Comments on: Day 2: Corexit, Ospreys, and The Tarball Wars http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/ Raise a glass to the lost arts of reading, writing, and drinking. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dave http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 Dave Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:28:53 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=802#comment-1042 Much more on marshes soon. Deep in Grand Bay marsh yesterday with shimmering pools of oil. Much more on marshes soon. Deep in Grand Bay marsh yesterday with shimmering pools of oil.

]]> By: Peter Peteet http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 Peter Peteet Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:51:49 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=802#comment-1038 Ah,the marshes;where peat slowly forms a parfait of pollens and seeds recording the flowerings and going to seed of life,where acid and a lack of oxygen ironically preserve those things that normally pass quickly to other forms.I wrote in the AJC a couple weeks ago that the spill will soak into our brains the way it does into the marsh;a place full of slowness and reflections which civilization always strives to drain and convert but which will ever shelter wildness.You are welcome to my puny praise but do please drop the Sir-I may be old but I am happy-and you are connecting me to lands my Grandfather timbered heavily,but saved a small bit of also as a park.Thanks for that,looking forward to hearing of the marsh. Ah,the marshes;where peat slowly forms a parfait of pollens and seeds recording the flowerings and going to seed of life,where acid and a lack of oxygen ironically preserve those things that normally pass quickly to other forms.I wrote in the AJC a couple weeks ago that the spill will soak into our brains the way it does into the marsh;a place full of slowness and reflections which civilization always strives to drain and convert but which will ever shelter wildness.You are welcome to my puny praise but do please drop the Sir-I may be old but I am happy-and you are connecting me to lands my Grandfather timbered heavily,but saved a small bit of also as a park.Thanks for that,looking forward to hearing of the marsh.

]]> By: Tommy http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 Tommy Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:48:11 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=802#comment-1035 I'm surprised Jame's wife lets him wear her white swimsuit in such oily water. Lesson learned! I’m surprised Jame’s wife lets him wear her white swimsuit in such oily water. Lesson learned!

]]> By: Shane http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Shane Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:02:45 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=802#comment-1025 Hey Dave. Keep up the good work. Will be keeping up with you down there. BTW, I watered your dog for you yesterday. Shane Hey Dave.
Keep up the good work. Will be keeping up with you down there.
BTW, I watered your dog for you yesterday.

Shane

]]> By: Dave http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Dave Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:17:40 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=802#comment-1022 Thank you, sir. Much appreciated and the correction has been made! This morning trying to get a post out before seven, when we head down to Grand Bay (Alabama) to explore the marshes. Thank you, sir. Much appreciated and the correction has been made!
This morning trying to get a post out before seven, when we head down to Grand Bay (Alabama) to explore the marshes.

]]> By: Peter Peteet http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Peter Peteet Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:48:15 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=802#comment-1010 "those who claim with confidence that they know what the Corexit will do is thinking the thinking of little boys. Which means they are thinking that you can fix nature like you fix a carburetor." I'll correct the tiny flaw which let your soul escape this beautiful piece of writing by saying it should be "are" instead of "is" .I'll add that I've been fixing carburetors for a long time and some cannot be fixed,so there is a minuscule flaw there too. Please take all this as an inversion of "damning with faint praise"-praising with and under the breath "damn". This is the best writing I have seen from the spill-keep it up please. “those who claim with confidence that they know what the Corexit will do is thinking the thinking of little boys. Which means they are thinking that you can fix nature like you fix a carburetor.”
I’ll correct the tiny flaw which let your soul escape this beautiful piece of writing by saying it should be “are” instead of “is” .I’ll add that I’ve been fixing carburetors for a long time and some cannot be fixed,so there is a minuscule flaw there too.
Please take all this as an inversion of “damning with faint praise”-praising with and under the breath “damn”.
This is the best writing I have seen from the spill-keep it up please.

]]> By: Bill Diskin http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-1001 Bill Diskin Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:21:04 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=802#comment-1001 David -- We are enjoying these dispatches from the Gulf. Keep 'em coming -- and we'll keep sharing them widely! Bill Diskin David —

We are enjoying these dispatches from the Gulf. Keep ‘em coming — and we’ll keep sharing them widely!

Bill Diskin

]]> By: Dan Stolar http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-998 Dan Stolar Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:56:15 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=802#comment-998 Great 2 pieces. Enjoying (definitely not the right word) your account. Great 2 pieces. Enjoying (definitely not the right word) your account.

]]> By: 421 Main Street YP http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-996 421 Main Street YP Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:24:49 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=802#comment-996 Thanks for bringing the reality of this disaster to our door so we can't pretend everything is all right. And most importantly the reminder that everything is connected to everything. Love the weaves of personal connections along the way. Never knew David Sr knew Dan-o! God speed to all- and cheers! Thanks for bringing the reality of this disaster to our door so we can’t pretend everything is all right. And most importantly the reminder that everything is connected to everything.

Love the weaves of personal connections along the way. Never knew David Sr knew Dan-o!

God speed to all- and cheers!

]]> By: Melinda MacInnis http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/day-2-corexit-ospreys-and-the-tar-ball-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Melinda MacInnis Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:57:35 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=802#comment-995 Man, this is beautiful writing about a harrowing thing. Keep up the "lectures." There's a time and a place - and this is it. Man, this is beautiful writing about a harrowing thing. Keep up the “lectures.” There’s a time and a place – and this is it.

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