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BP. oil spill | BP. oil spill

ron-cabral's picture
May.28.2010
 President Obama has taken charge of the fight to plug the leak.  It is good to see the the US Coast Guard on scene with the presence of 4 Star Admiral Thad Allen.  Allen is in charge of the Coast Guard response and  became National Incident Commander in the Gulf.  Allen just retired as Commandant...
randolph-haspel's picture
May.24.2010
The most moving song I know about the Gulf Coast is "Biloxi" by Memphian Jesse Winchester. When he resided here, Jesse went by the name of Jimmy Winchester and fronted a great garage band called the Church Keys. I was a freshman at Christian Brothers High School when he was a senior and a...
will-durst's picture
May.08.2010
They've tried fire and robots and domes and booms and drones and boxes and rosary beads and even panty hose stuffed with human hair but so far nothing has slowed the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from creeping towards our Southern Coast like a drunken lobbyist staggering towards a free seafood buffet...