I'm sickened on a physical level by this oil spill.

[Cant trust em]

It makes me want to gag every time I see the footage. It's just that disgusting.

[fishwax]

1. Rachel Maddow's show just had some footage of sea turtles washed up on shore

that made me feel physically ill. :(

[BlooInBloo]

2. Yah, the dead turtles suck. But this is about a whole helluva lot more than 20 sea turtles....

Just a bit bummed that the turtles seems to be the "poster child" for this.

[fishwax]

4. definitely true n/t

[Pavulon]

13. They are critically endangered and on the way out because of humans

not that any of the other animals or people impacted are less valuable. There population in the wild in was as low as 1000 animals.

[BlooInBloo]

15. Understood and appreciated. It just seems like every headline I see is a picture of a dead turtle.

Seems a bit narrow focus to me.

But yah it is one of several important things.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Me too..and despite their saying it was not related to the oil spill...I have my doubts

and their deaths are just the tip of the iceberg.....sort of the canary in the mineshaft.

[nenagh]

7. Wonder if testing of the turtles

will show they ingested a toxic chemical used by BP for oil dispersal..

[Pavulon]

14. Or sucked that sit into their lungs while breathing on the surface

it is quite depressing to see. I have been avoiding it.

[bamademo]

9. I live in Alabama....II'm going to lose my favorite place on earth.

To say nothing of a whole way of life. It will take a generation to recover. I'm in my 50's so I won't see the recovery.

[wroberts189]

3. You ever see that moment in Star Wars when Yoda mentally feels all the Jedi dying?

That is how I feel only worse. It was a hard kick below the belt and in the stomach and chest and head etc.... we now all watch in horror about what we know is going to happen.


knr

On edit: Let me add two more words: shock and disgust

[Cant trust em]

8. I would have gone with the scene in New Hope where Obi-Wan feels Alberran getting destroyed...

but I'm just a traditionalist.

:)

[L0oniX]

10. +1

[CoffeeCat]

11. I feel like Princess Leia...

...when she watched her home planet Alderaan being blown up by the Death Star.

All you can do is stand by helplessly--as a bystander--as they destroy everything.

[jdp349]

16. I dunno I'd rather deal with the oil spill

then let the galaxy fall into the hands of the Sith bringing about an intergalactic war that I can only imagine will result in the death of billions

[lonestarnot]

5. A whole gulf of dead stuff isn't very healthy, so yeah, sick is a good

description. I am devastated.

[applegrove]

12. It is a slow horror. That is for sure.