British Petroleum, Class War, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

Gulf Coast Attorneys General Warn Against Feinberg’s Quick Settlement Option

Louisiana Attorney General, Buddy Caldwell, in conjunction with the Attorneys General’s of Mississippi, Florida and Alabama have warned that Feinberg’s third option may not be the best move for everybody. “Claimants considering making a quick final payment claim should also evaluate whether their total damages exceed the set amount offered…even if an unforeseen event such as a future hurricane causes more oil from the spill … Continue reading Gulf Coast Attorneys General Warn Against Feinberg’s Quick Settlement Option

Drake ToulouseDecember 20, 2010December 20, 20102 Comments

Barack Obama, Class War, Democracy, Disenfranchised

And I’d just like to add…

Barack? Mr. President? Your leadership on the issue of not extending Bush’s tax cuts to the wealthy has been one of the biggest clusterfucks I have ever witnessed. Not only did you cave in, yet again, you decided to also add a cut in payroll taxes that will directly affect the amount of money going into social security? I keep hearing how that program is … Continue reading And I’d just like to add…

Drake ToulouseDecember 17, 2010December 17, 2010Leave a comment

Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, British Petroleum, Class War, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, New Orleans

Bobby’s Bad Day…in Texas

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, ever concerned about the needs of his constituents, spent yesterday attending to Louisianans in the grand ol’ state of Texas. He gave a speech. He hawked his book. He did a fund-raiser. Oh, and while Bobby was out of town again… The National Oil Spill Commission declared that Jindal’s great sand berm idea was ineffective to say the least, largely as … Continue reading Bobby’s Bad Day…in Texas

Drake ToulouseDecember 17, 2010December 18, 20102 Comments

Anarchism, Blogs, British Petroleum, but what a charmer, Class War, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Internet, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill, Religion, Social Work

Nothing Makes a Cynic Like a Wealthy Church…

I grew up in the church. My father is a minister which meant I went to church every Sunday, did the whole baptism, confirmation, altar boy thing and when I was twelve, he took a new job at a church populated with a lot of people who had a lot of money. Not all, granted, but enough of them and I remember being about fifteen … Continue reading Nothing Makes a Cynic Like a Wealthy Church…

Drake ToulouseDecember 16, 2010December 16, 2010Leave a comment

Apocalypse, Class War, Control the Information, Disenfranchised

A Simple Reflection…

“I have always been considered too ignorant or too stupid to run my own life in my own way. I was, and still am, judged incompetent. Leave it to the expert: do as I am told, and all will be well. It isn’t. It never was and it never will be. The experts are still at it, each with his own little bit of specialized … Continue reading A Simple Reflection…

Drake ToulouseDecember 13, 2010December 13, 2010Leave a comment

Barack Obama, Class War, Disenfranchised, Homeland Security, TSA

In other news…DHS comes to WalMart and Obama responds to the GOP: “Thank you sir, may I have another”

On the heels of the TSA’s porn booths and sexual molestation of airplane passengers comes Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security readying the rollout of their latest brainchild, the “If you see something, say something” campaign. Her video image will soon be coming to you in over 600 Walmart stores, Amtrak trains and hotels nationwide, urging the citizens of America to report any … Continue reading In other news…DHS comes to WalMart and Obama responds to the GOP: “Thank you sir, may I have another”

Drake ToulouseDecember 7, 2010December 7, 2010Leave a comment

Class War, Disenfranchised, New Orleans, New Orleans Saints, NFL

For today…60 minutes…

Last night, I drove round my city, going to hospitals, talking to people who were thinking about suicide or who had just tried it. I spoke on the phone to people who had attempted the day before or who couldn’t remember anything they did last week. I spoke in the jargon of mental health symptoms…ideas of reference, lack of appetite, flattened affect, abnormal sleep patterns, … Continue reading For today…60 minutes…

Drake ToulouseDecember 5, 2010December 5, 20102 Comments

Apocalypse, Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Class War, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, FCC, Google is Evil, Gulf Coast, Homeland Security, Net Neutrality, Oil Spill, Supression of Science, Telecoms, Verizon is Evil

The Head, It Spins…

In a quick perusal of the news this morning…and yesterday for that matter, I felt like a boxer taking punch after punch…and I gotta say it, I’m aggravated and disappointed, yet at the same time, more comfortable and secure in the correctness of my views that the government doesn’t care about anything but corporations and what they believe they can get away with, the problem with wilileaks … Continue reading The Head, It Spins…

Drake ToulouseDecember 2, 2010December 2, 20101 Comment

British Petroleum, Class War, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

$14 Billion Dollars Returned to BP, Feinberg Estimates

In a recent article about the $20 billion dollar escrow account and claims process, Ken Feinberg estimated that after all is said and done, he will have paid out 6 billion of the BP Oil Spill trust fund, and he will then return the remaining $14 billion dollars to British Petroleum. These are surprising numbers, especially when you consider the amount of displeasure and suffering in … Continue reading $14 Billion Dollars Returned to BP, Feinberg Estimates

Drake ToulouseNovember 24, 2010November 24, 20104 Comments

British Petroleum, Class War, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

Now, BP wants claimants’ legal rights to sue other companies

To sue or not to sue, this has been a question on the minds of many in the Gulf Coast. As things currently stand, if a claimant accepts a final payment from the $20 billion dollar escrow fund being run by Ken Feinberg, that claimant gives up their right to sue for punitive damages, but in a new rule being considered by Feinberg, these claimants … Continue reading Now, BP wants claimants’ legal rights to sue other companies

Drake ToulouseNovember 18, 2010November 18, 2010Leave a comment