Posted on 05/09/2010 10:26:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Obama cabinet members urged Coast residents Thursday to remain calm about the approaching oil spill and, along with state and local officials, allayed fears about the safety of eating seafood or visiting the Coast.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, speaking at Keesler Air Force Base, plugged Gulf seafood, saying it’s still safe to eat because fishing has been shut down in contaminated areas.
Frustrated fishermen breathed easier after state Sen. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis, assured them they will have a chance for subcontract cleanup work.
Long Beach paid tribute to its fallen officers Thursday, the 12th anniversary of the slayings of police Sgt. Steve Morgan and Detective James Northcutt. The man who gunned them down as they responded to a domestic-assault complaint was killed in an exchange of gunfire.
Splashes of Biloxi history have returned around U.S. 90. The city reactivated the White House Fountain, and Big Play Family Fun Center opened its 18-hole mini-golf course in advance of a grand opening.
Trappers captured two alligators, one of them 800 pounds and nearly 13 feet long, in Gulfport’s Brickyard Bayou.
Smells like, oh never mid.
Hey, look at the bright side. Your oysters will already have oil, you’ll just have to add vinegar to make a dressing.
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He-aallllll yeah. I bet them shrimps fry up real nice in crude.
Heard Daniel Shorr on NPR last week say, “nobody can blame the Obama administration for not acting quickly enough”...CBS reporter said a couple of nights ago...”this in no way can be compared to Katrina”...ABC complimented the Obama administration on the “quickness of their response”...8 days.
Can you imagine if this happened on Bush’s watch??? The New York Times would be leading a lynch mob.
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