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

Feinberg Finds a Friend…Harlon Pearce

Sen. Mary Landrieu conducted a recent roundtable discussion, the purpose of which was to get to the bottom of what is going on with the claims process for small business…and something strange happened. Feinberg found a friend. And that new friend is none other than Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board Chairman Harlon Pearce. Though Pearce criticized Feinberg for not giving fishers enough priority in … Continue reading Feinberg Finds a Friend…Harlon Pearce

Drake ToulouseApril 23, 2011April 23, 20114 Comments

Anarchism, Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Class War, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Macondo Well, Oil Spill

Three simple notes on an anniversary…

1. To those who have passed, the ones we know of, and those we don’t…rest well. 2. To those still struggling to get through this…all the best to you and your families. 3. To those trying to ease their consciences with public relations spin and lies to the press…rot in your hypocrisy. Help out someone who needs it… Have a nice day. – Drake Continue reading Three simple notes on an anniversary…

Drake ToulouseApril 20, 2011April 20, 2011Leave a comment

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

Feinberg, “We’re achieving what BP and the administration want to see done.”

From Danielle Thomas, an attorney with a legal aid group, who has been assisting people with their GCCF claims: “These people are still really, really hurting…bills are coming due, or they’re already way past due. They’re borrowing from friends and families. There are people living out of cars with their children… It’s unbearable for people.” From Ken Feinberg, administrator of the BP fund: “I’m doing … Continue reading Feinberg, “We’re achieving what BP and the administration want to see done.”

Drake ToulouseApril 17, 2011April 17, 20111 Comment

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And the Attorneys General continue the attack on Feinberg and the GCCF…

Where Barack Obama and the vast majority of Congress remain mute, the Attorneys General across the Gulf Coast continue to call it like they see it, and they see Feinberg and the GCCF putting the screws to the Gulf Coast, at the behest of British Petroleum who has been screwing them all along: Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood wrote, in his second legal brief on … Continue reading And the Attorneys General continue the attack on Feinberg and the GCCF…

Drake ToulouseApril 13, 2011April 13, 20112 Comments

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

No, really, it’s getting better out there…

Ken Feinberg, of course assured all in his methodology that everything would be fine in the Gulf by 2012…but certain species, even beyond humans might beg to differ… Just ask the dolphins: Oiled dead dolphins washing ashore, 8 months after spill Or ask the sea turtles: Sea Turtle Deaths Mount in the Gulf Hell, even ask the dwarf sea horses if ya like: Dwarf seahorses … Continue reading No, really, it’s getting better out there…

Drake ToulouseApril 8, 20111 Comment

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Okay, but will Hayward and Feinberg follow suit?

This is how it’s supposed to work: A company, Transocean in this case, makes a bonehead move and gives bonuses to its executives for their “exemplary” safety record last year. Transocean, being an offshore drilling contractor at work on the Deepwater Horizon when it exploded and killed eleven people, is immediately barraged with criticism for awarding these bonuses. Steven Newman, CEO of Transocean, and four … Continue reading Okay, but will Hayward and Feinberg follow suit?

Drake ToulouseApril 6, 2011April 6, 20112 Comments

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

Well Ken, I suppose congratulations are in order?

From the Walton Sun: The Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) announced Monday that more than half of the claims submitted to the organization for losses associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have been processed. Ken Feinberg, GCCF administrator, reported more than 54 percent of the roughly 256,000 claims submitted since the end of the emergency payment period in November have been processed. “We are … Continue reading Well Ken, I suppose congratulations are in order?

Drake ToulouseMarch 16, 2011March 16, 20114 Comments