Oil Spill Video June 4, 2010:
We have the oil spill videos BP doesn’t want you to see – Images of animals coated with oil from the BP oil leak are beginning to appear, and they show the heartbreaking consequences of BP’s gushing leak in the Gulf. These pictures are coming out in spite of a concerted effort by British Petroleum to prevent such images from reaching the American public. You might call these the “forbidden oil spill videos.” Anderson Cooper released the following video of birds soaked in oil:
The Associated Press released another video of Gulf Coast birds soaked in oil, and it shows what words cannot convey. Watching it makes it clear why British Petroleum was doing everything in its power to keep the media away from the shoreline and the site of the oil spill. A videographer who works for BPOilNews.com was prevented from filming weeks ago by BP security personnel in Venice, Louisiana. Mother Jones has reported that it was barred from taking photographs of dead animals. But slowly, images of oil-soaked birds and dead animals are beginning to leak through the BP wall, and they show Americans what British Petroleum so badly doesn’t want us to see. The statistics on dead animals is already alarming: 444 dead birds, 222 dead sea turtles, and 24 mammals (including dolphins).
Here’s an Associated Press oil spill video of Gulf Coast birds soaked in oil.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9-k9UhAjgY
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Breaking News: as this article was being posted, President Obama spoke live in Louisiana and said that everybody has a lot of concern about oil spill claims. President Obama said that British Petroleum has contracted for $50 million worth of TV advertising to manage their image during the course of this disaster. He said there are also reports that BP will be paying $10.5 billion in dividends to shareholders this quarter. He says he wants BP to be very clear that they’ve got moral and legal obligations on the Gulf. He said that he doesn’t want to hear that they are spending that kind of money on TV advertising and shareholders while they are “nickeling and diming” people on the Gulf. President Obama says that delays in paying oil spill claims may cause fishermen to lose their boats and liveliehoods. “They need to make sure that they are following through on these claims in an expeditious way. And we’re seeing some problems on a local level. We want to nip that in the bud right now,” said Obama.
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it really hurts to watch…
BP does not stand for british petroleum, we hate BP as much as the US does.
Michael, I assume you are from the UK. What sets you off from them since they furnish a lot of jobs to the country? If you see this I would enjoy hearing from you.
Elwin (retired & 68 yrs young)
Elwin,
I’m actually from the U.S., the state of Alabama. My daughter and her husband are at Orange Beach, Alabama tonight. Today they went on the beach and there were small tar balls everywhere. I hope you don’t have BP stock in your retirement portfolio, because the share price has really tanked and I think there me be more losses to come, but I really believe strongly in what I’m writing.
It’s not the people of the UK that we should be upset with. It’s the corporation. Its Tony and his goons, as well as the American government for letting things get anywhere near this point. Leaving the containment efforts up to BP is… understandable (for lack of a better word), but for our government to not step up with preventative measures for protecting our coasts? To not immediately create some sort of temporary barrier, to not immediately work out a plan to relocate all the endangered species in our gulf is mind blowing. Our government chooses to involve it’s self in wars all over the world, but doesn’t do a damn thing when total disaster strikes home. Pathetic.
I agree 100% The government should stop worring about Foreign Intrests and Start fixing the problems here at Home.
This is nothing to do with Britain or England…it’s a companies name..that would be like blaming America if American Eagle used child labour for its clothes…it’’s the company is the problem..believe me England is not responsible for these jerks
You are correct in pointing out that BP is a company, and is not the British government. And I will even make note of the fact that BP’s chairman is Swedish.
This really saddens me, and being a huge animal lover it hurts to watch these birds gasp for air and all these dead dolphins etc. Really wish people could put aside their differences and stop putting blame on citizens. We should be raising h*ll with bp and be angry with them. Their still keeping all these secrets from people and in return were turning against each other. Just hope that we can put this company to an end and stop off shore drilling because this has been happening over and over again for years! So sad.
This is abuse not only of the gulf and everything that creeps, crawls, swims or flies over it. It is abuse of people and the planet. BP is interested, not in oil, but in profit. And all you’s out there getting into your air conditioned SUV’s and Hummers, they love you. Without you there would not be any profit. But this web site is not where gass guzzling petrol addicts would be looking tonight. So my apologies. Tony Hayward should be covered in crude and forced to lick it off with his tongue. And so should Sarah Palin. but I understand approval was given to start more drill operations. That Gulf is DEAD. Our lifestyle killed it. Humans are horrible things. Horrible, the most horrible species. I don’t see how you all are handling the stress. You’ve got a whole population suffering Tramautic Stress Syndrome. domestic abuse is up 320% since this catastrophe began. I am so sorry. but this is what happens when human lifestyle becomes more important than every other living thing. Try eating oil. I would hope that this would create a lot of people who begin working to save the environment. But the way it is spinning out. It won’t . I’ve lost hope. I have despair for the planet. Total despair.
I have been watching the BP feeds http://www.jtnog.org/ and on Sunday started seeing long stringy things. these turn out to be what is called Methane ice worms. and it turns out that the oil may be the least of our worries. Texas A&M scientists today found methane up to a million times normal levels today in the area of what is not a spill (it is an underwater volcano of oil methane and god knows what else). Google ‘methane in the gulf’
I am really worried that opening up the two relief wells will just open up more wounds in the earth. I do not have faith that they can shut it down. What happens when all of that pressure under there is released? the whole thing caves in. It was the pressure that was keeping the sea floor up. They were nuts to start drilling in an area of tectionic plates. I don’t live on the Gulf. But if I did I would move. I am not a fear monger. Just being realistic. there is a gaping wound in the earth. this is not just an industrial accident. Here is the most reasonable take on the situation and it comes out of Britain. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jun/19/naomi-klein-gulf-oil-spill
Looks like you have to cut and paste. Everyone should read this article.
And by the way, BP is one of these global companies. They are every where. And all they care about is profit. To them what are species extinction if they can make some money off of it. Please some one respond and tell me I am wrong. I would welcome that. I have no idea how people who live there are handling the stress. What a thing to expect people to handle. Unbelievable.
Oilbama owns this mess. He could’ve mitigated these damages by acting immediately to contain the oil and start sucking it up with what was offered by other countries and and own technology. He wanted this to get to this point to push his twisted political agenda. These poor innocent creatures are just the most recent victims of his highness and his administration. Remember in November!
I find it shocking that everyone is blaming Obama and BP for this. Who is it that needed the oil in the first place… YOU. In reality, as a root cause assessment, one could say that this disaster should be blamed on everyone who uses oil based products. If there was no demand for oil then BP would have never drilled the well. This should be a wake up call for everyone to change, not another case of “the evil corperation is to blame”. That being said. This whole media blackout has me so frustrated that I’m actually posting a coment on a blog for the first time ever. How is it that BP can deny citizens fundemental rights and get away with it? I suggest a million man march to the beaches. They cant arrest everyone!
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