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

Didn’t you hear BP has settled? That’s right, you can go away now…

Here comes the Bob: “From the beginning, BP stepped up to meet our obligations to the communities in the Gulf Coast region, and we’ve worked hard to deliver on that commitment for nearly two years,” said Bob Dudley, BP’s CEO, in a statement issued Friday night. “The proposed settlement represents significant progress toward resolving issues from the Deepwater Horizon accident and contributing further to economic … Continue reading Didn’t you hear BP has settled? That’s right, you can go away now…

Drake ToulouseMarch 8, 2012March 8, 20124 Comments

2012 Presidential Race, but what a charmer, Class War, Disenfranchised

Back to the spill tomorrow, but first…

Ever read an article that you found to be so well written, informative and funny (cause its true) you felt the need to put it out there and share? Yeah, me too…from the wonderful writers at Cracked, enjoy this article about the wealthy gaffe-challenged – “All of a sudden, it’s like you can’t make huge amounts of money without people getting all pissed off about … Continue reading Back to the spill tomorrow, but first…

Drake ToulouseMarch 6, 2012March 6, 20121 Comment

Anarchism, Apocalypse, British Petroleum, California, Coast Guard, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

The winds of change…

Hello again… Some of you out there are aware the moving days are upon me…just completed one move, literally down the street which helped pave the way for the big move, five weeks from today to New Orleans San Francisco. Originally, I wanted it to be New Orleans, but alas…you got yourself one fucked up governor down there and the only thing he likes better … Continue reading The winds of change…

Drake ToulouseMarch 5, 2012March 5, 20122 Comments

2012 Presidential Race, Class War, Democracy, Disenfranchised

On Koch: Mental health, Martin Luther and martyrs…

It would seem if one wanted to get an idea of a person’s mental health, about their emotional disposition, one thing to do would be to take a look at their reactions to receiving hundreds of death threats. Would they brag about it in the media? Would they become introspective? What would they do, especially if they were very wealthy and a captain of industry … Continue reading On Koch: Mental health, Martin Luther and martyrs…

Drake ToulouseFebruary 21, 2012February 22, 2012Leave a comment

Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Macondo Well, New Orleans

History’s telling me to not get excited about passage of the oil spill fine amendment…

A recent editorial in the New Orleans Times-Picayune celebrated House Passage of an amendment to the transportation bill which mandated 80% of Clean Water Act fines levied against British Petroleum for their catastraphuk be earmarked to the Gulf States who suffered the damages. The editorial called this first step important. It noted how this was the House of Representatives making a public commitment to the Gulf Coast and … Continue reading History’s telling me to not get excited about passage of the oil spill fine amendment…

Drake ToulouseFebruary 19, 2012February 19, 20122 Comments

British Petroleum, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, New Orleans, Oil Spill

What Tony Hayward can do with his bonus…

Did you hear? Tony Hayward, he of the BP oil spill Haywards, is set to get a bonus of 125,000 shares of BP stock at a current share price of $46 plus that would hold a rough value of $5,831,000 dollars. Yes, seriously. BP is planning to give him this bonus because of improved earnings per barrel in refining and marketing during the years of 2009-2011…and it … Continue reading What Tony Hayward can do with his bonus…

Drake ToulouseFebruary 17, 20121 Comment

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

A few quick questions for the Plaintiff Steering Committee…

In an article published online last evening, David Hammer of the Times-Picayune called into question whether over 50,000 plaintiffs attempting to sue BP in the trial beginning February 27th would have their suits rendered ineligible for compensation because they didn’t try to get money from Feinberg’s Gulf Coast Claims Facility first. He writes: “The “presentment” issue could endanger 60 percent of them (court claims). In … Continue reading A few quick questions for the Plaintiff Steering Committee…

Drake ToulouseFebruary 16, 2012February 16, 20121 Comment

British Petroleum, Class War, Control the Information, Disenfranchised

Say it with me GOP…

So, when the House of Representatives proposes to cut guaranteed funds from public transportation which will cause city transportation systems to run in the red, thus requiring cities to raise bus/train/subway fares, fare increases which disproportionately affect poorer residents… What do we call that? It’s called a tax. More specifically, it’s called a regressive tax on the poor, people otherwise known as those who can … Continue reading Say it with me GOP…

Drake ToulouseFebruary 13, 2012Leave a comment

Barack Obama, Bobby Jindal, British Petroleum, Class War, Control the Information, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Katrina, Macondo Well, New Orleans

This week, it was not Jindal’s fault…

Quite the week for Mr. Jindal. Bobby goes to CPAC. Bobby releases his budget for Louisiana. Bobby blames everybody but Bobby for all the criticisms levied against the decisions and policies of Bobby. Gotta feel for the guy, though…it must be difficult to be the only reasonable man in not only Louisiana, but the United States…the only true conservative, the only one willing to fight … Continue reading This week, it was not Jindal’s fault…

Drake ToulouseFebruary 13, 2012February 13, 2012Leave a comment

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

Other things that take too long…

Recently, Judge Carl Barbier determined some historical items needed to be excluded from his courtroom to speed things up in the BP case, things like previous accidents, fines and commissioned reports, and man, that got me to thinking: when it comes to my job, what is it that slows me down, drags things out… What is it that simply takes too long? Easy…as an Adult Crisis Counselor, … Continue reading Other things that take too long…

Drake ToulouseFebruary 11, 2012February 11, 2012Leave a comment