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Dustlawyer

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5. Which BP won't clean up, that causes the oyster's to die and puts 2,500 Oystermen in
Sat Jun 8, 2013, 10:05 AM
Jun 2013

Apalachicola out of the only job that they, their Dads, grandfathers and great-grandfathers had. Now they are thrust into the work force except they cannot read because when you drop out in 6th grade to oyster with your dad, you don't pay much attention for those years. So the state of Florida has to put the whole town on welfare and they get to choose b/w getting a GED, welding school, or truck driving school, all at taxpayer, not BP's, expense! Meanwhile, BP plays the same BS commercial on all channels 24/7/365 telling people to, "Come on down to the Coast..." Except that these folks are already at the coast b/c they live there. BP becomes the biggest advertiser on TV, radio and print on the coast so those media outlets would never write or show the story of the Oystermen of Apalachicola b/c they don't want to lose the ad money! Sad it's all true and that this is just one small part of the Gulf Coast!

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North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State - prescient - turned out to be Gulf shrimp with BP oil geckosfeet Jun 2013 #1
Which BP won't clean up, that causes the oyster's to die and puts 2,500 Oystermen in Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #5
K&R idwiyo Jun 2013 #2
Watched this recently and was blown away by this rant. Matt Damon is right on. nt Stardust Jun 2013 #3
I read somewhere that Howard Zinn was his neighbor truebluegreen Jun 2013 #7
Well, that's definitely a fun fact! I heard them mention Chomsky in the film, but Stardust Jun 2013 #8
I watched it again recently and they did drop his name: truebluegreen Jun 2013 #9
Excellent! Thank you for schooling me! nt Stardust Jun 2013 #11
He tells Robin Williams that he has all the wrong books. mattclearing Jun 2013 #15
Right! I forgot about that line... Stardust Jun 2013 #18
What amazes me is how far in advance of 2000 this was. Ilsa Jun 2013 #4
So what did I think? I'm holdin' out for somethin' better. Brother Buzz Jun 2013 #6
Incredible, isn't it? Three years before W was installed! nt Stardust Jun 2013 #10
I first saw Good Will Hunting during W's National Guard kerfuffle Brother Buzz Jun 2013 #12
So I'm wondering if they (Damon & Affeck) were prescient or was it a coincidence? Stardust Jun 2013 #14
Smart money says Howard Zinn put the buzz in Damon's mind Brother Buzz Jun 2013 #16
Ohhhhhh, how cool is that?!?!?! Stardust Jun 2013 #17
I'm not saying he did Brother Buzz Jun 2013 #19
Most excellent. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #13
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