Here is what I can find to be the TRUTH on what has happened with this gulf oil spill.  I’ll make it brief.

A BP Oil Derrick exploded and collapsed on itself breaking a pipe beneath water and causing the release of large amounts of oil to be released uncontrollably into the Gulf of Mexico.

BP has been stating that this amount is equivalent to approx 5,000 barrels a day.  That is interesting because experts agree that based off of current satellite imagery photos of just the surface oil of the spill requires a minimum of at least 25,000+ a day and that’s just for whats on the surface, in reality it is probably a multiple of that.

Do you find it interesting that you have not nearly heard as much about this spill as you did the Exxon-Valdez spill?  I do, especially considering this spill is going to be multiple times bigger than the one in Alaska and be felt uncountable times more.  Think about it.  The already financially poor areas of Louisiana and Florida and other southern states are now getting overrun with oil.  Fish are dying, crustaceans are dying and peoples lives are hanging in the balance.  The southern communities not only rely on tourism which is largely because of this body of water, but also from fishing its waters.  Both of these are now gone.  We have officially plunged a dagger into the heart of the earth and its bleeding right now all over our shores.

Unfortunately, it gets worse.  On top of all the Oil that is uncontrollably spilling into the gulf right now, BP is also pouring toxic chemical dispersant s into the gulf to “cover up” the oil!  Its making it worse for everyone except the oil company.  What makes it really uncontrollably hard to swallow is that our EPA has allowed them to dump massive amounts of this chemical into our waters.  A chemical so toxic it was banned by the UK 10 years ago and even by their reports is one of the most toxic and lest effective dispersants available!  Oh and dispersants don’t actually make the oil disperse….oh no all they do is drive the oil deeper into the water column so they are not seen on the surface and by the public!

So why would they be doing this?  Well, could it be that a large number of BP’s executive board are shareholders of Nalco who produces Corexit 9500 the chemical dispersant that they have elected to use?

How the hell can this still be under wraps?  How can we let this happen, this is ridiculous and they must think we are complete idiots to let this continue to happen.  Well, it will, unless we stop it.  You must take action unless you want to see more dispersants dumped into the water and also let this cover up go on.  We need to learn from this, we need transparency so we can #1 fix it and #2 get better.

Here’s the bottom line.  Is it bad this happened and am I pissed about it, yes absolutely we have been warned time and time again about the dangers of offshore drilling.  That said, its happened so now we need to take action steps to stop the bleeding and make sure it does not get any worse.  If you feel like you want to take part, please share this post with whoever you think will benefit.  I have included links to the Facebook group, the Oil Spill Truth Blog and to the petition to stop the dumping of dispersants into the gulf.

Please do what you feel is right and pass this along and lets do our best to save as much of our oceans, economy and future as we can.  Unless we do something they will keep covering this up and making it much, much worse.

Thank you, please let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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Ha, ok so if you know me at all you know that I have a tendency to get injured.

I will contend that no one else is playing hard enough, but whatever.

So I am making this post to fill you in on my most recent injury, which happened to be a facial injury.  Let me set the stage for you….

Its a gorgeous day in San Diego and you guessed it, I am Surfing.  Now the waves are small today, very small about 1 foot or shin high.  I am out with 2 buddies, Casey and Luke at our favorite hidden spot.  So when the waves are this small, really you do whatever you can to entertain yourself and get even a little ride.  That being said, I was ecstatic when I finally did ride a wave into shore.

Finally the wave died and i fell off the board.  As i was standing up, I felt someone hit me with a baseball bat in the face.  Only it wasn’t a baseball bat, it was the butt end of my board, which just so happens to have 2 points on it.  Dazed and confused, I stumbled to shore and my buddies followed as the look on my face instantly said something was wrong.

Now I could feel it starting to swell, but wasn’t sure how bad it was until I asked my buddy Luke “How does it look?” and he just kind of turned around and walked away.  Ha, so its back to Scripps Green Hospital for me, situated nicely on the 11th Hole at Torrey Pines Golf Course.

