Well it never fails that our wonderful Supreme Court once again comes to the rescue of big business. Today the high court has handed down its verdict and overturned the lower courts ruling on how much punitive damage money Exxon must pay to the Alaskan citizens for its causing the nations larges oil spill.
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I came across this blog post in the legal advice forums. It seems that although upper management didn’t just come out and say it they were making this girl feel she was a burden and a major inconvenience due to her condition.

From the post it sounds as if she was backed into a corner and finally had enough. Now it appears she may still be left with breast cancer (the post doesn’t say) and now she has lost her health insurance since she can’t afford the steep monthly payments for COBRA with no income.

It makes me wonder how many other people out there have had a similar experience of being pushed out the door of your job due to some condition health or otherwise that was beyond your control.

If this has happened to you or you have suggestions post your comments. One day all this crap of only doing what’s best for business is going to end and we all will have to sort this out together.

You can read the original post at Help Did breast cancer cost me my job

Technorati Tags: breast cancer, sexual harassment, Brueggers, paid time off

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We all have been asked some stupid and at times blatantly unbelievable questions.  Nowhere is this more prevalent than when dealing with a government office.  This could be the DMV, IRS, INS, SSA and the passport people (don’t know they’re 3 letter acronym, sorry)

My sister sent me a copy of this letter and it really hits the nail on the head.

Enjoy.

Dear Sir,
I’m in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.  How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a t.v. cable from them back in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date.

For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand?  My birth date you have on my social security card, and it is on all the income tax forms I’ve filed for the past 30 years. It is on my health insurance card, my driver’s license, on the last eight goddamn passports I’ve had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I’ve had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that are done at election times.
Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother’s name is Maryanne, my father’s name is Robert and I’d be absolutely astounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!!!!!! SHIT!

I apologize, I’m really pissed off this morning. Between you and me, I’ve had enough of this bullshit! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my fucking address. What is going on? You have a gang of Neanderthal assholes working there!  Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don’t want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for shit sakes. I just want to go and park my ass on a sandy beach.  And would someone please tell me, why would you give a shit whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, I’d sure as hell not want to tell anyone!

Well, I have to go now, ’cause I have to go to the other end of the city and get an other fucking copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of $60. Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day??  Nooooo, that’d be too damn easy and maybe makes sense. You’d rather have us running all over the fuckin’ place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some asshole to confirm that it’s really me on the goddamn picture - you know, the one where we’re not allowed to smile?! (fuckin’ morons)

Hey, you know why we can’t smile? We’re totally pissed off!  Signed - An Irate fucking  Citizen.

P.S. Remember what I said above about the picture and getting someone to confirm that it’s me? Well, my family has been in this country since 1776. I have served in the military for something over 30 years and have had security clearances up the yingyang.  However, I have to get someone ‘important’ to verify who I am - you know, someone like my doctor WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN COMMUNIST fucking CHINA!

David Pidcock
AZ Golf Bum

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It is always great to see people speak their mind and tell the truth. Through my travels down the super highway a post on obesity piqued my curiosity. With a catchy title like “Obesity How the Fat Guy Beside You is Killing You, Your Family and Everything You Love” you know I was all over it like a porker at a pig pickin’.

Point is there is no doubt the USA is the leader in the fattest people on earth contest and also the fattest people on earth dying from their own self inflicted disease contest. We are also the biggest in alot of other areas. Check out Steve’s post and enjoy.

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It was March 23, 1989 when the allegedly drunk Captain Hazelwood rammed the supertanker Exxon Valdez into a reef dumping over 11 million gallons of crude oil into the Prince William Sound.

The spill devastated this once beautiful Alaskan region by killing thousands of birds and other wildlife and turning the area into a barren God-forsaken place.

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Yeah I am talking to all you sellers on Ebay with 10 feedbacks or less!

New rule if a seller has less than 10 feedbacks and they are not 100% positive and buyer has over 100 feedbacks all 100% positive then seller must ship item BEFORE payment is made by buyer.

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Well I thinkI have found a new best friend or at the very least a like minded global citizen.

Yes someone else has the same things to say about everything from creationism, racism, tattoos and piercings. (and I am pretty sure it is from a female prospective, which is freakin great.)

Even though we are bombarded with the 2008 elections, Obama, Hillary, flat tax, Iraq, ad nauseum… there still are somethings that remain the same and as a “THINKING” adult person here are 10 things every adult needs to know or at least be aware of. On that note just let me say one thing and that is truth is always truth. Not believing something to be true does not make it so. Indisputable facts and hard evidence trump guessing and wishing all the time.

The long and short is people alot of us need to lighten up and open up.

Peace.

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Democratic Congressman Robert Wexler has been blowing a big horn calling for the impeachment of the Dark Lord puppet master Dick Cheney.

I must give credit to the Congressman for having the balls to stand up and speak about he who should not be named, however as with all else when reality finally catches up the House and Senate will most likely again tuck their tail and be bulldozed over by the intellect and charm of the Bush regime.

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Yeah little innocent (well guess not so anymore) Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant. Wow like no one saw that one coming.

What pisses me off most is the people that talk about it being such a shame and terrible that she got that way.

Hello@! Stop. Just stop generalizing these trivialities as if these celebrities are just like your kids. Well they are not.

The only thing Jamie Lynn has in common with the average 16 year old is that they have experimented with sex. (Guess Jamie’s results of the experiment were positive ) Other than that she has nothing in common with the average 16 year old pregnant girl from next door.

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The purpose of this site is to vent your frustrations, plain and simple.

If something pisses you off or you have something to say about something that pissed someone else off speak up and comment.

To contribute a post that pissed you off you need to go to the Register and Login section on the bottom right and register.

Although we don’t want to curb anyone’s right at being pissed off there are a few things that will not be tolerated and you will be banned.

1. Racist or other group hate related comments. Under no circumstances will this be tolerated. We do however want to clarify that posting about a politician being busted for homosexual acts is allowed and is NOT the same as degrading or bashing a whole group of people who choose a different life style.
2. Posts that promote violence. Again to clarify. Saying that someone who committed a mass school shooting should get the death penalty is allowed and not the same as saying or advocating the assassination, termination or abduction of any individual or group.

That’s it so enjoy being pissed off as much as you want.

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