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Sunday, May 2, 2010

FREE OIL: Lousiana Govenor Jindal To Boost Tourism With New Free Oil Festival



Satire sometimes becomes reality. The Movie "Network" is such a fine example. So maybe this satirical suggestion might actual be of some practical value. Why not have all Americans scoop it up out of the Gulf or off of the beaches and take it back to their home where it belongs? You know sort of a Lousiana Dunkirk Scale Oil Cleanup.

Thanks to Fake Consultant for his viewpoint:

To attract tourists, Louisiana governor announces free oil giveaway
Submitted by fake consultant on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 2:45am
Baton Rouge (FNS)—Facing both a massive oil slick from a sunken offshore drilling platform and a second year of declining tourism revenues along the Louisiana Gulf Coast caused by high gas prices, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal today introduced a new tourism promotion that he reports is going to “...make lemons into lemonade”.
Jindal, flanked by British Petroleum's Director of Marketing Dick Timoneous and the Executive Director of the Louisiana State Tourism Board, Jenna Talia, announced that the “All The Oil You Can Carry Festival” would officially commence today just east of New Orleans, and last at least through the month of May. MORE....





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