Oil clings to reeds on the bank of the breakwater in the mouth of the Mississippi River where it meets the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana. Sean Gardner/Greenpeace/MCT
I’m really getting worried about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I have very little trust in the powers that be in the first place, and I have been doing my own research into this and I feel that we are not being told everything about it. Not even close. I’m not going to get into it much today, as we have graduation festivities coming up this evening, but one thing I wanted to mention is from this article from The New York Times that states:
BP has resisted entreaties from scientists that they be allowed to use sophisticated instruments at the ocean floor that would give a far more accurate picture of how much oil is really gushing from the well.
“The answer is no to that,” a BP spokesman, Tom Mueller, said on Saturday. “We’re not going to take any extra efforts now to calculate flow there at this point. It’s not relevant to the response effort, and it might even detract from the response effort.”
Well, why not, Mr. BP Spokesman? That just seems a little fishy to me, and I believe they are trying to hide something. But what? And why? I will be doing much more research on this and reporting my findings here, so stay tuned.
Distant Couple Marries On Second Life
Rhonda Lillie and Paul Hawkins, living thousands of miles apart in real life, exchanged “virtual vows” at Second Life
before ever meeting in person.
I can really relate to this, and my heart goes out to Rhonda and Paul. I met my husband, Charlie online, but we were lucky — we only lived 50 miles apart. These two lovebirds live thousands of miles from each other in different parts of the world.
I can only imagine how wonderful it must be to interact with your faraway loved one at a place like Second Life. Charlie and I had no idea the place existed back when we met. I’m sure it would have helped to bridge the distance at times. I hope that one day Rhonda and Paul will be able to tie the knot for real. Congratulations to them for taking this step.
Story here.