DMac
24th July 2010, 11:11 AM
Strippers, Booze and Race Riots: BP’s Cleanup Workers Run Amok in Grand Isle (http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/07/22/strippers-booze-and-race-riots-bps-cleanup-workers-run-amok-in-grand-isle/)
Female oil wrestlers need, obviously, to be oiled. Plastic cups full of baby oil are being auctioned off, along with the right to rub their contents all over one of the thong-bikinied gals. “I hope there’s no dispersant in that oil!†someone quips. The bidding before the first match starts at $10; it ends pretty quickly when some kid offers $100.
“He outbid me!†the guy next to me yells. His name is Cortez. He bid $80. He has dollar bills tucked all the way around under the brim of his hat, and piles of them in his fist. He has spent $200 of his $1,000 paycheck already tonight. “I am coming here every Saturday from now on,†he says. He gestures expansively at the scene—writhing women; hollering, money-throwing men. “Sponsored by BP!†he yells, laughing...
Female oil wrestlers need, obviously, to be oiled. Plastic cups full of baby oil are being auctioned off, along with the right to rub their contents all over one of the thong-bikinied gals. “I hope there’s no dispersant in that oil!†someone quips. The bidding before the first match starts at $10; it ends pretty quickly when some kid offers $100.
“He outbid me!†the guy next to me yells. His name is Cortez. He bid $80. He has dollar bills tucked all the way around under the brim of his hat, and piles of them in his fist. He has spent $200 of his $1,000 paycheck already tonight. “I am coming here every Saturday from now on,†he says. He gestures expansively at the scene—writhing women; hollering, money-throwing men. “Sponsored by BP!†he yells, laughing...