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Ban On Photographing Near Gulf Oil Booms
boombaard writes "The day before yesterday CNN's Anderson Cooper reported that, from now on, there is a new rule in effect, which de facto bars photographers from coming within 65 feet of any deployed boom or response vessel around Deepwater Horizon (official announcement). The rule, announced by the US Coast Guard, forbids 'photographers and reporters and anyone else from coming within 65 feet of any response vessel or booms out on the water or on beaches. In order to get closer, you have to get direct permission from the Coast Guard captain of the Port of New Orleans,' while 'violators could face a fine of $40,000 and Class D felony charges. What's even more extraordinary is that the Coast Guard tried to make the exclusion zone 300 feet, before scaling it back to 65 feet.'" Read below for the Coast Guard's statement on the new rule.
"The Coast Guard Captain of the Port of New Orleans has delegated authority to the Coast Guard Incident Commander in Houma to allow access to the safety zones placed around all Deepwater Horizon booming operations in Southeast Louisiana. The Coast Guard Incident Commander will ensure the safety of the members and equipment of the response before access is granted. The safety zone has been put in place to prevent vandalism to boom and to protect the members and equipment of the response effort by limiting access to, and through, deployed protective boom."
I think vaginas are fucking revolting. They look like monster faces for fucks sake. They leak blood. BLOOD. And sometimes babies, little mini-people that come into this world screaming and shitting. It's both a biological oddity and quasi-mystical force of nature, and when I think of sticking my dick into one, I imagine it temporarily transitions into a multidimensional hell where up is black and down is white and people hear with their noses. And when my cock returns, it looks and feels and smells like my cock, but it is subtley transformed in some uncanny way, never to be the same again.
Blood.
Checking...
Ah.. kdawson post.
There's your answer.
Hey, don't say that. A vagina is awesome when you realize its intended purpose was as a personal storage device. I use mine to carry around my notebook. In the winter, it provides warmth for my coffee thermos.
Is this actually incisive reporting or cheap voyeurism?
Nahh, it's just kdawson trolling...
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
While I find this disgusting, I must consistently praise /. for being very judicious about not removing comments. Mod +5 to the /. staff.
...it looks and feels and smells like my cock, but it is subtley transformed in some uncanny way, never to be the same again.
That is because it is now mancock.
Rampant carbon sequestration destroyed the Dinosaurs' tropical paradise. I'm here to help repair the damage.
It's not near that noble. They simply can't be bothered.
Oh, and hat's off to the original GP troll for originality.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill