COCOA BEACH and CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — On Saturday August 4, 2012, there will be a “Hands Across the Sand” gathering in Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral in solidarity with events around the country which organizers say will raise awareness about the dangers of offshore drilling and call on leaders to end our oil dependence and move America into a clean energy future.
The Cape Canaveral event will take place at Cherie Down park and is organized by Shannon Roberts and Buzz Petsos. For more information, contact csroberts@cfl.rr.com or call 321-615-1855. The Cocoa Beach event will take place at Lori Wilson Park and is organized by Tony Sasso. For more information, contact surfscout71@aol.com or call 321-258-8217. Both events will begin to gather around 11 a.m., followed by a human chain across the beach at noon where where participants will join hands for 15 minutes.
Hands Across The Sand was founded by Floridian Dave Rauschkolb in October 2009. Hands Across The Sand is endorsed by national environmental organizations including Sierra Club, Audubon, Surfrider Foundation, Oceana, Florida Wildlife Federation, Alaska Wilderness League, 350.org, 1 Sky, Friends of the Earth, Conservation Law Foundation, Cleanenergy.org, Florida Coastal & Ocean Coalition Save Our Seas, Beaches and Shores,Inc. Sunetric, Gulf Restoration Network.
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The “Hands Off Our Oil” spectacle can always be counted on to showcase the hypocrisy of the left and its silly “green” environmentalists. Last year there were no horse-drawn buggies or rickshaws in the beach parking lots where the players gathered to hold hands and oppose domestic oil production – only SUV's and Tony Sasso's big red truck that gets 12 MPG. True to form, Sasso will again be playing the lead role when the melodrama occupies the beach this year.With gasoline prices two-thirds higher than they were a mere 3 1/2 years ago, is it too much to ask Sasso what product he proposes as an alternative to fuel his truck, if not domestic hydrocarbons? Or, does he only wish to burn foreign oil?
The “Hands Off Our Oil” spectacle can always be counted on to showcase the hypocrisy of the left and its silly “green” environmentalists. Last year there were no horse-drawn buggies or rickshaws in the beach parking lots where the players gathered to hold hands and oppose domestic oil production – only SUV's and Tony Sasso's big red truck that gets 12 MPG. True to form, Sasso will again be playing the lead role when the melodrama occupies the beach this year.With gasoline prices two-thirds higher than they were a mere 3 1/2 years ago, is it too much to ask Sasso what product he proposes as an alternative to fuel his truck, if not domestic hydrocarbons? Or, does he only wish to burn foreign oil?