Conditions in Louisiana
It has been said that if those states affected by the spill were more solidly Democratic that the federal government would have reacted a lot sooner and with a lot more boots on the ground and materiel...
The offshore drilling moratorium is killing business in the Gulf states and people are starting to get angry and organized.
From Cane Loader posting at
The Blogmocracy:
Rally for American Survival
Eleven thousand angry and fearful south-Louisiana residents packed a Gulf-coast arena last Wednesday to join Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and 11 other speakers in condemning the Obama administration�s controversial and economically devastating offshore oil-drilling moratorium that threatens to collapse their state�s economy.
The �Rally for Economic Survival,� � held at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana, located on the critical U.S. 90 �energy corridor� that is at the very heart of the nation�s offshore oil and gas industry � gave voices and names and faces to some of the anonymous tens of thousands of working-class men and women who for decades have toiled in mud and sweat and grease to bring gasoline, natural gas and heating oil to the cars and homes of America.
A great story with some wonderful pictures -- these are people who see the truth of the matter and who simply are not going to go away and be quiet.
Posted by DaveH at July 25, 2010 8:19 PM