Last week right-wing radio entertainer Rush Limbaugh said non-profit organization employees are “lazy idiots” and “rapists in terms of finance and economy.” Hmmm. Watch this video to see who he might be talking about.
Daily Archives: August 19, 2010
Officials Meet With Gulf Coast Damage Assessment Trustees
Obama Administration Team Visits Delta National Wildlife Refuge Top federal officials met with the trustees overseeing the natural resource damage assessment for the Gulf of Mexico today to discuss the on-going response efforts to the BP oil spill and to reiterate the Obama administration’s commitment to long-term Gulf Coast restoration and recovery, according to a…
Retired Judge, Coast Guard Captain Join Deepwater Horizon Investigation
Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Co-Chairs J. David Dykes from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, and Captain Hung Nguyen from the U.S. Coast Guard, announced today that U.S. District Judge (Ret.) Wayne R. Andersen and U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Mark R. Higgins will be joining the Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team. The…
Mississippi Governor Shouted Down at Gulf of Mexico Commission
by Gavin Garrison Matt Smith and Heather Rally for Project Gulf Impact The Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Commission held its first meeting Tuesday and commissioners said their goal is to create a long-term plan for recovery from the BP oil gusher. Gov. Haley Barbour was shouted down. Gulf of Mexico Commission Meets; Barbour Shouted Down
Are Google and Verizon Selling the Public Out on Net Neutrality?
A few weeks ago, Google and Verizon announced a proposed policy framework that they claimed would protect net neutrality. “Unfortunately, that’s simply not the case,” according to U.S. Senator Al Franken. “This framework doesn’t protect net neutrality — it undermines it.” “The Google-Verizon ‘framework’ was written so as not to apply to wireless Internet services.…
House Committee on Environment Holds Hearing on Gulf Oil
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment will hold a hearing today entitled “The BP Oil Spill: Accounting for the Spilled Oil and Ensuring the Safety of Seafood from the Gulf” beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 19, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The witness list includes the following:
St. Tammany Parish President Stands Up to BP, Coast Guard
St. Tammany Parish President Kevin Davis says he’s willing to go to jail, standing up to BP and the Coast Guard for pulling oil collection assets off the coast. There’s breaking news here too. Incident commander Thad Allen says he will be vacating that post by the end of September. Maybe he should go now!
Back in Black: Eat, Pray, Love
Lewis Black is Back on the Daily Show The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Independent Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Oil, Chemicals in Gulf
by Glynn Wilson A citizens group conducting its own water samples in the Gulf of Mexico released results today showing dangerous levels of oil and chemicals in Naples and St. Petersberg Florida coastal waters. They found 1 parts per million of oil and grease. Other test results from Cotton Bayou, near Orange Beach, Alabama, near…
