Re: Sending volunteer to the Gulf by Niki2

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Re: Sending volunteer to the Gulf

POSTED BY: NIKI2
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:11
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:00 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

This latest news about BP hiding what it's done pissed me off a LOT. So I've taken to CALLING the organizations I've signed up with to find out what's happening.

One of the smaller ones there said I should sign up at BP's website--what a laugh! When I said no, and gave my reasons (BP slowing things down deliberately) she said yeah, they're having the same problem, and getting BP to pay for the gear and training is like pulling teeth. Gee, what a surprise. She said they're taking information on volunteers for when they DO get the finances to train and get them out there, which she thinks will be done in the next couple of months (oh, what an optimist!). So I signed up with them, too (Coalition to Restore Louisiana Coast). They're small, but who knows?

I'm also calling Wildcare. The donation check I sent in (our own money) hasn't gone through yet, so I don't know if my letter has been read. I figure by calling them I can talk to someone personally, maybe that will help.

I also called the White House and e-mailed them demanding our government take control of the situation and get it out of the hands of BP and their diversionary tactics. Not that it will do much good, but I'm majorly pissed at what I've been hearing, and don't know what else to do.

Once he heard how you guys made it possible for me to go, Jim has pulled money from our retirement (despite the penalties) to help. So as soon as I heard back from ANY organization willing to take me, I'm buying breathing gear and heavy-duty gloves, as I mentioned elsewhere, and seeing if OSH has hazmat suits or where I can get one. If they're not too terribly expensive, I'll get one of THOSE too...no doubt we'll have more spills around here in future, too--we already had the Cosco Busan a couple of years ago, and I could have done more if I'd had the gear.

Somehow I'm gonna get down there, so help me gawd--it's BP behind people not being allowed to clean up and save wildlife more than they are...it makes me want to haul out the trusty AK-47 and visit England...!

It's not that they're just trying to dodge paying their share, they've USURPED OUR COAST GUARD AND LOCAL POLICE to help them. This is WRONG, dammit, so wrong!

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
signing off

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:09 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello Niki,

No mentions of violence, even in jest. You have enemies who would twist such things to your disadvantage.

I again urge you to consider a paying gig. Understand that anything that gets you down there is a win, and you can always quit and switch service as soon as a volounteer job becomes available. Meanwhile you'll have some cash in your pocket to help you survive in terra incognito.

Plus you'll have the inside scoop on BP, which is worth something in and of itself. All you have to do is bite your tongue and pretend to smile occasionally while you gather up the skinny. With any luck, they'll ask you to rake dead animals into a bag, and you can quietly document the activity.

There's more than one way to skin a cat. Take a cue from Pirate's playbook. If you have to sign a waiver, sign it in messy cursive, "Under Duress." Might take the legs out from under them if they try to come at you in court. Meanwhile there are whistleblower laws to offer additional protection.

--Anthony

"On this matter, make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard, as well as anyone who agrees with you. I got no use for you." --Auraptor

"This vile and revolting malice - this is their true colors, always has been, you're just seeing it without the mask of justifications and excuses they hide it behind, is all. Make sure to remember it once they put the mask back on." --Fremdfirma

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:11 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

No, doll, I won't take a job away from someone who needs it, like I said.

Aside from which, once down there I couldn't join any other organization instantly, and I've only got two weeks. I can't ask Jim and Choey to take care of my menagerie longer than that for one thing. For another, I'm on disability, so I'm not allowed to earn much (if anything) and it might jeopardize my disability if they find I've flown to the Gulf to get a job! I live on that stuff, WE live on that stuff, so I can't chance it even if I wanted to.

I'm just gonna keep harrassing the organizations I'm signed up with...it's my own problem, I want to be there NOW, and I know it's more reasonable to wait until they need more volunteers. It's just so bad...

I just need to work on my patience...something I'm not particularly good at...

And you can be sure, while there, me and my little camera will be sneaking around; tho' it looks like by now they won't need it, word has gotten out and will continue to, and word that they're trying to keep the media out is all over the place finally (it's been going on since the beginning, apparently), so a hullaballo is being raised about that, too.

Waiver's not a problem, I know what to do

I just learned that e-mails about the afermath are disappearing from people's servers...my gawd, what next???

Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
signing off

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