Thursday, February 26, 2009

I Love Bechtel (NOT!)

Contributed Anonymously:


New Bechtel Happy Video

The race is over, go home.

Anonymous said...

The race is over, go home.

Russia plans to continue modernizing its deterrent

Our enemies are making new and better weapons while we are in unilateral disarmament mode.

Let's not start blaming politics again, enough threads on that. This was a national decision, done over many years through fair elections. The people wanted this, now they have it. No new nukes, tear down the labs, dismantle our deterrent.

God help us all.

February 26, 2009 8:37 AM

65% subsidy for COBRA does not apply to me

Submitted Anonymously:

I spoke to Rep. Ellen Tauscher's field office today and mentioned that
the 65% subsidy for COBRA does not apply to me because I was laid off
from LLNL before the Sept. 1, 2008 window. (The subsidy of up to 9
months is part of the stimulus package.)

I learned that there are no guarantees, but letters are being
collected and packaged together from constituents, setting forth there
stories and what a subsidy would mean for them (such as, how to pay
for insurance after the 18 months of COBRA expires? Being over 50, my
rates for individual insurance are higher than as part of a group).

PLEASE help see if something can be shaken loose for those of us who
were part of a mass layoff to save a federal agency $$, and send along
your personal account to:

Rep. Ellen Tauscher
2121 N. California Blvd.
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Monday, February 23, 2009

Sunday, February 22, 2009

If in doubt about privatization, read this...

Another example of a high profile organization that was killed by privatization.
It is the story of the wolf who promised to guard the sheep...

An Article from Corpwatch.org

LLNS Contract discussion

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