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http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=123Send John Boehner a mutant shrimp picture
With mutant seafood devastating Gulf Coast fisheries, we are sending a picture of a mutant shrimp to Speaker John Boehner. We are including a petition telling Boehner to pass legislation mandating that fines paid by BP go toward clean up and restoration of the Gulf Coast.
Please, add your name to the picture and the petition. The Senate has already passed such legislation with overwhelming, bipartisan support, and it is time for the House to do the same
To Speaker John Boehner:
It is time for the House of Representatives to join the Senate in passing legislation mandating that fines paid by BP go toward clean up and restoration of the Gulf Coast.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/18/1084285/--We-ve-Never-Seen-Anything-Like-This-Mutations-and-Deformities-in-Gulf-Seafood-Post-BP-Spill?detail=hide
Wed Apr 18, 2012 at 08:15 AM PDT.
"We've Never Seen Anything Like This" Mutations and Deformities in Gulf Seafood Post BP Spill
The words "We've never seen anything like it" are repeated by scientists, seafood processors and fishermen throughout the gulf region. A feature article from Al Jazeera English, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/201241682318260912.html
Gulf seafood deformities alarm scientists, examines the alarming abnormalities turning up in fish, shrimp, crab and other species since the BP oil spill.
BP's Deepwater Horizon spill and the subsequent, unprecedented dump of toxic chemical dispersants has damaged fisheries and affected the genomes of gulf seafood.
Along with collapsing fisheries, signs of malignant impact on the regional ecosystem are ominous: horribly mutated shrimp, fish with oozing sores, underdeveloped blue crabs lacking claws, eyeless crabs and shrimp - and interviewees' fingers point towards BP's oil pollution disaster as being the cause.
The Al Jazeera piece is a must read. I can't do it justice here with just a few paragraphs but here are some quotes from various fishers and scientists interviewed for the article. The eerily constant refrain of "we've never seen anything like this" runs through the piece.
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Send John Boehner a mutant shrimp picture (Original Post)
G_j
Apr 2012
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. "mandating that fines paid by BP go toward clean up and restoration of the Gulf Coast"
Where's the part demanding that there be sufficient fines to get the job done?
One doesn't rule out the other..
DJ13
(23,671 posts)2. I sent him this, but Im sure he already has one on his desk
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)4. NO, the OTHER variety of mutant shrimp!
DJ13
(23,671 posts)6. Know you tell me!
saras
(6,670 posts)3. Why a picture and not a shrimp? You can photoshop a picture.
radhika
(1,008 posts)7. BP Sushi - Spicy Mutant Shrimp n/t
G_j
(40,366 posts)11. doubt if they have the funds to mail actual shrimp,
and most of the deformed shrimp would probably be kept for testing.
saras
(6,670 posts)12. So use the slowest mail. It's cheaper, and they smell better when they arrive.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)5. Done. . k&r. . .n/t
bvar22
(39,909 posts)10. An even better idea,
The Republican Convention is to be held in Tampa, Florida the week beginning on August 27th this year.
Lets chip in and send them ALL a Mutant Shrimp Cocktail!!!
YUM!