Today, 52 cities across 5 continents will be protesting BP, and will apparently be "wearing black and/or black ribbons to show solidarity, support and mourning for the Gulf and the folks who live, eat, sleep and work there." The New York City protest will be meeting outside the New York Times building at 11 a.m., a location chosen "because of full page ads run by BP’s money wasting PR team in The New York Times as well as other major media outlets." Looks like those apology ads really aren't working! The Facebook event also asks protesters to "please make sure all words on the signs are spelled correctly."
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