Reasons Why People Are Mad As Hell
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- May
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Here’s two:
REASON ONE: Gasoline prices are out of control, and there’s no real explanation for it. Except greed.
The spike in car fuel is now reportedly hitting average families to the tune of an extra $1,000 a year. One official from Triple A in California put it best, saying, “It’s like we’ve been hit with an extra tax.”
That’s exactly what it is—an extra tax. Who benefits? The oil companies, of course, the guys who are reporting record quarterly profits.
The explanations are always the same—the situation in the Mid-East, the post-Katria problems with oil refineries, etc. But how is it that in light of those problems, the consumer gets poorer and the seller only gets richer?
Triple A is calling for a federal investigation.
REASON TWO: Closer to home, there’s Con Edison, the utility that performed so poorly during recent wind storms that kept people in the dark for weeks. Now they’re seeking a rate increase! They’re requesting a 17 percent hike for New York City and Westchester homeowners and a 10.7 percent increase for businesses.
Give some credit to County Legislator Martin Rogowsky, D-Harrison, for demanding that the county’s Public Utility Service Agency to go before the Public Service Commission and say, “Enough is enough!”
Rogowsky said the increase is “outrageous” since Con Ed, just like the oil companies has been raking in big bucks. Their first quater profits amounted to $256 million, a 41 percent boost over last year.
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Phil Reisman is a veteran journalist and native of Westchester County. He began his career in 1977 as the head copy boy of a startup New York City newspaper that quickly went belly up. Reisman was not to blame for the newspaper's failure, or so he claims.
I saw an interview with the CEO of Mobil Oil. When asked if his company would lower prices, in light of record profits, he became annoyed. His response was no, my responsibility is to the share holders not the American public. Do you think he is familiar with the term “excess profit tax”.
Linda Puglisi has stated her town’s taxes would rise by 200% across the board, were Indian Point to shut down. Keeping the annoying old gem running, will save regional taxpayers about a billion a year (what IPEC puts into the economy). Add to that fact, Enron-type brokered power, produced elsewhere, and piped in at premium rates, can rise astronomically in price, simply by some Keyspan exec deciding to shut down one plant, for bogus “repairs” in a heat wave. (the tactic used in California). Indian Point is the only reason that hasn’t happened here. If IPEC closes, you will very soon see the day of the $1500 per month electric bill, and I’m not just talking about Hillary’s & RFK’s castles, I mean everybody.
Big, I knew you’d weigh in on that one. OK, OK, OK!!! All I’m asking is for you to use your super powers to make sure the plant runs properly…then find us a safe place to put the spent fuel rods. That may be easier for you to accomplish than figuring out your Con Ed bill.
Nice talking like this, Phil.
The powers that train, that lead, that oversee, that inspect, that motivate, and that inculcate caring attitudes in the workforce are working overtime on supersizing each little employee’s conscience, community awareness, technical competencies, and desire to do the right thing. Workloads are closely looked at, so nobody is stretched thin. (That kind of mind-massage was unnacceptable to the old ranks of NYPA & Con Ed guaranteed lifetime employees, but they were bribed to leave 3 years ago, and mainly have.)The good people here now, care about just the issues you talk about, with a cool, determined passion that would have been verboten to display 7 years ago, for fear of their tires getting slashed. That’s all over. The crew is top notch, and getting better daily. Morale is excellent. Training has just been nationally re-accredited for the combined units, meaning no more uncomfortable learning glitches, as unit 2 jockeys learn or fail unit 3 lingo. We are one, and everybody is trained up. Three levels of waste futuring are in train right now. First: Dry casks will accept all the unit one rods real soon (you know, the strontium leakers)..... In the casks they won’t leak because they’re dry, and sealed in massive steel+concrete sarcophagi. (I love that word). Second: Yucca mountain is going forward, no matter what opposers/deceivers say. Third: All future unit2/unit3 offloads will go to casks, and the fuel pools will end up drained, and empty of uranium.
The so-called sewage tritium leak is looking like an overeager false positive by an eager-to- tell lab tech. (Better that, than eager-to-hide, right?). An RNN poll a week ago had the responding populace 60% to 30% in favor of keeping the little money-saver humming, which jibes closely with the Manhattanville 67% to 33% survey, and the Bisconti (national) 80% to 15% survey.
Were Hall, Hinchey, Lowey, Schumer, Clinton et al. not stuck issue-wise in late 2001 by way of overeager anti-nuclear position paper writers, and that solid 5000 name Riverkeeper mailing list , you might have somebody political doing something productive for John Q, electrically, or waste disposal-wise , .....but this will not happen, at least until after the 2008 food fight. That’s beyond Entergy’s power to influence, except to say, tell your reps you want tax relief, and guaranteed electricity, and not some concert slogan from Orleans in 1981. I loved Orleans. The guy who sang “Still The One” was Larry Hoppen, the bass player. He and his brother were the core of the band. Betcha didn’t know that. But who’s taking credit now? Would this credit-usurper fool you on any other issues? You decide. On your part, you might suggest to Fred and the other big-wigs to value their Union People, and don’t go cheapskate on us now, because lots of little things are going to keep needing repair.
