Saturday, July 17, 2010
Student Car Insurance
If you are a student in need of car insurance, you probably already have enough on your plate trying to provide a complete, “unified, and consistent description of the fundamental structure of our universe”, or writing a term paper on the long term consequences of the Civil War. As a student, your time is precious, and the last thing you feel like doing is filling out 16 separate Car Insurance applications searching for the lowest insurance rate. But the price you will pay for car insurance will change greatly from one insurance company to the next. That is why Urban Auto Insurance offers insurance Quotes from sixteen different Insurance companies. At Urban Auto Insurance, we will search to find you the lowest rates.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
BP Lobbied for release of the Lockerbie Bomber
I understand BP is in the business of finding, Drilling for, then selling oil. I do recognize that there are some inherent dangers surrounding the Oil and Gas industries. I wish I could say that we were at a point where we no longer depended on the use of fossil fuels- the sad truth is the World is still addicted to oil.Stick a solar panel on your SUV and see if your able to drive your children to school. More and more it is becoming clear that the "Easy-to-get-to-oil" has been accounted for, resulting in the need to pull fossil fuels out of ever more challenging locations. So with that in mind I will cut British Petroleum a bit of slack at having the occasional accident.
The question is, with the well know dangers and hazards associated with Deep-Water- drilling did BP take "Reasonable Precautions" and have a workable plan to deal with the after-math of the inevitable spill? The simple answer is NO.
Not only did BP not have a plausible plan of action, they demonstrated that their upper-management was filled with Tone-Def, Yacht owners. With Millions of gallons of oil washing into some of our country's most delicate wet-lands; you would think it would be gars to do anything to further damage your company's reputation- WELL THINK AGAIN........
BP confirmed today that it had lobbied the British government in late 2007 for release of the Lockerbie Bomber. For those handful of people that have forgotten; The terrorist attack on Pan Am's Flight 103 took place on Wednesday 21 December 1988. The plane was on flying from London to New York when it was destroyed by an on-board bomb, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members plus 11 more people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland, in total 270 innocent lives were lost.
I understand that at times it can be difficult for large corporations to take political stands on various issues; but being on the "OPPOSIT-SIDE of a mass-murdering-Terrorist should be a rather easy public relations move.
The British Petroleum said it had "Voiced concerns that the slow pace of negotiations risked impeding an offshore drilling deal with Moammar Gadhafi's Libya. Just when I thought BP corporate image could not get any worse; I find that they have dug a Public Relations hole deeper than any off-shore well. And by the way- no "Relief - Well" is going to help cap this disaster.
The question is, with the well know dangers and hazards associated with Deep-Water- drilling did BP take "Reasonable Precautions" and have a workable plan to deal with the after-math of the inevitable spill? The simple answer is NO.
Not only did BP not have a plausible plan of action, they demonstrated that their upper-management was filled with Tone-Def, Yacht owners. With Millions of gallons of oil washing into some of our country's most delicate wet-lands; you would think it would be gars to do anything to further damage your company's reputation- WELL THINK AGAIN........
BP confirmed today that it had lobbied the British government in late 2007 for release of the Lockerbie Bomber. For those handful of people that have forgotten; The terrorist attack on Pan Am's Flight 103 took place on Wednesday 21 December 1988. The plane was on flying from London to New York when it was destroyed by an on-board bomb, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members plus 11 more people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland, in total 270 innocent lives were lost.
I understand that at times it can be difficult for large corporations to take political stands on various issues; but being on the "OPPOSIT-SIDE of a mass-murdering-Terrorist should be a rather easy public relations move.
The British Petroleum said it had "Voiced concerns that the slow pace of negotiations risked impeding an offshore drilling deal with Moammar Gadhafi's Libya. Just when I thought BP corporate image could not get any worse; I find that they have dug a Public Relations hole deeper than any off-shore well. And by the way- no "Relief - Well" is going to help cap this disaster.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Transformers in Chicago
A long time ago, and far from Chicago, the planet of Cybertron, was home to a war between the "Autobots" and the Decepticons over control of a talisman called "Allspark." In an attempt to protect "Allspark" from falling into the hands Megatron, leader of the Decepticons; Optimus Prime (leader of the Autobots) hid it here on earth.
From what I can gather the movie has something to do with all these giant transforming robots waging some kind of explosive battle here on Earth, while every male in the audience focused on Megan Fox.
Well, it appears that the battle has come to the "Chicago Loop."
