique during trips to Hawaii during the 2008 presidential campaign and subsequent presidential transition. But some are less concerned about Obama ending up on magazine covers, and more worried about the White House sending the right message.

All of the above, concerning the President’s “dip” is a LIE.  He actually swam in interlocked, intercoastal waters , not in  the ebbs of the Gulf of Mexico.  What did happen to children (and parents) who vacationed or lived without any caution along the Gulf shores after this photo? 

Corruption and undue expedience on the part of Transocean, Haliburton and BP are responsible for the deaths of 11 American oil workers.   We know it’s been more than 5 million barrels of crude spewed into the deep Gulf of Mexico and then!  Then the nastiest chemical combination poisons’ known to the industry; corexit was used as the fix it.

FROM WIKIPEDIA: The spill caused extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats and to the Gulf’s fishing and tourism industries.^[18][19] Skimmer ships, floating containment booms, anchored barriers, sand-filled barricades along shorelines, and dispersants were used in an attempt to protect hundreds of miles of beaches, wetlands, and estuaries from the spreading oil. Scientists also reported immense underwater plumes of dissolved oil not visible at the surface^[20] as well as an 80-square-mile (210 km²) “kill zone” surrounding the blown well.^[21] In late November 2010, 4,200 square miles (11,000 km²) of the Gulf were re-closed to shrimping after tar balls were found in shrimpers’ nets.^[22] The amount of Louisiana shoreline affected by oil grew from 287 miles (462 km) in July to 320 miles (510 km) in late November 2010.^[23] In January 2011, an oil spill commissioner reported that tar balls continue to wash up, oil sheen trails are seen in the wake of fishing boats, wetlands marsh grass remains fouled and dying, and crude oil lies offshore in deep water and in fine silts and sands onshore.^[24] A research team found oil on the bottom of the seafloor in late February 2011 that did not seem to be degrading.^[25] On May 26, 2011, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality extended the state of emergency related to the oil spill.^[26] By July 9, 2011, roughly 491 miles (790 kilometers) of coastline in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida remained contaminated by BP oil, according to a NOAA spokesperson.^[27] In October 2011, a NOAA report shows dolphins and whales continue to die at twice the normal rate.^{[28]  WIKIPEDIA}

In January 2011 the White House oil spill commission released its final report on the causes of the oil spill. They blamed BP and its partners for making a series of cost-cutting decisions and the lack of a system to ensure well safety. They also concluded that the spill was not an isolated incident caused by “rogue industry or government officials”, but that “The root causes are systemic and, absent significant reform in both industry practices and government policies, might well recur”.^[29] After its own internal probe, BP admitted that it made mistakes which led to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.^[30] In June 2010 BP set up a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the oil spill. To July 2011, the fund has paid $4.7 billion to 198,475 claimants. In all, the fund has nearly 1 million claims and continues to receive thousands of claims each week.^[31]

In September 2011, the U.S. government published its final investigative report on the accident. In essence, that report states that the main cause was the defective cement job, and Halliburton, BP and Transocean were, in different ways, responsible for the accident.^[32]

Given complete authority over our precious natural resources and environment by President Obama, BP went about ‘covering up’ the tar ball shorelines and spraying death over the entire Gulf region.  Many are giving up in anguish, leaving home and culture to try and find a life again.  Most are remaining fastened to their life and it’s legacy in the Gulf and they look for repair, reprieve and restoration. 

President Obama handed the complete authority for our environment, conservation, reparation and restoration, over to BP from the very beginning.  The proofs are in the state of the Gulf coast as it evolves today.  The plutocracy has provided mechanisms of media propaganda and lies  to cover the shifting of funds BP pledged to restore the failed and dying fishing industry to the Gulf Coasters and the incredible restoration needed to begin some kind of search for ocean repair… such as bio diversity.  Have you suffered through the lies of BP restoration commercials so dominant on the MSM?

