Simple… A cold trip up north, 19,000 people, violent hockey between the working class cities of Chicago and Milwaukee and the Dropkick Murphys playing after the game…including their new song, Take Em’ Down which they released early to honor the protests in Wisconsin… In support of workers’ rights…and remember, they only call it class war when we fight back. Enjoy: It may not be New … Continue reading What Makes a Great Friday Night?
Yeah…why not? Those days of marching on capitols becoming so passe (in about a week or so), perhaps its time to take this straight to the robber barons themselves, for if the SEC and the politicians are so unwilling to do anything anymore, to smile and hire the investment banker CEO’s instead of put them in prison, all the while they express false empathy and … Continue reading Wall Street…
Hello again. Yes, I still kill people for a living. And yes, I’m in a union. It’s kind of an off-shoot of the union most US Marshals belong to but we keep it kind of quiet – so that’s all I really want to say about it. Damn. That might even be too much…well, its a risk I’m willing to take and why not? I’m … Continue reading Would you believe assassins have a union? We do…
Hello everybody. No politics today, no Feinberg, no GCCF, no BP, no New Orleans. This is just from me to you, saying thanks. When I started this blog last July, I had no idea what I was doing. I was just pissed about the whole Gulf of Mexico oil spill and from my current home up north didn’t feel there was a whole lot I could … Continue reading On a more personal note…
It goes something like this: Her: I don’t even know why they’re protesting. Me: Really? Her: They’ve (public employee unions) had it good for a long time. Me: So your solution to this is to make their benefits suck and remove collective bargaining like everybody else? Her: No, that’s not what… Me: Are you aware that 60% of businesses in the state of Wisconsin don’t … Continue reading A Wisconsin Conversation…
Imagine: You are the neutral arbitrator of a large compensation fund and you are being roundly criticized. The people making damage claims say you are underpaying them, being too slow, denying too many and tell anyone who will listen how you are not neutral, but are working for the company who is paying out the damages. It’s gotten so bad that local and national politicians … Continue reading Bad Cop, Worse Cop…
Back in the first week of January, I wrote a little something about how the reparation money paid to claimants should be tax free. In the hard times across the Gulf Coast, the last thing people need is to budget 25% of their payment to the IRS, especially people receiving the quick payment: 25% of $5000 dollars to an individual or $25,000 dollars to business. Well, … Continue reading Really, Obama? No tax breaks for claimants?
When Judge Barbier of the US District Court ordered Feinberg last week to finally, start being honest with people and stop referring to himself and the GCCF as neutral or independent of British Petroleum, he opened a very significant door. And today is the day to kick that door down. Barbier has asked attorneys to file briefs on the claim fund’s compliance with the Oil … Continue reading Hey Everybody, It’s File a Brief Friday!
Ain’t nobody paying their bills. Course, there are different reasons for this…shall we review? 1. British Petroleum: “Ricky Myers, who owns Rhino Construction in Bay St. Louis, Miss., said Tuesday that BP contractor O’Brien’s Response Management owes him $650,000 for his company’s work cleaning up beaches and barrier islands after the spill. ‘It seems like the bottleneck or the buck stops at O’Brien,’ Myers said.” … Continue reading What do BP, the GCCF, Obama and Gulf Coast Residents Have in Common?
And now, a word from our sponsors… Landmine Marathon – Shadows Fed to Tyrants The hidden subtext? Obviously… Would it be Feinberg’s plan to delay, delay, delay until the residents of the Gulf Coast are too worn out to fight back against Fed Gov/British Petroleum’s attempt to wash each others’ hands of this mess? It’s just a question… And yeah, good luck with that. Have a nice day. Continue reading And now, a word from our sponsors… BP/GCCF/Fed Irresponsibility Version
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