This past weekend, most of the streets of heart of Chicago's financial district had been taken-over by these robots, or at least by DreamWorks SKG. Streets were littered with what looked like massive pieces of falling debris, massive gapping holes, burnt abandoned cars, in other-words- it looked more like the West-Side of Chicago.
In answer to your question; as an Insurance Agent specializing in Car Insurance; Acts of War are not covered under your Auto Insurance policy - while never tested court, I assume that includes war brought to Earth from an other planet.
I'm not sure what plot turns were used to bring the war to the streets of Chicago, but I am sure that the Chicago's budget will benefit from the large checks the movie studio is witting. In fact, I think Mayor Daley would be well advised to steal this "Allspark" Talisman, keep it hidden forcing the battle to continue along with the seven figure checks from DreamWorks.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Mad As Hell
With The War in Afghanistan raging since October 7, 2001, and the Iraq War, ongoing from March 20, 2003, It is easy to understand American's ever increasing feeling we are stuck in an ever deepening and costly quagmire.
While the Bank closings and collapse of the "Sub-Prime" markets never brought us to the depths of the "Depression," there is a sense that the "New-Normal" is dreary at best. Yes, we have improved greatly from the numbers at the end of the Bush administration when we were loosing 400,000 - 750,000 jobs per month- in fact we have seen jobs growth. What we have not seen is any truly bright light at the end of the tunnel.
As a result of years of deregulation, we now wake up each morning to hear about another 50,000 plus barrels of oil pouring into the Gulf, destroying some of American's most delicate wet-lands.
Our Local Governments are broke, Schools are being forced to increase class sizes to 35 despite clear data showing the negative effect such changes will have on our students.Roads have potholes large enough to swallow a dog and many of our bridges seem held up by rust and duck tape.
It is with this in mind that a new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that 57% of Americans state they have "just some" or no confidence in President Obama ability to make the right decisions for America. Before the opposition "Licks it's chops," they better read that 73 percent had just some or no confidence in congressional Republicans to make the right decisions for the country..
We are Mad as Hell- But we don't have the slightest idea WHO to be mad at!
Fiscal conservatives are angry at what they see as an exploding deficit for which they will lay blame at Obama's feet, while the smartest of them recognize that the previous Republican showed a complete lake of fiscal discipline. Liberals who invested an allegiance in Obama that one often reserves for saints; have found him unable to bring forth the Utopian dreams his cadency promised. And the "Tea-Bag- People" seem somehow irate to find that we are no longer living in the 19th century.
The hard to face truth is that America faces some difficult challenges. While common sense tells us that our greatest hope of setting our country back on tracks is for Democrats and Republicans to work together for a common good; the current political climate makes such self-sacrifice beyond hope.
While the Bank closings and collapse of the "Sub-Prime" markets never brought us to the depths of the "Depression," there is a sense that the "New-Normal" is dreary at best. Yes, we have improved greatly from the numbers at the end of the Bush administration when we were loosing 400,000 - 750,000 jobs per month- in fact we have seen jobs growth. What we have not seen is any truly bright light at the end of the tunnel.
As a result of years of deregulation, we now wake up each morning to hear about another 50,000 plus barrels of oil pouring into the Gulf, destroying some of American's most delicate wet-lands.
Our Local Governments are broke, Schools are being forced to increase class sizes to 35 despite clear data showing the negative effect such changes will have on our students.Roads have potholes large enough to swallow a dog and many of our bridges seem held up by rust and duck tape.
It is with this in mind that a new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that 57% of Americans state they have "just some" or no confidence in President Obama ability to make the right decisions for America. Before the opposition "Licks it's chops," they better read that 73 percent had just some or no confidence in congressional Republicans to make the right decisions for the country..
We are Mad as Hell- But we don't have the slightest idea WHO to be mad at!
Fiscal conservatives are angry at what they see as an exploding deficit for which they will lay blame at Obama's feet, while the smartest of them recognize that the previous Republican showed a complete lake of fiscal discipline. Liberals who invested an allegiance in Obama that one often reserves for saints; have found him unable to bring forth the Utopian dreams his cadency promised. And the "Tea-Bag- People" seem somehow irate to find that we are no longer living in the 19th century.
The hard to face truth is that America faces some difficult challenges. While common sense tells us that our greatest hope of setting our country back on tracks is for Democrats and Republicans to work together for a common good; the current political climate makes such self-sacrifice beyond hope.
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