UPDATE: I screwed up the title...it should be our fucking HERO.
Not only does Rachel Maddow's website have a fantastic video of the oil spill, done by an amateur, on her website, but she links to our own Fishgrease in all his "boom fucking" glory. Is he an effing hero or what!
See the video here: http://www.liveleak.com/... or at Rachel's link below.
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/...
On May 7, environmentalist John Wathen of Alabama went out with a pilot friend to see the Deepwater Horizon mess for himself. Wathen, who lives in Tuscaloosa and works as the Hurricane Creekkeeper, tells us he's never seen anything like it in two decades of activism:
This is the first time in my environmental career that I've ever used the word "hopeless." But it's hopeless. You cannot stop it. This is going to hit all our shores. And it's not a question of if it goes into the Gulf Stream. It's when.
See also: (SAYS RACHEL'S SITE!)
A Daily Kos contributor says the Coast Guard has botched the defensive booming.
Amateur Video Of Gulf Oil Slick - Worse Than BP Admits
Video is from Alabama resident John Wathen as a volunteer pilot flew him over the area where the oil rig sank. Officials have stopped guessing at the amount of oil leaking although some speculate it may be closer to 1 million gallons per day.
Don't let BP spin this into something trivial.
"It's not a leak, it's a volcano spewing oil"
See the video here: http://www.liveleak.com/... or at Rachel's link below.
unenergy has diary on rec list with transcript!