Take a good look at this picture. What do you think it is? If you guessed a road in Pennsylvania in need of repairs.....well....I can see how you'd make that assumption. But it actually isn't a road at all. It's a river. In fact, it's the Mississippi River. And those, my friends, are dead fish. Thousands and thousands of them. And they are joined by other marine life as well.
Don't believe me? Google the words "dead fish in Mississippi." You will be sick, I promise you. I know I was when I saw this and realized that it wasn't a road in need of paving.
So how did this happen? Well, two letters for you: BP. This is the result of the massive oil spill in the Gulf. Just last week, our own government issued a statement saying the fish and other seafood from the Gulf are safe to eat. Really? Really? Not sure who taste-tested to come to that conclusion, but I think I'll just stay away from fish for a long time.
Looking at this photo and others that have come out of that disaster make me ill beyond words. This is what we have done to our planet. This is what we will have to live with for a very long time.
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