ChrisBunny! 
How does one approach this odd subject? You can’t just go around saying people are wrong for believing what they believe, but the disconnect is evident. We’re placed on this earth with the mandate from the creator to be good stewards of the blessings we’ve been given. We’re called to love our neighbors most of all.
And when called we do what we can. Those who have been asked are storing up dishwashing liquid, collecting hair and hose, donating money, and rallying for the good of creation. It’s the political arm of religion in this country that has been found sorely lacking. For generations they have been the clarion call to their flocks telling their people how to organize to bring relief to those in need.
Tonight a liberal and socially conscious minister received the call. When asked whether his parish knew of ways to help with disaster relief on the Gulf Coast he said no, we haven’t made any plans within my parish to mobilize and help.
A cursory search of headlines shows the response within major christian political and social movements has been sorely lacking. Within the largest groups of American religious and social activism it has been non-existent. These are the loudest voices behind almost every moral conversation in this country.
17 Days into the Gulf Oil Disaster all that can be heard from one of the most powerful social movements in North America is crickets and wind.
Concerned Women for America’s response to Gulf Coast Oil Disaster? Here are the headlines from CWFA.org home page dated May 7, 2010
NEW!! Supreme Court Nomination Watch
A look at the philosophical battle between those who believe in the rule of law, and those who prefer an activist bench interpreting a “living, breathing” Constitution through the filter of empathy. 5/5/2010
Preparing Hearts by Reading the Word
The days leading up to the National Day of Prayer were filled with more than logistical preparations. 5/4/2010
Executive Briefing: The Supreme Court Vacancy
Concerned Women for America (CWA) would love for President Obama to go beyond politics — as he promised during his campaign — and nominate a Supreme Court candidate that all Americans can support. 5/3/2010
Open Homosexuals in the Military; Religious Liberty in the Balance
The lifting of the 1993 law barring open homosexuals from military service is only being discussed, yet the Pentagon is taking iron-fisted action against those who speak publicly in support of the law. 5/1/2010
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on Mojave Desert Veteran’s Memorial
The memorial erected by World War I veterans in the Mojave Desert can stay, even though it is a cross. 4/30/2010
The Tragic Lives of Modern Child Stars
The same Hollywood machine that propels adorable children to stardom is well known to tear those same children down. 4/30/2010
CWA: Training and Equipping Leaders
In an attempt to strengthen our grassroots network and make training as accessible as possible, the CWA national staff will travel to four major cities across the nation to meet with leaders new and old. 4/29/2010
The battle is on for the soul of our nation’s highest court as the Obama administration considers possible nominees to fill Justice John Paul Stevens’ seat on the bench. 4/29/2010
ObamaCare: An Unmitigated Disaster
The more we learn about the specific provisions, the more we discover that the bill does not reflect our values. 4/29/2010
There are very real consequences to the idea that a judge can make decisions based on what is in his heart. 4/28/2010
Christian News Wire:
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Bright Hope 8th Annual Run for Hungry Children
New Book ‘Burning Down ‘The Shack” Exposes Great Deception Lurking in Church’s Blindside
IRD Calls on Churches to Condemn Iran’s Election to United Nations Commission on Women
Cowboy Gospel Artist Mary Marecek Releases Carry Me Home
Kill the .XXX Domain — Start a War on Pornography Instead
Biblica Celebrates Ministry Milestone in Asia with Philip Yancey Tour
Radio Ad Campaign Affirms Sue Lowden’s Commitment to the Unborn
‘Bee the Best with Thelma’ Added to NRB Network TV Line Up
‘Abortion Capital’ Series Exposes Horrific Late-Term Abortion Business
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Lone State Senator with Congressional Ambitions Kills KS Abortion Override
Rick Warren Knows How to Use His Influence for Good Purposes, Says His Biographer
KS Senate Fails by One Vote to Override Veto of Late-term Abortion Bill
UW Abandons Late-Term Abortion Plan at Madison Surgery Center
Odyssey Networks Celebrates the Annual Day of Prayer with Special Web Programs
Guangzhou Police Force Liangren House Church to Worship Outdoors
Influential International Leaders to Address Biola Graduates
CBN News Headlines.
Kids at Risk: Bullying in the New Millennium
Bullying is an age old problem. Today it has had new and deadly consequences.
Poll: Country Supports Immigration Crackdown
There seems to be a lot of support across the country for Arizona’s recent immigration crackdown.
STOPP Director Says ‘The Pill’ Kills
This year, as the birth control pill turns 50, debate still abounds as to whether or not the drug is beneficial.
