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They Told Me If I Voted For McCain, Volunteerism Would Count For Little… And They Were Right!

Posted on | June 21, 2010 | 6 Comments

by Smitty

Even the Huffington Post is wandering off the reservation on the cleanup efforts:

BP PLC has turned away Gunnoe and other would-be volunteers because the oil giant is using only paid and trained workers to clean up the mess caused by its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Instead, the retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and nearly 70 other like-minded citizens are helping in a less direct way as visitor information volunteers at the Gulf Islands National Seashore. They are being stationed at various National Seashore areas to answer visitors’ questions, report sightings of tar balls, oil or oil-soaked wildlife and offer safety tips – the oil is classified as a hazardous material.

One hopes that the retention of the Jones Act means that the magnitude of the disaster is overblown. It would be a shame if the need to save face, and make sure that everyone privy to the details of the situation was politically reliable‘properly trained’ meant that excessive harm was done to the ecology.
Concerned citizens, apparently, should also consider going golfing or yachting.

Update: Instalanche!

Update II: A gracious bow to Aleister @ American Glob for including us in his Top 10.

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