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

BP Sustainability Report Ignores Oil Spill, and Tony Gets a Bonus!

British Petroleum released their new Sustainability Report where they went to great lengths to discuss the lessons they learned last summer, and how BP’s Bob Dudley is now all about responsibility. Bob feels it is up to them to “earn back the trust” of all involved and dad-gummit, they’re gonna do it! In their report, they discuss how BP: “From the beginning…worked to fight the spill … Continue reading BP Sustainability Report Ignores Oil Spill, and Tony Gets a Bonus!

Drake ToulouseApril 2, 2011April 2, 20111 Comment

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

The Manslaughter Case Against BP…

Yeah, Feinberg and the GCCF are doing a number on the Gulf Coast residents right now, but lest we forget…he and his shenanigans would hardly be necessary if British Petroleum’s explosion of the Deepwater Horizon hadn’t occurred in the first place, killing eleven men and trashing an eco-system. The Department of Justice is currently deciding whether to press manslaughter charges against various British Petroleum personnel. In … Continue reading The Manslaughter Case Against BP…

Drake ToulouseApril 1, 2011April 1, 2011Leave a 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

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

BP Could Face Manslaughter Charges…

According to Reuters, the Department of Justice is investigating whether to file manslaughter charges against BP managers for decisions they made leading up to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon. Beyond these possible criminal charges, what is at stake for the company is the likelihood of BP being found “grossly negligent.” Should these charges occur, the possibility of such a determination would increase dramatically, and … Continue reading BP Could Face Manslaughter Charges…

Drake ToulouseMarch 29, 2011March 29, 2011Leave a 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

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

Here come the Attorneys General…but where’s Obama?

The Attorney General of Alabama, Luther Strange wrote a letter to Ken Feinberg about his concerns with the GCCF and the payment of claims, highlighting many of the problems with the process that have been highlighted here and on several other websites. Among his concerns: 1. Of all the claims reportedly paid, 98.9 % are the quick pay claims, claims that require no processing and … Continue reading Here come the Attorneys General…but where’s Obama?

Drake ToulouseMarch 23, 2011March 23, 20113 Comments

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

Anarchism, Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, Class War, New Orleans, Police, Uncategorized

The NOPD report: white man in Jacksonsmith Palais…

I had initially planned to begin and end this post with one simple sentence, “Damn, the NOPD sucks, we knew that, but thanks for spelling it all out for us, in detail, just how much they suck…” But before I hit “publish,” I decided I should perhaps, elaborate on this so I did just that: My former apartment in New Orleans was located at the corner of … Continue reading The NOPD report: white man in Jacksonsmith Palais…

Drake ToulouseMarch 20, 2011March 20, 20111 Comment