You see, while 30 percent of the fund has been paid out to nearly 200,000 claimants, the vast majority of the money has gone to large corporations serving the tourism industry. These companies can afford expensive accounting firms, lobbyists and lawyers to represent them when seeking compensation from BP. Who is noticeably missing from receiving compensation are many of the individuals that make up the middle class, the working poor, and the small business owners. These are the mom and pop operations, the independent shrimpers and commercial fishermen and the like. These are the people that not only work the water to make a living, but also to feed their families. These are the voiceless people who live and work in the disenfranchised communities down the bayous struggling to make ends meet. These are the people that find it difficult to navigate their way through the myriad of red tape and high hurdles to receive the compensation from the fund they so rightfully deserve. These are the people that cannot afford attorneys to fight on their behalf. These are Cajuns, Creoles, African Americans and Native Americans. Many of the rules and regulations that BP has set forth for individuals to prove that they have been economically harmed by the accident are reminiscent of the old “Poll Tax” methods used to discourage. The vast majority of these people throw their hands up in frustration and despair and ultimately accept “Quick Pay” or nothing at all (Quick Pay is where you sign all your rights away in return for a $5,000 check). I understand that Ken Feinberg has indicated publicly that he expects to return more than half of the $20 billion fund back to BP. Unfortunately, we can already anticipate the sad scenario whereby Wall Street will applaud BP for recouping funds; Mr. Feinberg will be lauded, and the company will go right back to drilling in the Gulf, all while this already vulnerable group of fellow Americans continue to suffer. I borrow a quote from one of President Obama’s speeches, “…that is inexcusable, it’s wrong, it flies in the face of everything we stand for.”

My firm is assisting a community that has been devastated by the Spill — the Biloxi Chitimacha Confederation of Muskogee Indians. My colleagues and I have witnessed first-hand the challenges these fellow Americans face in trying to obtain a fair settlement from BP. I would like to invite Interior Dept. Chief Ken Salazar — the person in charge of granting drilling licenses to big oil companies — the people in those BP commercials who claim they are from these affected areas, and even Ken Feinberg himself to join us at our workshops in the Gulf where we help these fellow Americans complete the sixteen page claims application that comes with one hundred and twenty three pages of calculations and a laundry list of requests for supportive documentation. I’d like to show them how the “little people” are faring in the great success story that BP is pitching. I would recommend that instead of granting organizations like Catholic Charities over $100 million to assist disenfranchised communities, why not provide the funds directly to the affected communities? These funds could be used to create jobs, spur economic growth and provide this region with ancillary services it so badly needs — job training, healthcare, affordable safe housing, etc. One of President Obama’s greatest accomplishments – securing funds from BP without going through a long and protracted litigation battle – is falling short of its intention. BP and the powers that be are not adhering to the president’s orders of providing swift and reasonable compensation to injured claimants… at least not to this vulnerable segment of the population.    Ivan Thornton
Managing Partner, Fiduciary Management Group, LLC – HUFFINGTON POST

Inches of greasy poison (the corexit and crude) cover the bathos of the Gulf in the wake of the BP ‘clean up’.  The complicity of President Obama was published by NOAA in July 2010, verifying a statement of “this has been fixed” directed by BP to publish.  The idea that petroleum eating microbes and evaporation of the entire oil spill had successfully arrested the crisis of millions of barrels of crude exploding forth form a maliciously shattered ocean floor using the corexit was ludicrous from the start.   The vast number of credible scientists  dispute the obvious lies of corporatism dominating local and national government.

Cherri Foytlin – Co-Founder of GULF CHANGE is a compelling activist who is addressing the “Gulf Sickness” (and the restoration of the entire Gulf of Mexico and states) … please listen up:

, Cherri has asked that we sign and engage in reposting this petition online through our social media outlets: Hold A Congressional Hearing Concerning the Continuing Health Effects from the BP Deep Water Oil Cat.

Please see the above video for more information concerning the continuing catastrophic health affects now being suffered by United States citizens in the Gulf of Mexico due to the toxic dispersant and crude oil mix from the 2010 BP Deep Water Oil Disaster.
We are now seeing, and have since the spill, a wide array of health issues, including: headaches, respiratory issues, pulmonary issues, seizures, gastro-intestinal problems, rectal bleeding, skin and eye ailments, memory loss and neurological problems, in the more that 2400 confirmed cases.

