Day: May 2, 2010

The Turtles Are Dieing

/ Anita Marie / 2 Comments

I like to think of myself as a writer, so when I sat down to try to express how I felt about the BP Oil Spill, and what it meant to me, all I could think of was a picture I saw and the first thought that popped into my head was: 

The Turtles Are Dieing. 

Its not fair. 

To any of us. 

Photo: Kevin Rosseel /MorgueFile 6/9/2008

  

Rain is pourin’ down like the
heavens are hurtin’.
Seems like it’s been dark since
the devil knows when.
How do you go on, never knowin’
for certain,
Will the sun ever shine again? 

From HUFFPO: BP Spill 2010

 

Fells like it’s been years since
it started to thunder.
Clouds are campin’ out in the valley
and glen.
How do you go on, when you can’t help
but wonder.
Will the sun ever shine again? 

From Getty: VENICE, LA - APRIL 30: Fishermen wait in line to receive a contract from BP company representatives to use their boats to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is approaching the coast

 

What if the rain keeps fallin’?
What if the sky stays gray?
What if the wind keeps squallin’,
And never go away? 

Nicole St Aubin: Santa Rosa National Seashore- dead animals washing up on shore already!

 

Maybe the soon the storm will be
tired of blowin’.
Maybe soon it all will be over, amen.
How do you go on, if there’s no way
of knowin’?
Will the sun ever shine?
Wish I could say.
Send me a sign-
One little ray.
Lord, if you’re list’nin’, how long
until then?
Will the sun ever shine again? 

From AP: Research assistant Megan Broadway holds an injured sea turtle at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Miss., Saturday, May 1, 2010. The institute is gearing up to help marine mammals that may be injured by the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

 

Remember The Delta

/ Anita Marie / 5 Comments

From AP: A dead sea turtle is seen along the shoreline, Saturday, May 1, 2010 in Breton National Wildlife Refuge, La.

One of my friends is letting it be known that President Obama is to be held personally responsible for the BP Oil Spill and that  because the President didn’t run down there and stick his finger in the hole to stop the oil from spilling out and causing – what Interior Secretary Ken Salazar  calls, “a very grave scenario”  -as far as my friend is concerned the White House’s has YET to respond.

You know, my friend needs to quit sucking on teabags and pull his head out of Faux Spews  backside and remember that people and the land and enviorment that they are part of and rely on are going to suffer and suffer big.

So here’s a song by my favorite storyteller/songwriter who doesn’t forget that real people are involved in ‘issues’ .

As my kids would say, Ronnie Ray is keeping it real.

Tears For The Delta ( Drill Baby Drill )

The day they drilled the well– it was money that they smelled

And the rest of the world—can– just go straight to hell.

There’s no money in the sun, and you just can’t pump the wind

But I never saw the sun— ever kill a pelican.

Oh now you’ll pay the cost—the burden is on you

Cause Mr. Oil behind closed doors—tells you what to do.

Chorus:

They have to drill baby drill

To kill baby kill

It’s how they get their thrills

Just sit back and take your pills

There’s nothing to see here.

It’s all under control

Go back inside, or take a ride

Just fill up before you go.

Second Verse:

The oil in Alaska still laps the shores

And buddy let me tell you, it’s been twenty years or more.

Supply and demand has been the command

Spread fear across the land

Like the sticky greed of man.

And when the sand is black with oil

And the singing birds are gone

How will you tell your children?

The way they used to sound.

 

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