British Petroleum, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Macondo Well, Oil Spill

What can you prove? What can I say? I worry…

Ah yes, the legalities of our lawyerly society…one of the truly frustrating experiences is watching a case built on common sense disintegrate into the bullshit of corporate attorneys…or, in other words: You can find an expert to give expert testimony on anything. Take for example, global warming…despite common sense dictating something is seriously going wrong on our planet, despite the near unanimous consensus that we … Continue reading What can you prove? What can I say? I worry…

Drake ToulouseApril 5, 2011April 5, 20111 Comment

Barack Obama, British Petroleum, David Vitter, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Headlines, Oil Spill

So which is it…BP drills again or no? Permits or no? Vitter’s an idiot or no?

BP says this, the government says that…and then, David Vitter says what? According to two British newspapers, the Financial Times and the Sunday Times, British Petroleum could be coming back to the Gulf this July…or will they? A government spokeswoman said the government had reached no agreement and no permits are in the offing, but the New York Times reports negotiations are underway with BP … Continue reading So which is it…BP drills again or no? Permits or no? Vitter’s an idiot or no?

Drake ToulouseApril 4, 2011Leave a comment

British Petroleum, but what a charmer, Class War, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Social Work

I have a confession to make…I’m a really lousy crisis worker…

I am, really bad… You see, I’ve been doing this job for a long, long time, off and on for about ten years and frankly, it’s getting a little old. If unfamiliar with crisis work, what I do for a living is I get calls from doctors and police officers in various hospital emergency rooms, or maybe jail corporals at detention centers to come to the scene and speak … Continue reading I have a confession to make…I’m a really lousy crisis worker…

Drake ToulouseApril 3, 2011April 3, 20111 Comment

Barack Obama, Class War, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Headlines

And now, a word from General Electric…

My fellow Americans… We here at General Electric feel it important to take a moment, pause from your Gulf Coast coverage to remind everyone out there just how much and why, we love America. Our love, it’s a lot. Simply, because all you people out there, our trusty employees, our consumers and our NBC viewers, you people will read what follows in the coming paragraphs, … Continue reading And now, a word from General Electric…

Drake ToulouseMarch 30, 2011March 30, 20111 Comment

Bobby Jindal, British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

On Feinberg’s Selection of LSU’s Jack Weiss…

When it comes to Gulf Coast claims larger than $250,000 dollars, appeals will be heard by a special group of judges and Feinberg named Jack Weiss, chancellor of the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in Baton Rouge, to be the person to select who those judges will be. About his selection, Feinberg said, “I canvassed the Gulf region in an attempt to … Continue reading On Feinberg’s Selection of LSU’s Jack Weiss…

Drake ToulouseMarch 27, 2011March 27, 2011Leave a comment

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

Feinberg fails, to succeed…and gets a raise!

Guess who’s getting more money in the Gulf? If you guessed claimants, you don’t read this blog too often, but if you guessed Feinberg…you win! And what do you win? Your very own gift-wrapped box of anger and frustration. Just announced, Feinberg and his law firm had their rate of pay increased from $850,000 dollars a month to $1.25 million dollars. Obviously because of the … Continue reading Feinberg fails, to succeed…and gets a raise!

Drake ToulouseMarch 26, 2011March 26, 20114 Comments

British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

Feinberg fights back? An answer to his answer to the Strange letter…

So, as I commented two days ago, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange fired off an angry letter to Ken Feinberg, the BP paid administrator of BP’s compensation fund outlining several objections he had with the process, chief among them being the snail’s pace and meager size of the payments, the lack of transparency in the process, and the stress this is causing to the citizens of his state. Mr. Strange demanded … Continue reading Feinberg fights back? An answer to his answer to the Strange letter…

Drake ToulouseMarch 25, 2011March 25, 2011Leave a comment

Anarchism, And now a word from our sponsors, Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, British Petroleum, Class War, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Ken Feinberg, New Orleans, Oil Spill

And now, a word from our sponsors….Crossroads Anthem Version

And now, a word from our sponsors… Cancer Bats – Hail Destroyer The hidden subtext? Obviously… British Petroleum? Feinberg? They want you to go away. They want you to accept whatever pittance they choose to give you, and say thanks for the pocket change while your homes, your businesses are foreclosed upon. Their mistakes pissed on what you knew as normal, your lives and your … Continue reading And now, a word from our sponsors….Crossroads Anthem Version

Drake ToulouseMarch 22, 2011March 22, 2011Leave a comment

Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

A family, not a statistic…

An old fashioned clock, a family heirloom holding its place on a worn fireplace mantle, chimes the ten o’clock hour. The silence the strikes disrupt is loud, louder than the churning waves of the gulf, of the boat motor that once went out into the waters, of the wall-phone ringing… Probably just another creditor. The couple sitting at the table don’t even look up. Answering … Continue reading A family, not a statistic…

Drake ToulouseMarch 19, 2011March 25, 20111 Comment

British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

A quick note of congratulations…

Hey all, Just wanted to send a quick note of congratulations to G, and her husband. They got in touch with me sometime ago about their claims, expressing their frustrations with investigations by the GCCF, disgust with the length of time it was taking…79 days to get a quick payment? And an overall disappointment with BP and Feinberg for the damages, the stalling, the runaround … Continue reading A quick note of congratulations…

Drake ToulouseMarch 17, 2011March 17, 20111 Comment