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

Kenneth Feinberg “says” things are picking up…well, Ken “says” a lot of things…

Ken Feinberg, in an article from yesterday’s Times-Picayune, reports the pace of payments by the GCCF have improved, sped up and are finally hitting their stride. In the article by David Hammer, it is reported the average amount of final payments have increased, as has the percentage of final payments paid, also, the GCCF has processed 95% of the 300,000 claims that were filed before … Continue reading Kenneth Feinberg “says” things are picking up…well, Ken “says” a lot of things…

Drake ToulouseJune 22, 2011June 22, 2011Leave a comment

Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Class War, Disenfranchised

A Message From Rousseau…

“Usurpers always choose troubled times to enact, in the atmosphere of general panic, laws which the public would never adopt when passions were cool. One of the surest ways of distinguishing the work of a lawgiver from that of a tyrant is to note the moment he chooses to give a people its constitution.” – Jean Jacques Rousseau An economic crisis is created by Bush … Continue reading A Message From Rousseau…

Drake ToulouseJune 19, 2011June 19, 20111 Comment

British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Headlines, Ken Feinberg, Macondo Well, Oil Spill, Tony Hayward

It’s okay everybody…Tony’s doing fine…

April 20th, 2010…remember where you were? How long did it take for you to realize there was an ongoing serious problem? How many days had to go by before it occurred the problem was tremendous, huge and that oil, it was going to keep on coming…all the way into shore…all the way into the career of Tony Hayward, splattering it with hydrocarbons and goo… I don’t know … Continue reading It’s okay everybody…Tony’s doing fine…

Drake ToulouseJune 18, 2011June 18, 2011Leave a comment

Control the Information, Gulf Coast, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Restore the Wetlands

About that oil spill fine…25% of La wetlands gone…

Something I mentioned a few days ago, the arguments beginning about the allocation of the fine BP will pay for its oil spill…economy versus environment… and yeah, I get that some people would love to get renovations done for the Port of Mobile, but Louisiana is losing a large section of its, well, of its geographical state. Yes, we all knew that, but a recently released map … Continue reading About that oil spill fine…25% of La wetlands gone…

Drake ToulouseJune 17, 2011Leave a comment

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

Wait…didn’t he say there were no health claims?

Well, what do you know? Turns out that Feinberg previously admitted the GCCF had received health claims, but they had all been denied due to lack of documentation. “Feinberg says that the GCCF, which was set up by BP to compensate those impacted by its disaster in the Gulf, would theoretically grant health claims related to the cleanup effort. But he said he has, “reservations about whether … Continue reading Wait…didn’t he say there were no health claims?

Drake ToulouseJune 16, 2011June 16, 20112 Comments

Barack Obama, Class War, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Privacy Rights

What me, worry? With privacy rights, Obama worse than Bush…

So yeah, the FBI is getting set to get all new powers…which could be used to make past illegal activity by the FBI now legal, and to make new activity by the FBI as legal as they want it to be… But one still might ask: but if you’re doing nothing wrong why worry about it? The simple answer is these new rules would allow … Continue reading What me, worry? With privacy rights, Obama worse than Bush…

Drake ToulouseJune 13, 2011June 14, 2011Leave a comment

British Petroleum, Class War, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Macondo Well, Oil Spill, Restore the Wetlands

Economy versus environment…the oil spill fine…

I know I’m cynical, I get it…I admit it, but when you spend any time reading the science and the journals and watching the documentaries about climate change, fracking, even peak oil…hope ceases to really be your specialty… It’s more two parts grim reality, one part enjoy the party while you can. Anyways, this might explain why, when it comes to the money, the between … Continue reading Economy versus environment…the oil spill fine…

Drake ToulouseJune 12, 2011June 12, 2011Leave a comment

British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Democracy, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Macondo Well, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Restore the Wetlands, Supression of Science

Stories From the Gulf: Living with the Oil Disaster

A recent film, originally airing April 22nd on Discovery Planet Green, documents the impact of the oil spill on Gulf residents… “You go out in the water and think everything’s okay, but it’s not. You close your eyes and you don’t hear any seagulls, there’s no fish jumping.” “I’ve been in the bayou my whole life, and I ain’t ever seen so much dead stuff as … Continue reading Stories From the Gulf: Living with the Oil Disaster

Drake ToulouseJune 11, 20111 Comment

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

Riki Ott, marine toxicologist, weighs in on the Feinberg lie…

In a great article about the GCCF, Riki Ott attacks both Feinberg’s recent declaration that he’s received no health related claims, and also how being the scientist he is, hasn’t seen any scientific evidence of the link between BP and Nalco’s chemicals and Gulf Coast sickness: “Recently Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer overseeing the $20 billion Gulf Coast Claims Facility to “make it right” for people harmed by the British … Continue reading Riki Ott, marine toxicologist, weighs in on the Feinberg lie…

Drake ToulouseJune 10, 2011June 10, 20111 Comment

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

Nobody did it…

Transocean, the company that owned the Deepwater Horizon, recently objected to a draft of a Coast Guard report, released on April 22nd that placed partial blame for the explosion upon their poor safety culture, among other problems: “Switzerland-based Transocean insists the blast did not result from poor upkeep, that the blowout preventer was properly maintained and that the general alarm on the rig did not fail to operate … Continue reading Nobody did it…

Drake ToulouseJune 10, 2011June 10, 20111 Comment