Author: Drake Toulouse

Social Worker, writer, photographer.
Anarchism, Music, Punk Rock

Horrorpops! It’s Sunday Night – Boot to Boot – Ungeren Youth House

Taking a break for the moment and while checkin’ out a book was reminded of this band, this video and these riots. I thought it was appropriate to put up tonight, when isn’t it appropriate?…watch and enjoy…and if interested in learning more, click the link: The New “Youth House”  Ungeren Watch the video, learn a bit about what happened to the old house: Sleep well… Continue reading Horrorpops! It’s Sunday Night – Boot to Boot – Ungeren Youth House

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Sarah Palin

Bill O’Reilly Goes Rogue, All Over Sarah Palin

I’ll admit, I was getting a little nervous. When Sarah Palin was tapped on the head a couple of years back by McCain, we watched a novice crash and burn anytime she was forced off script, it was fun; between her soundbites and GW’s, it was actually a whole lotta fun. That was a couple of years ago however, and since then she’s been doing … Continue reading Bill O’Reilly Goes Rogue, All Over Sarah Palin

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British Petroleum, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

With friends like these…Anadarko refuses BP’s bill for cleanup costs

The rats, the rats, the rats are deserting BP like they desert the Mississippi River at dusk, heading into the French Quarter… British Petroleum has given bills to the two other companies who own part of the Deepwater Horizon oil well: Mitsui received a bill for 111 million dollars and has until Monday to pay up, but so far have remained mute. Anadrarko Petroleum Corp, … Continue reading With friends like these…Anadarko refuses BP’s bill for cleanup costs

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, Thad Allen, Tony Hayward

BP removes containment cap in preparation for method that could contain more oil

“With the Coast Guard’s blessing…” begins the article in the Times Picayune by Rebecca Mowbray about the latest action being taken by BP to install a new sealing device, one that could allow the company to contain more oil or stop the flow entirely. This is surprising since BP has never previously cared what Gulf Coast residents, the Coast Guard, the EPA or anyone else blesses or curses, instead always … Continue reading BP removes containment cap in preparation for method that could contain more oil

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Tony Hayward

BP, EPA tells cleanup workers they are safe, just don’t breathe

British Petroleum released, quietly…oh so quietly, new information today about their results from chemical testing. What? You mean the PR department didn’t try to splash that one all over Google, Facebook, MySpace, Sarah Palin’s forehead and Texas Congressman Joe Barton’s ass? Nope. Turns out that 20% of the Gulf Coast cleanup crews have been sickened by a chemical that sickened cleanup workers involved in Exxon’s … Continue reading BP, EPA tells cleanup workers they are safe, just don’t breathe

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but what a charmer

I Don’t Usually do Celebrity, but Mel? Bwaahhahahahhahahaha

Oh man… Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy, I mean come on…you had me at “Road Warrior,” and then you lost me at “Passion of…” I gotta say, if there is one thing that always brightens my day, it’s when people who put themselves on moral pedestals crash and burn, or in Mel’s case crash and crash and crash and burn… Alright…that’s about as … Continue reading I Don’t Usually do Celebrity, but Mel? Bwaahhahahahhahahaha

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British Petroleum, Gulf Coast, Katrina, Oil Spill

Shouldn’t Underestimate the Gulf Coast Residents

Gulf Coat residents are heartbroken…yes, desperate…yes, but willing to stop fighting? Not a chance. Corporate jackass’s like BP and Obama all play the same game at every tragedy. They promise to make everything right, right up until the cameras disappear, then they slink away into the shadows cast by their ridiculously large egos. But as Kathleen Koch reminds, the residents of the Gulf Coast fought back after Katrina…and … Continue reading Shouldn’t Underestimate the Gulf Coast Residents

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British Petroleum, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

Why does anyone have to demand safety equipment from BP?

“President Obama and the federal government must demand that BP allow every cleanup worker who wants to wear repiratory protective equipment to do so – and ensure that workers get the equipment and training they need to do their jobs safely.” This is a quote from an article by Ryan Grim in HuffingtonPost and it begs a coupla questions: 1. If British Petroleum cares about … Continue reading Why does anyone have to demand safety equipment from BP?

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British Petroleum, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Restore the Wetlands

Bobby Jindal’s Political Ambitions, Very Desperate

Bobby, Bobby, Bobby… Look man, we all realize that your Presidential aspirations are drowning in oil and you have a strong urge, a need to do something, now, right now. I get it and when you first brought up the whole sand berm approach I was all for it and all for you telling the government to piss off, you were going to do it … Continue reading Bobby Jindal’s Political Ambitions, Very Desperate

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British Petroleum, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

Johnnie Burton, GW’s MMS Director Doesn’t Understand What The Fuss Is About

Johnnie Burton emerges: She was the Mineral and Management Services Director for GW from 2000-2007 and she doesn’t seem to understand what all the hub-bub is about over at the MMS these days. “When I was there, it seemed to work so well,” she says. True, when you give the oil companies whatever they want, and deplete the means of your own agency to enforce … Continue reading Johnnie Burton, GW’s MMS Director Doesn’t Understand What The Fuss Is About

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