Government to BP: Please Do not Block Media Access

This shit is fucked up.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government generally is not restricting news media access to oil spill disaster areas in the Gulf of Mexico and wants oil giant BP to do likewise, unless there are good security or safety reasons, a Coast Guard admiral said Monday.

If you or I were to occupy a public beach with knives, guns, and truncheons to prevent access to that public beach we would, most likely, have our asses kicked by the police or coast guard. We have no right to deny access to a public beach; we are simply private citizens. Only a governmental force, with the backing of the legal system, could deny access to a public beach.

Except, apparently, not only can BP deny access but when they deny access the result is not legal restrictions and penalties imposed upon BP, but rather the government says, "Oh masa, would you pretty pretty please with a cherry on top allow these journalists to take pictures of dead pelicans? Please allow them access to your public beach!"

This shit has been happening for a while. Back in May there was a story of a CBS crew being denied access to the shore in South Pass, Louisiana. The crew was met by members of the coast guard who told the journalists they could not film the beach, saying: "This is BP's rules, it's not ours."

Which makes sense, until you remember that the coast guard does not fucking work for BP! The Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces, which are the military force of the United States, which means that the Coast Guard works for the government of the United States who I was told, in fourth grade, works for US! But apparently my fucking fourth grade teacher, kookie bitch that she was, got it wrong; the United States Armed Forces work for BP.

How the fuck did it come to be the case that the government is in a position of asking BP to allow persons access to a private beach? Since when does the government have to ask companies to not break the law? And why the fuck is the Coast Guard following BP's rules? Who the fuck are BP to set the rules?

At some point you really have to wonder what the fuck the Tea Party people are bitching about, what the hell Glenn Beck is bitching about. Private companies need less government oversight? Private Companies need to not be controlled by the government?

Take a peak at the Gulf Coast, assholes. Private industry is doing just fine. Because, apparently, the fucking Coast Guard works for BP.