Jackson Jambalaya

Thanks for sharing. Powerful and very sobering. Seriously I think we all need to pray and I mean hard for some kind of miracle out there. God Bless these people!

This is allowed to happen because "WE" are to stupid and weak to stand up to big brother. Boston had its "tea party" maybe the gulf should have its "oil party"

Great video! Loved her passion. I predict a movie will be made with this lady as the central character. And I hope there is a happy ending...

This is painful to watch. My heart aches for her & all these good hard working people.
I repeat it is not just BP at fault. (careless, reckless negilent behavior) It is our Congress & Presidents, who have not developed an energy policy & remained lapdogs for oil companies. It is you & me for wasting so much energy that is driving this demand for oil.

You do know that its BP's fault right??? and the manufacturer of the drilling barge...

I do not share your sentiment b/c I buy a gallon of gas that I would allow a deep water drill that was 55% failure rate? NO, I wouldn't. If you are illogical (or a JFP fool), I guess you are right Bush gave the initial OK, Obama second checked it - wonder why BP is so quick to pay up?. Both Presidents were given assurances that nothing would happen. Guess what, they did represent us, but the assurances are assumptions and BP holds the bag of liability, not me.

vastly different than what we see on the mainstream news. thanks for this--LET'S GET BUSY TO GET THIS GIRL ON THE NETWORKS ASAP!!!

Dear 10:29,
The Bible tells us that it is a sin to call others fools. If you are not a Christain that's ok, but a fool, I think I am not.
Opinionated yes, but not a fool.

Do you perchance drive a Hummer?

Are you aware that the last 6 Presidents & 18 congresses have not formulated an energy policy that would make us energy independent?

Are you cognisant of the fact that while the U.S. has 2% of worlds population, it consumes 25% of the world's energy production?

Yes, I do think we are wasteful.

By_The_Way: what is a JFP Fool?
I apologize in advance for my ignorance.

I drive a Honda. 36 MPG. I guess if I really wanted to go without, I would have to purchase a condo in a major city with all the amenities needed and walk. Have you considered that?

Yes. Its a very difficult situation and the corporate interests mainly oil have done a good job of preventing alternative fuel development. And if you know a bit about the industry, they also limited refining capacity a few years back with the purchase and closing of refineries on the West Coast.

Do we consume too much energy? Don't really know. Do know that we like food (we feed a good bit of the world). Also know that we are the innovation for the rest of the world. Not the only one, but the primary innovator for searching for solutions to these problems.

I'm not saying we are not wasteful. I'm saying i'm not holding the bag for BP's mistake. BP and those directly involved in this disaster should be losing sleep and covering the economic disaster....not the general population.

JFP refers to any of the bungling tablog readers of the Fool Press that claims to be more than just a music calendar.

and remember, SAY: this wasteful 2% of the population has produced more innovation and opportunity that has benefited other parts of the remaining ("non-wasteful")98% than any other 2% in history...lots of folks in Europe, Asia, South America and elsewhere can thank the wastefulness of THIS 2% for the fact that they no longer have to go out doors to go to the bathroom or walk their goods into town on top of their mule, can harvest a food supply for multitudes of people with the effort of only a few people, do not have to worry about dying from the likes of malaria or TB and can e-mail their buddies on the other side for the world via the technology developed as a result of all the waste of THE 2%.

In any event, I believe she speaks the truth and has no reason to lie.

Dear 8:36,
My you are stubborn & I will not attempt to debate you, as you are quite firm in your convictions.
That's why we live in the greatest country in the world; everyone can voice their opinion.

Thank you for your clarifications, & no I'm not a member of the press. It's just me sitting at my computer. (but not in underwear)

I wish you a good & productive day.

We have no business drilling out there to begin with. God has given us plenty of oil under US soil without the kind of danger there is drilling 5000 feet under water. I mean seroiusly, would you rather protect human life or wildlife? Oceanlife where we make a living and get our food or wildlife that, by the way, could coexist with oil and gas development.

10:27 I am not stubborn. Just firm in my convictions. Sometimes I read wishy washy comments and it just irks me. No point is being made or they are incorrectly responding to a previous post they did not take the time to read and digest before spouting off some rhetorical speech much like the Jackson Free Press (JFP) readers. I take the time to read on a subject before I jump in here to comment and this oil situation has been very difficult to track. But, I repeat, I do not feel anyone other than BP holds the bag on this one. What got us here is a different story and we could debate that ad nauseam. Good day as well. And, for the record, I was in my underwear when I wrote at 8:36.

We ought to get together a group and do an expose on this. Get video, interviews etc. I know it will cost some, but man, the blackout on this is incredible. I'd volunteer and kick in what I've got, maybe readers who are interested in knowing the truth would contribute a bit to get a group down there at ground zero?

Now in the interest of being fair and balanced, here is a post from TD representing the other side of this video:

Half way through and to me she sounds like a person that is going to have a problem with anything.

Cutting cost: I too have sat through a meeting just like she has. I was and the headquarters for the Grand Isle area. The only talk I heard of cutting cost was not in the meeting (in which 90% of the people had no idea who I was/ meaning insider or outsider) was not in the meeting but the talk was of not replacing a sorbent boom until it had been oiled instead of partially oiled. Meaning it had much more absorbent capability left.

I did see a ton of money being spent by BP on staging equipment and materials for a project that might not ever be done. Talking hundreds of thousands of dollars to stage material to fill in Camanada Pass.

Here second point was resperators. Yes if you work for bp there are rules as there should be. You have to be trained. I go through this training where I work. If the situation was different (the opposite of what is occuring) can you imagine the outrage that would occur is someone was overcome by fumes and they had their resperotor on wrong because they were not trained!!!

If you MIGHT need one you must be trained. That is common sense. Air monitoring shows that it is not needed. If it shows that it is it will be a little to late to train your sorry ass while you are chocking on fumes.

Her third point was just that she thinks she is being lied to about firefighters in 911 and such. Ummm Basically she said she wanted to punch him in the face because she didn't believe a firefighter would be so gung-ho as to not wear a respirator because their coworkers were missing and they were going to look. Don't know the facts but that sounds plausible to me. Firefighters are firefighters because they are gung-ho.

That is where I stopped. If she didn't have anything important to say after watching more than half of her speech I figure I am wasting my time.

How dare BP not want to waste money.

As Puff Daddy once said, "It's all about the benjamins baby."

Who cares if people get sick and/or die? At least we stayed within the budget.

KF I understand the commentary from TD. What I don't understand is their attempt to criticize while not listening to the entire video. I took the time to do so and was not really moved by the "access", I was moved by her living in the environment and her experience on the water. The fish kill she describes was unbelievable. It reminded me as a child of the fish kill on Lake Ontario in the 70's. That was the message. The tit for tat of what a controllable cost is was irrelevant. I will say, I couldn't find the video she referenced. I searched. All of the videos related to the subect I searched were removed. Hmmm. I consider myself somewhat very capable of discovering the nitty-gritty of info.

Video has been removed, what the hell?

Try this link

http://www.infowars.com/the-real-truth-about-bp-and-what-is-happening-in-the-gulf/?_login=be5ba1bb25