If this oil spill was oozing up on the shores of the Chesapeake..

[lib2DaBone]

..or Virginia Beach or Martha's Vinyard....

Would there be fewer Republicans o CSPAN saying... "the Ocean will heal.. it will be OK.. no big deal"?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. You think they give a shit about the Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, or Martha's Vineyard?

Cause I don't.

[gateley]

4. If it affected their summer home property values they would. nt

[Donnachaidh]

6. sure they do -- they own homes there -- property values toots

You don't need to think about it. You'll never afford to live near them. :shrug:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. Like when France was testing atom bombs in the South Pacific and assuring

the Pacific Islanders and New Zealand that the tests were "perfectly safe."

A New Zealand commentator had the best response. "Then why aren't you testing them in the Mediterranean?"

[Captain Hilts]

3. Yes. I can't stand to look at the photographs. nt

[DUgosh]

5. or

Kennebunkport Maine

[beam me up scottie]

9. That family could care less about Maine, they would just build a compound somewhere else.

No doubt Duers from Maine wish they'd do that anyway.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. Did the Grand Oil Party actually say the ocean would heal?

[Ian David]

8. Limbaugh did. n/t

[madinmaryland]

10. We've done a pretty good job ruining the Bay without oil. Fisherman

can barely make a living here as it is. All the pollution and contaminants we have poured into have damn near killed off everything that lives in the water.

:mad:

[Captain Hilts]

11. DUers are angry with folks from Louisiana that are upset. Unfair and insensitive. nt