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To: tejek who wrote (81408)6/16/2010 1:15:14 AM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
>.No, they won't. Its not them that's out of touch......its you. The oil rigs provide well paying jobs to Gulf coast residents. This is not an affluent part of the country.....they need those jobs desperately.>>

They need fishing jobs even more. They need a healthy gulf even more. By a long shot!

Many are poor and make a near subsistance living, or living, off the seafood business, fishing and tourism. It is the basis of their economy way more than oil.

Besides it is time to get off of oil.

Man, I do not know where your thinkng is going at times?