BP and Coast Guard Threaten to Arrest Journalists for Covering Oil Polluted Shoreline

[TruthBringer]

BP and Coast Guard Threaten to Arrest Journalists for Covering Oil Polluted Shoreline in Louisiana

The U.S. Coast Guard’s motto is “Semper Paratus, Latin for “Always Ready or “Always Prepared. In the case of BP’s Gulf oil disaster, the Coast Guard is apparently always prepared to prevent the media from covering Louisiana’s oil-soaked Gulf shoreline.

CBS journalists were threatened with arrest by BP contractors and the Coast Guard when they attempted to film the beach. See the video below.

Coast Guard Under 'BP's Rules' - CBS News Video

“This is BP’s rules, it’s not ours, someone aboard the boat said. In other words, BP is running the show, not the Coast Guard and the government.

Karl Burkart, writing for Mother Jones, reports numerous, unconfirmed reports of cameras and cell phones being confiscated, scientists with monitoring equipment being turned away, and local reporters blocked from access to public lands impacted by the oil spill.

“But wait, writes Burkart, “isn’t that a public beach? From my viewpoint, it looks as if the Coast Guard has been given direct orders to protect BP’s PR interests above safety concerns over air and water quality, above the outcries of local governments in need of aid, and (worst of all) above the need for the American public to be informed about what is really going on in the Gulf.

On May 7, Wayne Madsen, writing for Oil Price, reported that the Obama administration and BP are covering up the magnitude of the volcanic-level oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and working together to limit BP’s liability for damage. “Only after the magnitude of the disaster became evident did Obama order Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to declare the oil disaster a ‘national security issue.’ Although the Coast Guard and FEMA are part of her department, Napolitano’s actual reasoning for invoking national security was to block media coverage of the immensity of the disaster that is unfolding for the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean and their coastlines, writes Madsen.

British Petroleum gave $71,000 to Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, more than John McCain or Hillary Clinton.

Madsen cites federal and state sources that indicate Obama and BP have colluded to cover-up the extent of the oil leak. Satellite imagery is “being withheld by the Obama administration that shows what lies under the gaping chasm spewing oil at an ever-alarming rate is a cavern estimated to be around the size of Mount Everest. This information has been given an almost national security-level classification to keep it from the public, according to our sources.

The Cover-up: BP's Crude Politics and the Looming Environmental Mega-Disaster | Oil Price.com

YouTube - Politicians, Scientists Fear Spreading Oil Slick

BP releases propaganda on its effort to stem the amount of oil pouring into the Gulf.

The effort to keep the magnitude of the leak from the public and limit political damage to the Obama administration is apparently working. “The Gulf of Mexico oil spill hasn’t stained President Barack Obama nor dimmed the public’s desire for offshore energy drilling, according to a new Associated Press-GfK Poll, the Associated Press reported on May 13. “More people surveyed said they approved of Obama’s handling of the ongoing oil spill than disapproved, but not by large margins or with unusually strong feelings. It contrasts with the public’s reaction to President George W. Bush’s response to another Gulf disaster, 2005’s Hurricane Katrina.

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has characterized the leak as “Obama’s Katrina.

[TruthBringer]

Dang...I didn't realize that BP had so much power over the main stream media and even the United States Coast Guard. Oh that's right. Corporations in bed with government. I always seem to forget. You know....what kind of circus are they running on us here? Everything but the elephants standing on two legs and the clowns jamming each other into little cars.

[gmc]

So the american coastguard is going to do what it is told by a british company. :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I notice your media are playing up the British part for all they are worth. reality is BP are an international corporation and are no more brituish than shell are dutch.

[hoppy]

Rev 16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.

It has begun.

[Bill Sikes]

TruthBringer;1311440 wrote: CBS journalists were threatened with arrest by BP contractors and the Coast Guard when they attempted to film the beach


Crikey, do BP contractors and the "Coast Guard" have special rights of arrest in the 'States?

[YZGI]

British Petroleum gave $71,000 to Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, more than John McCain or Hillary Clinton



Why would either of these people give money to their adversary in the Presidential race?:-5

[DrLeftover]

I'm just waiting on Mr. Obama to say: "I inherited the Petroleum Industry from the previous administration."

[hoppy]

DrLeftover;1311888 wrote: I'm just waiting on Mr. Obama to say: "I inherited the Petroleum Industry from the previous administration."


:yh_rotfl

[chonsigirl]

Bill Sikes;1311488 wrote: Crikey, do BP contractors and the "Coast Guard" have special rights of arrest in the 'States?


Coast Guard functions under Homeland Security, a government agency. Yes, they have the power to arrest.

[southern yankee]

people are posting signs along the coast saying SHAME ON YOU BP. When you have that much money, some think they are GOD:-5:-5. I say shame on BP too:-5:-5I don't even want to drive to see it. tooo sad when i think of the wildlife-1

[southern yankee]

you know what they say, money makes the world go around. it may make it crash and burn too. Shame on you BP!!!!!!!