Long story short, I did not fracture my face(this time), but it swelled up……..a lot, check it out.

BEFORE

AFTER

Which one looks happier?

Ha and no I am not a Boston fan, its just all i could find at the time, I was dissoriented!

Ok, so I have drug this out long enough, I am fine, back surfing and my face might get back to normal one of these days.

To address the title of the blog post.  I AM the reason your medical premiums keep going up, so thank you for helping me split all my medical bills.

Okay, so quick story.

I spent all day today surfing a huge summer swell in San Diego.  These waves were generated by an earthquake off the coast of New Zealand about a week or so ago.  74 degree water, sunny, 8-12+ foot waves and just a great day to be out at Blacks Beach in La Jolla, Ca.

Blacks Beach

So your probably wondering how I am gonna tie this in to business and life and so on and so forth so here is the ah-ha moment.

When your paddling out in 8-12+ foot waves its easy to get a little nervous, especially if you have not done it in awhile.  You can begin to doubt yourself and even sometimes hesitate to take action.

Same as life, if you have fear or apprehension about something, the only way to get rid of that fear or apprehension is to “drop in.”  Start that business you have always wanted to start.  Begin writing that book you have always wanted to write.  Paddle into that perfect 12 foot barreling left hand wave and get after it and something very interesting will happen almost immediately.  Your fear will DISAPEAR.

Its amazing, fear fades with action.  Even if you fall on the wave or have to rewrite that chapter in your book, the fear will be gone.  You will realize that it was not so hard and wonder why you ever hesitated in the first place.  That’s why marathon runners always say that the hardest step in a marathon is not the last step, its the first one.  That is also the reason that so many people will never reach their dreams, because they are too scared to take that first step.

So today, after you read this, look at your life and figure out what you have been putting off because you were too scared to act.  Suck it up, take a deep breath and take that first step.  Put the first words down to your book.  Incorporate that business you have always wanted and drop into that perfect left and then paddle back out to your buddies with a huge smile on your face, because you know they are all jealous!

Good luck out there, go make it happen.

So if you know me, you know that I am about to embark on a massive crusade to change the way the average person sees nutrition, health and food.  In my mind, we need to pick the low hanging fruit first, so here is an easy one.

Why should you stop drinking cola and soft drinks?  Well, there are literally so many reasons, I could go on all day, but lets start with phosphoric acid.  Yes, acid.  Its contains citric acid too, but I am not too worried about that, I am more worried about the phosphoric acid.  Why?  Well, because its what they scrub rust off of aircraft carriers with.  Its the stuff that stone masons use to make etchings into stone.  It has a ph level of 2.8.  Your body’s ph level is around 7.35 in an ideal world, so do you think that’s a good idea?

Get That Phosphoric Acid Baby, Get it!

Here is what one big cola manufacturer said on their website about phosphoric acid, and i quote “Yes, CC does contain phosphoric acid (E 338). It is used as an acidulant to add a pleasant tartness to the beverage. Phosphoric acid contains phosphorous, an essential nutrient and one of the basic elements of nature.”

Hmm, well thats a intersting way to put it.  Oxygen is pretty integral to health too, but take it in the wrong dosage and it will kill you.

You have no doubt heard that you can dissolve a nail in 3 days with cola. Well that might not be exactly true, definitly in pure phosphoric acid,  but not cola.  That being said its still terrible for your body, terrible.  I mean its killing your body every time you drink it, so wake up.

This is your first of many eye opening messages about the truth and what you have been told and yes, they are very different.

-P.S.  we havent even gotten into the massive amounts of sugars and other body destroying chemicles in these drinks and not just cola’s and soft drinks but energy drinks and tons of others.  Stop being a sheep and start arming yourself with the knowedge that can save and improve your life.  Ok, i’ll get off my soapbox now.