- Obama: Immigration Reform to Start This Year
- Brazil Bishop Says Kids Spontaneously Gay
- Nigeria President Yar’Adua Dies after Long Illness
- Magnitude 6.4 Quake Hits Southern Peru
- Changes Made Amid ‘No-Fly’ List Concerns
- Graham Responds to Prayer Service Opposition
- NBA’s Phoenix Suns Join Immigration Debate
- Failed Bomb Plot Returns Nat’l Security to Spotlight
- Bodies Recovered as Nashville Floodwaters Recede
- Powerful House Chairman Obey to Retire
- Greek Workers Strike Over Bailout Deal
Liberty Council Press Releases.
Liberty Counsel Filed Lawsuit Against School District for Hostility to Religious Expression May 04, 2010
Liberty Counsel Sues Santa Rosa School District for Hostility to Religious Expression May 03, 2010
Supreme Court Rules Mojave Desert Cross Can Stay Apr 28, 2010
Liberty Counsel Attends Supreme Court During “Christian Legal Society v. Martinez” Case Apr 19, 2010
Many Voices Uniting to Advance Shared Values at The Awakening 2010 Apr 14, 2010
Supreme Court Nomination Panel Discussion Added For “The Awakening 2010” Apr 12, 2010
Resignation of Justice Stevens Will Set Up Supreme Court Battle Apr 09, 2010
Game Over for ACLU’s War Against Santa Rosa County Students Apr 08, 2010
Pediatricians Set the Facts Straight about Sexual Orientation and Gender Confusion Apr 07, 2010
Personhood Amendment Qualified for Mississippi’s November 2011 Ballot Apr 05, 2010
From these few it’s clear that they’re not being quiet, just silent about this. On the most prescient problem facing the great glory of creation, not a peep. If you know people who go to church, call them, tell them what is happening and how they can help. They will, they’re good people. No-one really wants to watch the beauty and divine splendor of creation die. Tell them they can help and then show them how, because the mouth pieces of their political and social world-view are not stepping up it is left to you.
There are a lot of organizations helping. Here’s a list of some, they’ll lead you to others. If nothing else, buy some dawn laundry detergent! They are donating a dollar from every sale for disaster relief on the Gulf Coast.
Oiled Wildlife Rescue Volunteers
There’s a lot more out there, just ask me!
jameschrisfields@yahoo.com
ChrisBunny! The things that are newsworthy, and the things that aren’t. Here are a few things that eyewitnesses have seen.
Okay, they just called me. Informed me that they could not sign me up for level 3 training because BP is contracting wildlife help out! – Alabama
The zoo is shearing their sheep, camels, alpacas etc today all to help the cause! I am thinking that might be some smelly hair! Thank you Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo! – Alabama
Thanks for all you are doing. Have a question. My son wants to raise money for wildlife rescue or gulf coast cleanup. Has a birthday coming up and in lieu of gifts is asking for donations. Any suggestions on where to send donations? – Not sure where
I’ve never seen anything so awful in my life- everything is dying. There are dead otters, turtles, and more dead fish than you can count. This needs to be stopped.- A National Guardsman a Louisiana swamp
Last night me and my boyfriend went for our usual walk on the beach. There was a boom washed up on Cotton Bayou, and we walked down and back again and on our way back there was a dead shark washed ashore! I called the hotline! BP acted as if they did not give a crap! We waited around for a while and no one showed up! We drug the shark inland a little so the waster would not wash it back out! – Alabama
And the News Items: from AP
The owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico said Thursday its contract with BP should protect it from lawsuits by fishermen, hotel owners and other businesses damaged by the massive oil spill. Transocean Ltd. CEO Steven Newman said the company won’t be held liable for “any expense or claim related to pollution” from the well.
The chief executive of BP PLC says the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico will be stopped, but gives no estimate of when that might happen or how much it will ultimately cost. Tony Hayward said in an interview with the BBC broadcast Thursday that it was too early to judge the cost of stopping the leak, mopping up the oil and compensating people for damages.
While people anxiously wait for the mess to wash up along the coast, globules of oil are already falling to the bottom of the sea, where they threaten virtually every link in the ocean food chain, from plankton to fish that are on dinner tables everywhere. Hail-size gobs of oil with the consistency of tar or asphalt will roll around the bottom, while other bits will get trapped hundreds of feet below the surface and move with the current, said Robert S. Carney, a Louisiana State University oceanographer.
Government officials are being inundated with homespun remedies to prevent the nightmare scenario of oil washing up all over the Gulf Coast. More than 3,500 suggestions have come in by phone and e-mail. Ideas range from the goofy — putting a cork in the blown-out well — to the possible. One business plans to demonstrate a product that shoots a carbon dioxide solution from guns to freeze parts of the slick, which could then be scooped up and refined.
