Hands Across the Sand-Join us to stop near shore Oil Drilling In Florida Waters

IMHO...I not only oppose drilling in our backyard. I oppose bombs shaking,rattling and destroying the foundation of my home. It is evident and it is real. I am all for protecting our country, however when my house shakes like an earthquake experience, I can't help but wonder if some kind of shelf might be created and I will eventually be floated out to sea. Just a thought.

IMHO...I not only oppose drilling in our backyard. I oppose bombs shaking,rattling and destroying the foundation of my home. It is evident and it is real. I am all for protecting our country, however when my house shakes like an earthquake experience, I can't help but wonder if some kind of shelf might be created and I will eventually be floated out to sea. Just a thought.

i don't propose that oil drilling is our economy's fix,but it is needed to keep our money here in the USA. we need oil to sustain life as we know,if you want to stop oil drilling :then try to live without it just one day.you will end up getting arrested for indecent exposure(no clothes) as you are walking barefooted to the gulf to handcatch fish to fill your empty belly. i know that it is inevitable that oil spills happen,but many oil spills are 100% naturally occurring seepage from crevaces on the ocean floor. there has to be a common ground to compromise,either give all our money to other countries and still have oil spills here when transported in our waters,or slow oil consumption to where we don't need more oil! it's everybody's problem. you can build more on 30A,but they can't come without gas for their cars!

I agree with the lady that wrote drill baby drill. The biggest reason is because Florida needs jobs. Good jobs that the offshore maritime industry will bring. Also if platforms are installed they will become great habitats for aquatic marine life. This will be beneficial to the local recreational fishing and diving industry. The research and development of natural gas exploration does not automatically equal bad effects on the environment. The EPA and ABS both have much higher standards than they did just a few years ago.

Readers please, do your research and consider the incentives to those conducting the studies and then research those incentives and then you have only begun to scratch the surface of the truth.

Too many people post thier emotions on here and share incomplete information. Also alot of people posting have already retired or have already made thier money and want to close the door. This is a shame because the environment doesnt have to be damaged to utilize the natural gas and other precious resources the GOM has to offer.

Response to Beauty Hunter

You deserve a response to your questions, though I am unsure if I answer them adequately or to your liking. Please excuse the long post.

I apologize if my recent post confuses you. You are quite possibly misinterpreting the situation as a result of a lack of clarity on my post's part. And the "popping up" for credit is definitely not my motive and is presumably a misinterpretation on your part. I personally deserve no credit for anything regarding the Hands Across the Sand "cause".

My post was not meant to do anything other than point to press articles, etc. to keep others who are interested informed of either realities or (mis)perceptions published in the press.

The past and most recent mentions of R Shaffer's letters/articles in the Sun since November are nothing more that a realization that Shaffer's original letter published in the Sun in November 2009 triggered about 4 weeks of press response from Sun readers supporting the "cause" as well as an opportunity for Dave to have his article published in the Sun. Indeed all of these exchanges in the press provided additional press exposure opportunities for the Hands Across the Sand "cause". It has nothing to do with me personally. It is the "cause" that was, in my view, better served. I do know that in my small personal circle of people I know, they have been made more aware of the cause as a result of the various articles and Letters to the Editor of the Sun being published.

As for my quote "Citizens are stronger when they stick together", the quote is aimed at presenting a point in which when citizens gather, work, and "stick" together for a common cause, "real" change can take place. Not the "perceived" or "promised" change that many folks tend to vote for in political elections.

This quote is aimed at something much larger than the Hands Across the Sand cause itself. Particularly it is focused on a personal view that there is a need to change the "wrong" direction that Walton County, the State of Florida and our Federal Government are headed. In particular, the wrong direction of these government organizations is mainly a waste of our tax dollars, the fact that many (if not the majority) government employees are incompetent and do not serve the citizens, as well as the fact that government employees are too numerous and too highly paid. Our tax dollars need to be better applied and more efficiently utilized to serve citizens and not be used to serve politicians and incompetent government workers.

This "wrong direction" has nothing to do with one person, but the need for the citizens of this country to direct and focus both politicians as well as local, state and federal government employees on their mandate of "truly" serving the citizenship locally, throughout the state and countywide. The mandate would also include that these politicians and employees not be directed by "Special Interests". As anyone can plainly see, the waste of our tax dollars is present throughout all of Walton County. And, for example, the wasting of Walton County tax dollars can be stopped by ALL of the citizens of Walton County, if we just "stick" together to stop this practice.

If you sincerely desire a list of the citizens who are working together to keep our beaches beautiful, then maybe you and I should work together to get names of everyone who participates in the Hands Across the Sand on February 13th. That list might come in handy in the future.

Please excuse the long post.

"Citizens are stronger when they stick together" (Quote from WaltonIsOne)