The oil on her feet and the shoreline...

Mostly, local Louisiana law enforcement officers are keeping reporters away from horror that is BP's oil on Gulf beaches and in the marshlands. But Mother Jones reporter Mac McClelland managed to walk right into the evidence of the spill. More on the surreal attempt to keep the reporter away from the evidence in this report.

Why is the Interior department is still issuing permits for offshore oil drilling? There is no evidence either the industry or the government can control the consequences. What will it take to stop this madness?