BP and the U.S. Coast Guard used over 1.8 million gallons of chemical dispersant Corexit to combat the 4.9 million barrels of oil from April to June 2010 during the largest environmental disaster in American history.
“Corexit 9500 (dispersant) contains between 10 to 30 percent of petroleum distillates (solvent).. Upon skin contact, petroleum distillates can produce local skin irritations. When swallowed… distillate products can be sucked into lungs interfering with the lung’s functions and may result in chemical pneumonia. Corexit EC9527A contains between 30 to 60% of 2-butoxyethanol (solvent)” – Safety and Health Awareness for Oil Spill Clean Up Workers, OSHA, NIEHS, HHS, DOL
“Health Effects: Irritation with possible eye damage, skin irritation, nose and throat irritation with coughing and wheezing, nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, confusion and passing out. Chronic cancer (liver) in animals.” – Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet for 2-Butoxyethanol
“…BP has released monitoring data from.. June 29th (2010) results of testing it’s clean-up workers and finding, 80 percent of offshore workers and 15 percent of nearshore workers had 10 parts per million of the dispersant solvent called 2-Butoxyethanol. Twice the toxicity limit of five parts per million, dictated by the CDC’s National Insitute of Occupational Health and Safety.” -Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, May 2010
“Planes were flying overhead dropping dispersants which rained down.” – Malcolm Coco, Boat Igniter Operator
“..workers involved in the task of cleaning up the oil have been exposed to.. Potentially toxic substances, which mainly enter the human organism either by inhalation or via skin and mucous membranes.” – Toxicologist, Patricia Williams.
“a retrospective study of cleanup worker involved in a 2002 oil spill on the coast of Spain.. Found evidence of DNA damage, most likely from chemical or oil exposure,” – Time Health, June 25, 2010
“Any living organism that contacts this stuff, particularly the mixture of dispersant and oil, is at significant risk of acute mortality that is dying quickly or sub-leathal chronic injury, that might take weeks, if not months, if not years to manifest.” – Professor Richard Steiner, ABC news interview
“We are treating chemicals with chemicals… threatening human life. Nobody can guarantee that they are safe.. It reminds me of Agent Orange and I am concerned that during this clean-up we are conducting an uncontrolled experiment with all the marine and human life in the Gulf Coast region. And that uncontrolled experiment could result in thousands and thousands of people getting sick or dying as a result of the clean-up, not the original disaster.” – United States Congressman Jerrold Nadler
“I’m dealing with a wide array of people and the symptoms are almost identical in all of them.. There’s now question that these health difficulties are caused by contact with oil and dispersant.”  - Dr. Mike Robichaux
“The main thing is the breathing, people can’t breathe. If you can’t breathe how can you live?” – Andre Gaines, MS Clean-up worker
“The effects will be felt for generations. This is what we have to look forward to.” – Dr. Wilma Subra, chemist
“The Veterans Administration confirmed it. They said that my illness is from the oil. It’s from the spill” – Greg Brown, LA clean-up worker
“(They are) ignoring the one thing we can‘t afford to lose.. Our lives.” – Drew Landry, Louisiana  song writer and musician
“I feel like I’m dying from the inside out.” – Daisy Seal, resident of MS
“My health worsened progressively.. (my doctor) did blood tests and found high levels of toxic substances in my blood that he told me came from the oil and dispersants.” – Joseph Yerkes, FL clean-up worker
“A closet full of nebulizers in a school with 388 kids. Where is the red flag? …No one cares to admit just how bad things really are. I look at my children, and I don’t know what their future will be.” – Kindra Arnesen, LA resident
“I don’t want to put my family in debt, so I’m weighing my options. I don’t have health insurance, but I do have life insurance. There is a noble cause here to protect the seafood industry and the tourist industry, but there is no noble cause here to save the sick, the hungry, the handicap or people that have lost their job.. Get the citizens well, worry about the money later, cause we are not going to be alive 13 years from now.” – John Gooding, MS resident
“At this point we are calling out to the mothers of this country. We ask you to think, what if this was your child? You think about your child in that hospital bed. And you know who put her there, and you know what put her there, but you don‘t matter enough – your child doesn‘t matter enough to be heard, let alone to receive help. That is a hard pill to swallow.” – Cherri Foytlin, LA resident
“It becomes an issue of profit over people.” – Kimberly McCuiston, AL resident
Please sign the petition, you may well be saving a life – HELP US TO BE HEARD.

 If Sasha Obama were exhibiting these symptoms, would there be such a massive media conspiracy / blackout of actual conditions and health issues due to the chemical exposure sanctioned by the Obama White House and prolonged by BP corporate investment?  The children of the Gulf Coast states are digesting the poison of corporate greed.  The resumption of BP drilling contracts for deep waters of the Gulf was a direct pay off on the act President Obama and his daughter played out in Florida.  Big Oil profits were ensured.

Just as we are meant to enjoy human rights, this sanctity of life extends into our environment, the good health of our living Mother, the Earth.  PLEASE SHARE THE PETITION AND REPOST IT’S LINK WHERE YOU CAN.

 UPDATE 1-23-12

You’ve got to be kidding me!