The tide brought our nations’ worst environmental disaster to the Florida beaches today.

 It is heartbreaking to witness this tragedy unfold. There have been eleven men killed, never to return to their families. Before the flow of oil is stopped and the head of BP gets his life back there is no telling how many human lives will be ruined.

 How many acres of marshland and pristine beaches are ruined for countless generations no one bothers to forecast.

 How many birds and animals will die an oil soaked death no one will estimate.

 How many fishermen will be put out of business no one knows. How many motels and restaurants will close  because  tourists won’t come to an oil soaked beach no one knows.

 Why shallow water permits to drill in the shallow waters of the Gulf are still issued I don’t know. Obviously if you drill closer to the shore and have a disaster the oil will reach shore sooner.

 We as Americans need to tell the politicians in Washington D.C. to stop the lunacy of allowing our precious resourses to be trashed. Stop the drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and get out of bed with the executives of Big Oil.

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