Anarchy on the Louisiana coast as furious leaders defy BP and Coast Guard
~AudubonMagazine.org
~The president of Saint Bernard Parish, a buff bald man whose domain lies east of New Orleans, spoke next.
“The lesson learned by Katrina, Rita, and later, Gustav and Ike, is if we wait, we will die,” he said. “I don’t have a crystal ball, but if I were a betting man I’d bet the plan was to let us die, then come back and do $75 million worth of cleanup.”
“Either the Coast Guard has to side with its American citizens and protect its communities,” he continued, “or it has to side with a major world corporation named BP and betray American citizens.”
~Heartbreaking raw AP video of two major pelican rookeries now coated in crude
~Hat Tip~Georgianne Neinaber
~An oil soaked pelican takes flight after Louisiana Fish and Wildlife employees tried to corral him on an island in Barataria Bay just inside the the coast of Louisiana, Sunday, May 23, 2010. The island, which is home to hundreds of brown pelican nests as well at terns, gulls and roseate spoonbills, is impacted by oil from the BP Oil Crime. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

LA Attorney General Buddy Caldwell tells Corps of Engineers state has emergency powers to build barrier islands
~Caldwell advised Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, commanding general of the Corps, that under the U.S. constitution the federal government does not have the legal authority to deny a state the right to conduct such emergency operations to protect its citizens and territory.~Caldwell sent letter Sunday night on Louisiana's position
~Jefferson Parish Emergency Managers, Sheriffs Dept. Commandeer 40 BP-Hired Boats left idle by BP behind Grand Isle as oil pours towards Barataria Bay

Louisiana Parish Prez Nungesser Uses Words Criminal, Jail In BP Oil Spill Crises ~Bayou Buzz

More oyster areas closed
~State authorities closed 11 additional oyster harvesting areas along Louisiana shores Sunday in a precaution against oil that has spread farther west of the Mississippi River.

Fishermen grow wary as lawyers swarm after spill
~Louisiana Weekly

Barbarians are at the gates:
~Slabbed peeks inside the world of shareholder derivative lawsuits as we take a closer look at Transocean and the disaster in the Gulf

Lest anyone think we should just sit, play nice and not Seize and Nationalize All US BP Assets remember the Exxon Valdez

The White House, Big Oil, and the “American Power Act”
~Coto Report

Nuclear Power Has a Friend in Heads of Obama's Oil Gusher Commission~Kevin Gosztola

Whistling tunes they hide in the dunes by the seaside
~American Zombie

Protesters bare nearly all at BP's Houston office~Protesters, some wearing cowboy boots and little else, took to the sidewalk outside the U.S. HQ of BP Plc on Monday to "bare the truth" about the giant oil spill that is threatening an environmental disaster for the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil spill educational website announced~In an effort to provide educational tools and up-to-date information on the oil spill Louisiana has been battling for the past three weeks, the Louisiana Department of Education has posted an Oil Spill Educational Resource Guide on its website.

Corexit: Dispersant Or Destoyer?

Venezuelan experts in Cuba due to Gulf oil spill

Please help counter BP News PR!
~This from a badly misinformed columnists at NJ.com (which also owns Nola.com btw): "As I noted in prior posts, a bit of balance on the part of the media would do wonders. Yes, it's bad to have thousands of barrels of oil loose in the Gulf."
~Editilla Notellas~ We adjusted our rage against the machine with this one because this author has turned out to be one of those rare gems who actually work the comments section of his posts. (The way Harry Shearer used to do at Huff Post before the Merit Badgers took over. Harry's still there but it isn't as often and the Badgers seem to be the ones moderating his comments. I swear it feels like a freaking Facebook Glory Hole Scout Jamboree). Anywayz, I'd jumped the gun on including him with the lying fuck'wit BP PR Mouthpieces that are showing up all over the country in the News Media downplaying this disaster.

The Gulf Oil Spill Help Center Begins Fishing Camp Owner Initiative In The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster ~America's Watchdog

Fake BP Twitter Account Draws Followers With Oil-Spill Satire
~A Twitter user with an account dubbed BPGlobalPR is posting satirical entries about the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — and already has more than twice as many followers as BP America’s actual account. With posts such as “The good news: Mermaids are real. The bad news: They are now extinct. #bpcares,” the stream of tweets from the account is long on dark humor and subtle outrage at BP’s actions.