BP Security Block Boat Ramps, Order US Troops Around  | Tue Jun.
1, 2010 7:59 AM GMT New Orleans, LA. So who's running the Gulf
coast of the United States? Or BP security forces? I spent all
day yesterday looking for available boat ramps so I could go
look at the devastation of the spill first hand. Almost all have
been commandeered by the spill police. At one checkpoint a young
US Army soldier chated with us in a friendly way. The old dudes
in hardhats growled at him that he's not supposed to talk to
media. He looked at them like WTF? I went over to the old dudes
and asked them who they work for. They wouldn't say. I asked
them why not. They wouldn't say. One got a pained look in his
eyes and said he works for his family. I hear what he's trying
to say. I'm hearing reports: huge spike in domestic violence in
the spill zone. The men are getting fracked by BP. They come
home and take out their frustration, helplessness, and anger in
the bottle, and then on their wives and kids. The effects are
rippling far bey