I too am stunned by the FReeper defense of CENCORSHIP and, as I asked above, how many even bothered to watch the link to the TEN MINUTE CNN piece?
About SEVEN minutes of the interview is with two Louisianna Parish Presidents who flat out said What is being reported, from the Government, is LIES! The number of skimmers (on paper) is many times more than what they SEE off their shores; same with miles of boom and timelyness of changing oil soaked boom. What is being reported is NOT what they are seeing in their Parishes!
And face it folks, the spirit of this thread, no matter how many ‘field goal,’ Waco, or gun sight comparisons that are made, is defending the indefensible...Obama’s reaction. Local, LA Parish Presidents were saying ‘the feds are lying, we need reporters down here, with cameras to show the lies’ and we have FReepers, either not watching the video or just thinking its too much fun to make fun of Cooper than it is address government censorship of what is happening in the Gulf.
I’ll ask again, how many watched the complete TEN minutes?
The Coast Guard using its well-established regulative authority to tell gawkers and paparazzi to stay 65 ft away from working boats is hardly censorship. They can photograph what they like and publish what they like.
The Coast Guard are trained dedicated professional men and women serving their country, just like the marines. Try not denigrating them too much. This did not come from the white house. It is just a normal procedure that the Coast Guard follows whenever there is an incident of this kind at sea.
The Coast Guard also frequently establishes safety perimeters around transiting warships. Is THAT censorship? Or just a reasonable precaution.
“What is being reported is NOT what they are seeing in their Parishes!”
Bingo! That’s the lie right there and being asked to move back from the oil containment equipment in no way stops the press from reporting on the real problem, which is organizational in nature.
This problem is apparent from 650 feet away, perhaps a mile away.