But this won’t mean you have any worries. Its just normal factory maintenance, as seen under a 10,000-power purple magnifying glass, provided courtesy of the hack political opposers/deceivers. Remember, entire families, grandparent, father, son/daughter are totally invested in bringing our neighbors this locally produced, locally used commodity, and its in the local community’s best interest to trust their own neighbors, for God’s sake. Would I blow up a damned plant I live three quarters of a mile from?
Most opposers/deceivers are carpetbagging temporary Hudsoners, and their rants are written for them by NIRS in Washington, or Amsterdam, even. Lisa Van Suntum is a great and smart lady, saddled with an anti-local, elitist, anti-blue-collar hysteria message that I know embarrasses the hell out of her. But a job’s a job, right? Al Matthiessen can choose his Connecticut house, his Shelter Island house, his East Fifth Street pad, or his Dad’s house out west, but I always lived here, and always will, unless run out by irresponsible daffy-head elitist affordability-destruction. Me, and mine, we have to make this all work, here, ... now. The deceivers have Bannff to run away to. The rest of us don’t.
As Big, and you will receive.
You sir, are not a cyborg. You are a god,
Or demigod at the very least. Seriously Phil, who did you mate with to create 67? It wasn’t Cassandra. At least she could see into the future. 67 can barely see past his nose. And a long nose it is. I havn’t heard such hubris since the White Star Shipping Line trotted out The Titanic. Unsinkable? Indeed! Who’s Goebbels now? Entergy uberall! We all know Entergy spends a great deal of money on propiganda.
Don’t listen to me. Don’t listen to Phil and for Pete’s sake
don’t listen to 67. The next time your with a group of people having a casual conversation, just ask them nonchalently how they feel about Indian Point. I’m sure more than 33% Will say they’re at least concerned with the operation. They may not want to shut it down but at least they want to see it change hands. You might be suprised at some of the responses you get. Go ahead ,try it. Like the commercial says, even a CAVEMAN can do it. Which we should all practice being just in case the darn thing ever does blow. Don’t worry if it does 67, I’m sure Big Mike can set you up at the castle Kansler. I hear it’s in Rye Brook. Just a hop skip and a jump from the Point. Funny thing, you mention Puglisi,Hillary,Hall,Hinchey,Lowey,Schumer,Hoppen and Matthiessen, but not Kansler…never Big Mike Kansler. Why Big Mike is to Entergy what Ming is to Mongo. With a better moustasch. So if you want to hear a fairy tale don’t listen to 67. Read “Goldilocks” or “Little Red Riding Hood”. Say,that sounds like a good for a cartoon. Little Red representing the unwary Westchester public. The Big Bad Wolf representing Michael Kansler(The Grand Poobah of Entergy). O
Please forgive the sudden cutoff of my previous blog but I was dealing with a leaking container of juice and while cleaning up the mess accidentally hit the submit button. Just goes to prove anyone can make mistakes, anytime. Not a bad response time though. Take that IP. The wrap up should be:
With grandma in the wolfs belly, undigested because Plutonim
Is Forever. Oh Mr.Davies.
Ball, I refuse to hold it against you that you spell poorly, believe in slogans as philosophy, have a thought stream somewhat like that of a fruit-fly, and can’t hold your orange juice.
Nobody’s perfect.
Who is this “Kansler” you keep ranting about?
You don’t know who signs your paycheck and sends you your daily directives? He’s the chief operating officer of all Entergy nuclear plants. Kind of like “The Wizard of Rods” But you knew that all the time, didn’t you? How could anyone with his nose so far up Entergy’s aspirations NOT know? You mean to tell me that YOU, who knows more about Entergy than Quisling knew about the Third Reich doesn’t know that Michael Kansler is the head of Entergy! Ha,ha! That’s a real knee slapper that one. I guess the old saying is true. Just like a dead fish, Entergy stinks from the head down. However I won’t hold your fear of slogans against you. Here it comes. Close your eyes. Plutonium Is Forever.
I’m paid by electronic deposit direct from Jackson Mississippi, my boss is a local homeowner, father, EMT, volunteer fireman , scoutmaster, baseball coach and church deacon whose own Dad worked at Indian Point since it was built. His boy is in Iraq right now, (second tour). My personal aspiration is to help my wife get over the death of our son at age 39 in a car accident, and my nose is not up anything, son.
Do you want to know what is forever? A dead son is forever.
Now sloganeer on that, my friend.
Hey Big, how do you know when a junkie is lying.
The answer is when his lips are moving. In your case it’s when his fingers are typing.
I will meet you at dawn on the Bronx River Parkway, you cur.
Choose your weapons
Have your seconds bring a body bag.
We spend so much time looking at the big story that sometimes we miss the small chapters in life. I’m told the greatest heartbreak a parent can suffer through is the loss of a child. Recently, I too went through the heartbreak of loosing a loved one, my mother. She was 82 years old and died from natural causes but it doesn’t matter what the age and circumstances are when it comes to the loss of someone we hold so dear. After all no matter how different our tour may be, we all sail on the same ship, embark at the same dock and depart at the same destination. You have my condolences. I wish you with all my heart and soul the successful completion of your personal aspiration. If you think It would give your wife any comfort please remind her that your son is now one with God, and the universe. God bless you and your wife.
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