Posted on 06/27/2010 6:55:11 AM PDT by SonnyBubba
NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Gulf Coast Disaster Hits Music, Too Jimmy Buffett Concert to Boost Area Morale June 24, 2010; Written by Chet Flippo
I'll tell you what. I'm glad that Jimmy Buffett and his friends are doing this free concert in Gulf Shores, Ala., on July 1, if for no other reason than to raise people's spirits and to remind us all there are common causes we can all rally around together and unite on.
The longer this Gulf Coast oil spill crisis continues, the more concerned I become about the very well-being and the future and the very survival of the region. The Gulf Coast states immediately affected by this oil industry catastrophe -- Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida -- encompass so many of the things I care deeply about in life that I gravely fear for the outcome. I can't even begin to speculate about the enormous hit to the area's businesses and its tourism and ecological destruction and the damage to sea life and birds and animals.
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I don't condone Jimmy's political affiliations, but I have to give him major credit for doing something and not just sitting around whining and complaining about how evil BP is or picking up tarballs on the beach for photo ops. This is a good use of high-profile celebrity status.
Buffett’s “Great Filling Station Holdup” (that cost me two good years) is a perfect political allegory for the first two years of Barky’s regime..
Hasn’t the gulf been through enough already?
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