Heaven Have Mercy On The Gulf Of Mexico: The US Army Corp Of Engineers Permitting Process

This from Planet Gore.

Now, remember, as Louisiana is forced to jump through all these hoops, submitting and re-submitting plans, complying with all those laws and their attendant regulations--

Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.

Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.

Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.

Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.

The shrimping industry harvest has been reduced by 84%.

Oil has been found in Lake Ponchatrain.

Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.

Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.

Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.

Obama demands votes for his Cap-n-Trade bill as a prerequisite for addressing the disaster.

Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.

And here's a special detail, buried toward the bottom of the document:

23. Cultural Resource Protection: Consultation required, and work must cease if new historic/prehistoric cultural resources discovered.
24. Historic Protection: Reporting of unknown historic or archeological items.
25. Tribal cultural materials: Area is aboriginal Chitimacha homelands, tribe contact required if cultural materials are discovered.

If they dig up pottery shards of unknown provenance, work must cease.


Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.


Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.


Thousand of barrels of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico daily.