Obama had a George Bush Katrina-like Potemkin Village photo-op this weekend swimming in a sheltered Northern Florida bay with his daughter, then went on to declare that the beaches of the Gulf are safe to swim in, embellishing the ongoing fiction that the Gulf of Mexico is magically mended.

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The Great Gulf Coast Oil Disaster Coverup Continues:


* by Photobucket commons Brutus waiting for Caesar to turn around

War-is-Peace Nobel Prize winner Barack Obama, continuing in his Orwellian political Style, had another photo-op this weekend, this time in Florida to assure the American people that the waters of the Gulf of Mexico are SAFE. He even stated to the media this past weekend, to quote from Reuters, that, "I also want to point out that as a result of the cleanup effort, beaches all along the Gulf Coast are clean and safe and open for business," .... "That's one of the reasons Michelle, Sasha, and I are here," he said, referring to his wife and youngest daughter. (source)

To "prove" this, he went swimming with his daughter around Panama City, Florida:

Obama and Sasha swimming by White House release

The media, oddly enough, was not allowed to photograph our fearless leader risking it all with his daughter to test the waters of the Gulf, so this is actually a White House photograph, which I imagine they are hoping news sites will pick up and spread around the Internet, as I am doing here, although with a caveat, because I really should put this photo into perspective first, a photo that the New York Times and AP won't even print because they indeed do consider it a White House photo-opportunity.

So welcome to Alligator Point in St Andrew Bay near Panama City, Florida:

* by Photobucket commons It's a lovely, pristine bay with lush blue waters, surrounded by the Gulf.

This is a map to give you a better perspective of what the bay's geography looks like. I couldn't figure out how to embed it so I linked it. Note that there are natural barriers running southwest of the bay that would naturally block much if not all floating "tarballs" and oil slicks trying to wind their way into the bay. This area was not seeing much oil penetration, if any, anyway.

In fact, the London Independent had this to say about Alligator Point: "The official picture was intended to provide evidence that the region's beaches are back to normal. Yet it soon emerged that the private beach on which it was taken, off Alligator Point in St Andrew Bay, north-west Florida, isn't technically in the gulf. (source)"

Not technically in the Gulf? And to top that off, this beach had never become "abnormal" in the first place. What a straw dog to knock down!

I am also told that the waters near Alligator Point, close, amusingly, to a golf course, were being monitored regularly for contamination. Indeed, Obama took a very safe plunge, far from the real danger points in the Gulf of Mexico. What if, however, he had come to the beaches of Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama and gone skinny-dipping, like this woman, Sheri Allen, did:


* by Sheri Allen/Riki Ott Sheri Allen sent this photo to Dr Riki Ott after she made the mistake of swimming in the waters near Mobile, Alabama. (source)

That might cost you a few votes though, Prez, if your daughter ended up looking like that after a casual, "safe" swim. Meanwhile, outraged citizens along the Gulf Coast are asking this question: Why didn't you come to their oil-invaded beaches and get REAL with the toxic stew in their beaches, marshes and fishing waters?

By crafting this illusion of safe beaches, safe food, safe air, the President, BP, the Coast Guard and all the other prostituted government agencies are going to sucker God knows how many unknowing American men, women and children into poisoning, sickening or perhaps even killing themselves through cancers or organ failure by swimming, eating and breathing toxins that the former are callously trying to cover up for various underhanded motives. This is yet another stab in the back by Orwellian Obama and his gang of coverup artists, the very people who are supposed to be protecting us, while a criminal corporation, you know who, clearly the Alpha Dog here, calls the main shots. Obama has reaally deepened his bad Karma here, tooling his own daughter in an attempt to get other parents to expose their daughters to the lurking hazards in the Gulf. Et tu, Obami?

However, there are a lot of us shouting out warnings. In fact, a contingent of Gulf Coast fishermen, activists and protesters converged on Panama City this past Sunday to get REAL with Obama since he won't get down with them, and here is what they had to say to the President, BP, the White House and to all of America. Project Gulf Impact taped their rally in two parts, viewable on YouTube. Here is the text accompanying the videos, followed by the videos themselves, so listen up folks!

"On Sunday, August 15th, fishing families from across the Gulf Cost will gather in Panama City Beach, Florida, with a message for President Obama: The Gulf of Mexico is still infused with oil and dispersants from the BP disaster, threatening marine life, livelihoods, and the health of the American people."

"Fishermen do not want to lose our credibility or deliver contaminated seafood to market and make people sick." - Kathy Birren

"While President Obama and state officials claim that the Gulf is 'open for business,' these fishermen say the spraying of dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico is ongoing and they're concerned that seafood pulled from impacted waters is unsafe for eating."

"The tissue testing of this seafood is inadequate and testing for the toxic dispersants is non-existent." - Tracy Kuhns, Louisiana Bayoukeeper

"I think it is crucial for the public to be made aware of the concerns of the commercial fishermen. And if a commercial fisherman who makes his living off of those products doesn't want to deliver them to the public, the public needs to know why." - Chris Bryant, Commercial Fisherman (Filmed by Gavin Garrison and Heather Rally)

Part 1:

Part 2:

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The really outspoken, articulate reporter/photographer in Part 2, John Wathen, impressed the Hell out of me. Here is his blog: http://bpoilslick.blogspot.com/

Please raise your voices like these people do! It will take thousands of us demanding truth and justice in the Gulf to turn this giant coverup around.

Authors Bio:
I am a student of history, religion, exoteric and esoteric, the Humanities in general and a tempered advocate for the ultimate manifestation of peace, justice and the unity of humankind through self-realization and mutual respect, although I am not a pacifist, nor do I believe in peace at any price, which is no peace at all but only delays inevitable conflict. There are times when the world must act. Planetary consciousness is evolving, but there are many retrograde forces that would drag us back down.

I have also written one book, a combination of poetry, photography and essays entitled "Post Katrina Blues", my reflections on the Gulf Coast and New Orleans two years after Katrina struck. Go to the store at http://sanfranciscobaypress.com/ to purchase. And I also have a blog called Plutonian Mac.