There are supply distribution centers cropping up in lots of locations (check the ChrisBunny! Blog, I will keep adding) People are looking for distribution centers in the Midwest (esp. Milwaukee.) People are waiting for matteroftrust to send them distribution info. People have filled out forms to volunteer and come down to help out, but are only getting requests for donations instead of where to show up.
(On personal note, does anyone want to sublet a place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn for the summer so I can go help out and report on the cleanup?)
To donate hair clippings and pantyhose in NYC contact: jameschrisfields@yahoo.com for details.
For more info visit our Facebook page: Oiled Wildlife Rescue volunteers
Download and hand out our flier! Oiled Animal Rescue
If you want to send money to Louisiana click here: National Wildlife Fund
If you want to send money to the panhandle seashore rescue for any of the following items please contact the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo at: (251) 968-5731 or donate online: Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo
The following supplies are desperately needed!
Pet Carriers, towels, hand sanitizers, Dawn dishwashing liquid, gloves, dog kennels, scotch brand srcubbies, soft toothbrushes, bleach, bleach, bleach!!!!!!!!!!! heavy duty latex gloves rubber chemical proof gloves, wire cutters, pliers, tarps (green or camoflage), shop vacs, heavy-duty storage boxes, metal garbage cans to store grain, WD40, 5 gallon buckets, flashlights, rags/towels, 10 gallon+ice chests, garbage bags…reg and heavy duty, zip ties, heavy duty, rakes, Baby blankets, Heating pads (w/o auto shut off if possible), Large Rubbermaid containers with lids, Heating lamps, Rubbermaid troughs, Large backyard inflatable pools, Thin tights and Panty hose!
ChrisBunny! “No one has worn pantyhose on a day other than Halloween in at least five years!”
If you want to send money to the panhandle seashore rescue please contact the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo at: (251) 968-5731 or donate online: Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo
Beach Mice: In the Gulf Shores area, the Beach mouse is a friend and a foe. He alone has stopped many high rises from ruining the natural landscape of our coastline. He has many times been referred to as “that little fuckah” by my mother in law, who owns a condo off of Fort Morgan Road near the wildlife preserve where beach mice are rampant! He lives in the dunes among the sea oats and is always fun to spot running through the rushes next to the bay.
Night Crabbing: Our Gulf Coast beach crabs are small and white- luminescent in the moonlight – and are a national treasure. When my kids were small, their favorite thing to do every night was to go crabbing. Crabbing included a flashlight, bare feet and a bucket. It was a thrill for them to find the crab tracks on the beach, watch the crab scamper and play in the sand and run sideways in the moonlight. Occasionally if they were fortunate enough to catch one and put it in a bucket, like fire flies in a jar…it would get a name and sometimes kisses, but we found out early on that crabs are not fond of kisses. The children would always leave a marker on the beach where we found him…and then continue to search for his crabby cousins. The excitement of seeing the little creatures in their natural habitat was so thrilling to my small children. What amazed me was the care with which they treated their tiny friends. Once we walked the entire beach, we would return each new friend to its home and wish him a good night. And on the way home from the beach, the kids would sometimes say…”gee, I wonder if Charlie is playing with someone else tonight?” It’s so amazing to see the careful way that children approach nature. I wish that everyone could approach our landscape with a child like perspective and heart.
As I watch this oil spill grow more and more each day I feel the devastation that is hitting the Gulf Coast habitat the coastal residents. I’m outraged at the lack of controls that are in place to protect our natural habitats from the “drill, baby, drill” mantra. I’m an interior designer and stand in awe and amazement wondering if my credentials are more heavily scrutinized by the powers that be than the guy who controls the shut off valve for an oil rig. Nevertheless, we have a crisis on our hands. Our natural habitats for the beach mouse, for the crabs, for the Gulf Shrimp, and our fish and sharks and dolphins…it is all hanging in the balance.
I am no petroleum engineer and cannot solve the valve problem. I don’t have the resources to manage a major cleanup operation if I even knew how. What I do have is hair and pantyhose. Let’s face it; no one has worn pantyhose on a day other than Halloween in at least five years. So, I’m asking my friends who cut hair to give their clippings and asking my friends who need haircuts to go there and make sure that their hair is donated to help create a system that will help absorb some of this disaster and hopefully save a few of our friends in the water and on the beach. I want my grandchildren to one day wonder if Charlie is still in his little hole down Ft. Morgan Road…and I hope that if Charlie isn’t there, his grandchildren are. – Holly Gibson
To donate hair clippings and pantyhose in NYC contact: jameschrisfields@yahoo.com for details.
