I'm sickened on a physical level by this oil spill.
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Mon May-03-10 08:15 PM
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I'm sickened on a physical level by this oil spill.
It makes me want to gag every time I see the footage. It's just that disgusting.
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Mon May-03-10 08:16 PM
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1. Rachel Maddow's show just had some footage of sea turtles washed up on shore
that made me feel physically ill. :(
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Mon May-03-10 08:18 PM
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2. Yah, the dead turtles suck. But this is about a whole helluva lot more than 20 sea turtles....
Edited on Mon May-03-10 08:19 PM by BlooInBloo
Just a bit bummed that the turtles seems to be the "poster child" for this.
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Mon May-03-10 08:22 PM
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Mon May-03-10 10:40 PM
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13. They are critically endangered and on the way out because of humans
not that any of the other animals or people impacted are less valuable. There population in the wild in was as low as 1000 animals.
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Mon May-03-10 10:53 PM
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15. Understood and appreciated. It just seems like every headline I see is a picture of a dead turtle.
Seems a bit narrow focus to me. But yah it is one of several important things.
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Mon May-03-10 08:36 PM
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6. Me too..and despite their saying it was not related to the oil spill...I have my doubts
Edited on Mon May-03-10 08:37 PM by BrklynLiberal
and their deaths are just the tip of the iceberg.....sort of the canary in the mineshaft.
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Mon May-03-10 08:55 PM
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7. Wonder if testing of the turtles
will show they ingested a toxic chemical used by BP for oil dispersal..
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Mon May-03-10 10:41 PM
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14. Or sucked that sit into their lungs while breathing on the surface
it is quite depressing to see. I have been avoiding it.
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Mon May-03-10 09:27 PM
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9. I live in Alabama....II'm going to lose my favorite place on earth.
To say nothing of a whole way of life. It will take a generation to recover. I'm in my 50's so I won't see the recovery.
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Mon May-03-10 08:22 PM
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3. You ever see that moment in Star Wars when Yoda mentally feels all the Jedi dying?
Edited on Mon May-03-10 08:25 PM by wroberts189
That is how I feel only worse. It was a hard kick below the belt and in the stomach and chest and head etc.... we now all watch in horror about what we know is going to happen. knr On edit: Let me add two more words: shock and disgust
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Mon May-03-10 09:17 PM
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8. I would have gone with the scene in New Hope where Obi-Wan feels Alberran getting destroyed...
but I'm just a traditionalist. :)
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Mon May-03-10 09:30 PM
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Mon May-03-10 09:56 PM
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11. I feel like Princess Leia...
...when she watched her home planet Alderaan being blown up by the Death Star. All you can do is stand by helplessly--as a bystander--as they destroy everything.
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Mon May-03-10 10:56 PM
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16. I dunno I'd rather deal with the oil spill
then let the galaxy fall into the hands of the Sith bringing about an intergalactic war that I can only imagine will result in the death of billions
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Mon May-03-10 08:29 PM
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5. A whole gulf of dead stuff isn't very healthy, so yeah, sick is a good
description. I am devastated.
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Mon May-03-10 10:35 PM
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12. It is a slow horror. That is for sure.
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