Joe Bird - No oil here
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Joe bird - no oil here
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Dear Friend, Editor
News alert: Oil-free guarantee
Quick: Alert the worldwide media that not all of Florida is devastated by the oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
They’re killing us.
Send them a map with a big green pin on Tampa Bay and Anna Maria Island, just a smidgen to the south, along with a screaming, bright sticky note that says, “NO OIL.”
BP’s spilling oil, and hurrah for stopping the leak. But CNN is white-washing us in calamity.
It is costing every manner of business here a loss of revenue every time it broadcasts the broadest-possible oil swath in the Gulf of Mexico without saying — Hey, it’s not affecting the entire Gulf!
Yep. No oil. And there hasn’t been any oil in our near or distant waters — not for more than 340 miles. No oily birds. No tar balls. No sheen on the water.
But we surely are painted with the broadest possible oily brush.
Now we’re not saying to put a happy face on the news broadcasters, but somehow responsible news media need to isolate the problem — it’s a very large Gulf — and be clear and specific about the areas affected by the oil spill.
It may be the worst-ever environmental disaster for the United States, but our beaches are no more affected by the oil in the Gulf than the Chicago lakefront or Long Island’s shoreline. Except economically.
And that wouldn’t likely be the case if there were clarity in the news.
So we’re suggesting you beat the drums — call, write, facebook, twitter — our good news: We’re oil free. Because no matter how ridiculous it sounds, people around the world believe the entire Gulf of Mexico and all the surrounding shores are in ruins, covered with oil.
We guarantee it — no oil on Anna Maria Island.
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