For more info visit our Facebook page: Oiled Wildlife Rescue volunteers
Download and hand out our flier! Oiled Animal Rescue
If you want to send money to Louisiana click here: National Wildlife Fund
If you want to send money to the panhandle seashore rescue for any of the following items please contact the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo at: (251) 968-5731 or donate online: Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo
The following supplies are desperately needed!
Pet Carriers, towels, hand sanitizers, Dawn dishwashing liquid, gloves, dog kennels, scotch brand srcubbies, soft toothbrushes, bleach, bleach, bleach!!!!!!!!!!! heavy duty latex gloves rubber chemical proof gloves, wire cutters, pliers, tarps (green or camoflage), shop vacs, heavy-duty storage boxes, metal garbage cans to store grain, WD40, 5 gallon buckets, flashlights, rags/towels, 10 gallon+ice chests, garbage bags…reg and heavy duty, zip ties, heavy duty, rakes, Baby blankets, Heating pads (w/o auto shut off if possible), Large Rubbermaid containers with lids, Heating lamps, Rubbermaid troughs, Large backyard inflatable pools, Thin tights and Panty hose!
ChrisBunny! Please donate your old pantyhose to the Gulf Coast oil disaster cleanup, right now; shave your head and donate the hair! Our goal is to carry a 3 room apartment U-haul from NYC to Gulf Shores 7 days from now.
In order to keep what we have up here, we need to protect what is at stake on the Gulf Coast. It’s very simple, email me at jameschrisfields@yahoo.com, tell me you will donate washed hair clippings from your head, from your favorite salon, and washed pantyhose from your ass and the asses of your friends. We will come pick it up. Simple as that!
We need hair and pantyhose enough to fill a truck, and we need it now! Oiled Wildlife Rescue Volunteers
Everyone you know who would be willing to give washed hair clippings to the Gulf Coast oil spill cleanup needs to know we’re organizing with a group in Gulf Shores to make hairbooms that will soak up oil as it approaches the coastal areas. We have only a few days to make a difference in just a small stretch of the gulf. Please contact me directly for details about how you can take part. This won’t cost anyone a dime, but you may be able to save a chunk of the Gulf of Mexico!
Hair booms are made of washed hair from your salon, free of trash hopefully, and stuffed into pantyhose to make long strands of super absorbent oil booms. They can be washed and reused as well. Many of the booms currently deployed are made from a petroleum-based product which seems a little silly right? The hair you usually throw away can save critter’s lives and a precious ecosystem. Please help! Contact me for details: jameschrisfields@yahoo.com or send directly to: Oiled Wildlife Rescue Volunteers
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It’s true, most of the time I like animals more than people, with animals I know where I stand. The predators that are bigger stronger and faster than me usually want to eat me. The little ones, well, they just want to get out of my way.
But what happens when that’s thrown out of balance? That’s what people call politics!
The Valdez is happening now but on a potentially much larger scale as an unknown amount of oil is surging into the Gulf of Mexico with only a hopeful plan to stop it. Everyday more sand and oil are pumped through those pipes, and with the erosion from the force of all that effluvial muck the pipes could potentially give way to a much larger hemorrhage.
Think about it, nearly three-quarters of all US waterfowl – and all its 110 species of migratory neo-tropical songbirds – use Louisiana’s three million acres of wetlands to rest or nest. Do you watch birds flying north in the early spring from your roof or fire escape. Do you listen to the morning songbirds in the trees? Do you go upstate to watch the herons stalk about the giant reservoirs?
In March of 1989 fishermen were readying themselves for the herring fishing season. This would be followed a few months later by the salmon fishing season in a normal year. After the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef and spilled its 11 million gallons of crude oil, nothing was normal.
Many, if not virtually all, of the fishermen in Prince William Sound were immediately put to work fighting the spreading oil. The fishermen knew their local waters like only local fishermen typically do. A shift in wind or tide might influence the spread of oil in ways only local knowledge could predict. The fishermen also knew how to handle heavy gear. They commonly set and retrieve long, weighted nets full of fish using state of the art hydraulic winches and other gear. This experience put them in good stead when they were asked to set, tow and retrieve oil containment booms to corral the oil.
We are making those booms, for those fishermen, here in New York City.
In the aftermath of Exxon’s 11-million-gallon oil spill in March 1989, U.S. news media described an Alaskan coast with countless dead animals, decimated plant life, and a massive black blanket covering nearly 1,100 miles of shoreline. But within a few months, a different story gained currency, as reports out of Prince William Sound took on a friendly and forgiving tone. National media began to focus on the damage not done by Exxon’s blunder, heralding Big Oil’s efforts to preserve Alaska’s environment. Out of the jaws of catastrophe, Exxon snatched a news spin increasingly to its liking.
