Live from the Frontlines of the End of the World

this may be the most honest & insightful piece about bp gulf coast disaster that anyone has produced so far.

the 1st interview is with a member of the u.s. coast guard & its difficult to tell if he's just being candid because he's caught off guard by the questions or if he's simply naive. either way his honest explanations are welcome & definitely more than a bit upsetting.
the real meat of this piece is mr. dean blanchard, a resident of louisana's gulf coast & the owner of the largest shrimp business in the area. dean is incredibly knowledgeable & agonizingly honest. this man is hitting us with the realest of talk & he desperately deserves to be heard.
it always seems that every mainstream news outlet reports this story as some sort of semi-tragic novelty about bp's ineptitude at capping the oil well instead of seriously discussing the vast destruction & dealing with the fact that this is one of the greatest environmental catastrophes in human history. comparable environmental destruction has occurred in the past, but those disasters only laid the groundwork of oceanic sickness that bp is turning into a plague.

clean energy now or there will literally be no tomorrow

Economic Terrorism

the way today's economic situation is being presented to the american people is nothing short of economic terrorism. the "debate" is framed as though its $700 billion to wall street as quickly as possible with as little oversight & accountability as possible or the sky will fall & there are no alternatives. for some additional insight into the consequences of the bailout please enjoy this episode of democracy now from thursday october 2nd.

Economic Implosion

not sure you have a full understanding of what's going on with the economy? well beyond the same old wall street fat cats that demanded deregulation in the 1990's are now begging for the government to bail them out with billions of your tax dollars, all-the-while your brothers & sisters are getting their lives repossessed & foreclosed everyday without any help!
leave it to democracy now (the only daily national news show that gets mr. daylight's seal of approval) to break it down for you with intelligent & insightful explanations from industry insiders naomi prins & michael hudson.