The Big Story
by digby
Ok, you might think that there's some serious news today. There's this, which people ar beginning to think might turn out to be the biggest man made environmental catastrophe in history:
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Satellite images show the surface area of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is three times larger than it was a day or so ago. Meanwhile, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen says it's impossible to pinpoint precisely how much oil is leaking from a ruptured underwater well.
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Experts are cautioning that if the Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues growing unchecked, sea currents could suck the sheen down past the Florida Keys and then up the Eastern Seaboard. President Barack Obama will travel to the Gulf Coast tomorrow to assess the situation.
There's this:
Angered by a controversial Arizona immigration law, tens of thousands of protesters — including 50,000 alone in Los Angeles — rallied in cities nationwide demanding President Barack Obama tackle immigration reform immediately.
"I want to thank the governor of Arizona because she's awakened a sleeping giant," said labor organizer John Delgado who attended a rally in New York where authorities estimated 6,500 gathered.
From Los Angeles to Washington D.C., activists, families, students and even politicians marched, practiced civil disobedience and "came out" about their citizenship status in the name of rights for immigrants, including the estimated 12 million living illegally in the U.S.
And then there's this:
He's not the only one. Everyone in DC seems to be furiously tweeting about this like a bunch of teenagers at the Twilight premier. All the cable gasbags can hardly contain their boredom with these stupid environment and immigrant stories. I originally saw that Ed Henry picture on CNN, which did a ten minute segment on "the prom" and is now on non-stop coverage.
There's something seriously wrong with these people if they can't even dredge up the decency to behave like adults when something horrifying is taking place before our very eyes. But then, they would have to actually care about something other than what they see in the mirror.
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Angered by a controversial Arizona immigration law, tens of thousands of protesters — including 50,000 alone in Los Angeles — rallied in cities nationwide demanding President Barack Obama tackle immigration reform immediately.
