Don't call it the Gulf Oil spill call it what it is

[Ichingcarpenter]

The Gulf of Mexico didn't spill a damn thing!

Call it the BP oil spill in the Gulf.

That all I want to point out because words matter

[madmax]

1. Or

Government sanctioned corporate murder of the Gulf. Hmm, a bit long.

[LakeSamish706]

2. It shouldn't be referred to as a spill either, it is a disaster with no end in sight. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

4. You are correct

[northernlights]

3. it's not a spill. it is a gusher or a geyser.

The oil is not spilling out.

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. BP oil disaster in the gulf

I hated the word spill also, but BP needs to be added to any title we give it.

[madmax]

8. Spill is what happens to a glass of milk. nt

[SPedigrees]

6. Good point. We don't speak of the Alaska oil spill.

It was the Exxon-Valdez spill. Put the blame where it belongs, on the corrupt oil industry.

(Who the hell unrecommended this thread?? And why?)

[femrap]

7. It's actually

more of a gusher or volcanic oil disaster. Spill doesn't do this justice.

It's a fucking catastrophe.

I read a blog from a petroleum engineer that this oil/natural gas find is HUGE. He said that is reached up under central Alabama. My question is this: why didn't they drill on land then?

I hope this little 'cap top' (whatever they call it) will work to stop this gusher.

We are really witnessing the demise of our planet.

[abelenkpe]

9. More like: Never ending oil volcano

See pic:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/bp-oil-spill-oil-rig-blast-bp-refused/story?id=10624972

[voteearlyvoteoften]

10. Mother earth is bleeding

[lonestarnot]

11. I prefer Cheney's Chernobyl

[ThomWV]

12. Well, we could call it what it is, a "Blow out"

And it fairly accurately describes what is happening, oil is quite literally blowing out of the well head.

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. True but I want BP to own it in

Whatever title we give it, their name needs to live in infamy with the disaster

I was noticing a lot of threads titled Gulf oil spill