Crashing Vor asks in his diary why BP employees aren't being arrested. It's obviously a great question, but after waiting some 6 weeks, it's obvious nothing is going to happen. They continue to do whatever they want, intimidating reporters, as noted in Vyan's diary.
I have to ask, why aren't people in the Gulf down on the beaches and in the marshes challenging these corporate thugs and hired goons en masse?
Non-violent resistance: that's what is required. People need to bring a digital cameras, cellphones, tape recorders and notebooks, to document what BP doesn't want us to see.
Long past due now, and I don't understand why it hasn't been happening.
This transcends politics.
This now is a battle between corporations and people.
Force the government to choose, right on the ground between the corporate interests of BP and the health, welfare and livelihoods of the people of the Gulf. If it must be, force the government to arrest thousands as they try to get at the truth that the media seemingly cannot.
Back in NH, when Seabrook Station nuclear power plan was being constructed, we had the Clamshell Alliance. People protested, and were arrested.
It's time for a Crawfish Alliance. Or a Pelican Alliance.
Call it whatever you want.
The need for the public to rise up and demand they have full, unfettered access without intimidation is long past.
It's time to call their bluff, and make it happen.
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addendum: in light of Obama's planned national address, I think documentation of this disaster, the effects it has on the people of the region is paramount, and will help to strengthen his position as he pushes for action.