This is already happening, but we have a larger voice now and we must use our voice to make a difference.
During one week in September 1989, the American people learned via cover stories in Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report (both 9/18/89) that the oil spill off the Alaska coastline wasn’t so bad after all. As U.S. News reported, ‘The sublime beachscapes of Prince William Sound remain startlingly beautiful” despite the “image” of ecological disaster in one of the worlds most pristine areas. The very premise of U.S. News & World Report’s cover story–”The Disaster That Wasn’t”–dismissed the seriousness of the spill, and praised Exxon’s poorly organized and haphazardly executed “cleanup” effort.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4072
Slick Coverage of the Exxon Valdez Spill: Unreliable Sources
By Martin A. Lee and Norman Solomon
Now, there are dispersal chemicals being spray, and 40 foot tall rusty containment units being built, none of those provide guarantees. They are as much placebo as that spin from so long ago!
We’ll take your tired old pantyhose, washed of course, and stuff it full of hair. Then we’ll soak up as much of that BP oil as we can. If you want to donate please email me at jameschrisfields@yahoo.com. And please send this to your friends.
We can do something. Help us get the word out!
Oiled Wildlife Rescue Volunteers
James at the ChrisBunny! Blog
ChrisBunny! I’ve lived in Mobile, AL for over 25 years, and up until now, have so taken for granted the quiet beauty and magnificence that I have had the honor to experience in my lifetime. Follow me down to the Northern Gulf Coast, my home….
Our first stop will be Destin Florida, my home away from home. It is a magnificent little fishing town located on what they call The Emerald Coast, a 100 mile stretch of some of the most beautiful white sandy beaches on the Gulf. Through painstaking efforts to keep the beaches pristine, many native species of plants and animals call the bordering sand dunes home. Choctawhatchee beach mice, herons, egrets, can all be found among the dunes. Many natural wild-plant communities also thrive within these dunes. Sea turtles also come ashore to nest in the sand dunes. Artificial lighting is restricted, and, amidst the buzz of Frisbee & volleyball, the local agencies have painstakingly roped them off to protect them from beach traffic. This is THEIR home. We are only visiting.
Next we will travel West into Alabama. As we cross over what we call The Causeway, a stretch of 8 mile roadway that separates the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and the Mobile Bay, we pass an abundance of Seafood Restaurants serving fresh caught o
ysters and shrimp. As we look off in the distance, we see a magnificent Heron wading in the grassy marshes of the Delta, while an alligator lazily warms himself in the sunshine, oblivious to the poison about to beset upon his home.
Traveling west, through Mobile, we detour over to Dauphin Island. Home of the Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. As we cross over the spanning bridge that links this small community to the outside world, memories of midnight jaunts searching for flounder and soft shell crabs overtake me, as these could be long gone days of the past. A brown Pelican sits perched on a log, seemingly contemplating the doom that is just around the corner. – Jacki A.
We need to protect what’s at stake on the Gulf Coast. It’s very simple, email me at jameschrisfields@yahoo.com, tell me you will donate washed hair clippings from your salon. Talk to your Circle, Prayer Group, Church, AA Meeting, Swingers Party, whatever…, ask them if they will give their pantyhose to the cause. Simple as that, email me and I will let you know where you can send your donations.
If you want to send money to Louisiana click here: National Wildlife Fund
If you want to send money to the panhandle seashore rescue for any of the following items please contact the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo at: (251) 968-5731 or donate online: Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo
The following supplies are desperately needed!
Pet Carriers, towels, hand sanitizers, Dawn dishwashing liquid, gloves, dog kennels, scotch brand srcubbies, soft toothbrushes, bleach, bleach, bleach!!!!!!!!!!! heavy duty latex gloves rubber chemical proof gloves, wire cutters, pliers, tarps (green or camoflage), shop vacs, heavy-duty storage boxes, metal garbage cans to store grain, WD40, 5 gallon buckets, flashlights, rags/towels, 10 gallon+ice chests, garbage bags…reg and heavy duty, zip ties, heavy duty, rakes, Baby blankets, Heating pads (w/o auto shut off if possible), Large Rubbermaid containers with lids, Heating lamps, Rubbermaid troughs, Large backyard inflatable pools, Thin tights and Panty hose!
For more info visit our Facebook page: Oiled Wildlife Rescue volunteers
Download and hand out our flier! Oiled Animal Rescue
