Have you seen more than three images of the BP Oil Spill?

There's been talk, (surprisingly little of it) about the fact the 'mainstream media' is showing hardly any images of the actual damage the oil spill has been doing to the local flora and fauna of the Gulf. In this jarring NY Daily News article from early June, the reporters talk with a BP contractor who is seriously disturbed by what is happening down there:


""When we found this dolphin it was filled with oil. Oil was just pouring out of it. It was the saddest darn thing to look at," said a BP contract worker who took the Daily News on a surreptitious tour of the wildlife disaster unfolding in Louisiana.


""There is a lot of coverup for BP. They specifically informed us that they don't want these pictures of the dead animals. They know the ocean will wipe away most of the evidence. It's important to me that people know the truth about what's going on here," the contractor said.


And Finally:


"On Monday, a Daily News team was escorted away from a public beach on Elmer's Island bycops who said they were taking orders from BP."


So that's why. Here's some good coverage from the SF Gate that pretty much lays it out there. 
It's hard, when disasters of this magnitude occur, people often go searching for answers and justifications. And when none are readily available, we at least want to know that we've learned our lesson, that given the harrowing experiences we've been through (or put others though) we won't make the same mistake again. Sadly, I think there's another lesson in this perverse saga in American environmental history:


If you fuck up because the people in charge of making sure you don't are indirectly controlled partly by a group of people deeply indebted to you, since you've helped finance their campaigns, and also of many of those in charge of punishing you and cleaning up your mess, you'll successfully lobby them to put you in charge of punishing you and cleaning up your mess, with you to oversee you. And who says when you've spent enough money or time on reparations? Pretty much you do. Lesson? 






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