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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 02:10 PM
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Press banned from BP oil spill command center
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/gulf-mexico-oil-spill-press-allowed-inside-oil/story?id=10616306

With a tank full of BP unleaded I left my hotel in Hammond, Louisiana, and drove about 20 minutes up the road to the Unified Area Command in Robert, La. It's the same trip taken each day by workers from BP, contracting firms, Transocean, the Coast Guard, MMS and all the other agencies and companies trying to control the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Along the way, if they're paying attention, they will note a local business with a sign out front that reads: "ACTION WITHOUT VISION IS A NIGHTMARE," though it appears to have been there for a while and is not intended as a message for them.

The command center sits off a sleepy road where the treeline breaks to reveal an enormous Shell Oil logo. I turned at the sunny red and yellow seashell and pulled up to a guard post. A pleasant man asked to see my ID. I flashed the ABC News badge hanging around my neck. With a smile he waved me past.

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Froward69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 03:38 PM
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1. unreccers = pathetic
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 03:42 PM
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2. Same principle applies
censoring anyone who attempts to make corporate AmeriKKKa look bad.
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saracat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 05:34 PM
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3.  Real information is no longer considered acceptable by some. It is really sad. Bushco
excelled at this and it is beyond horrible that anyone would want to emulate them.
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Bryn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 05:42 PM
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4. We all should start a MASSIVE class action lawsuit against BP
for damaging the environment, marine animals, wildlife, livelihoods of fisher people, etc. BP does not own the Gulf of Mexico! It's just so wrong!
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 05:44 PM
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5. Sounds more like a fuggen BushCo operation with each passing day.








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