re: BP paying out to the average fisherman

frick BP. They deserve every hit they take.

frick yea! They should go under! frick all of those people who work for them and all the jobs they bring this state!

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They should go under!

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exactly. i know there's a lot of gray area regarding this shite and who was affected, but there's a fair punishment somewhere in this.

Everyone has to judge for themselves if they were significantly affected. If you've got significant assets that were unusable for a long time because of the spill, you may deserve some compensation for the insurance and loss of usage. But if you are a dude who goes down to the coast a few times a year and you didn't bother to spend your time further west on the LA coast, you're a POS if you go after any money from BP. Same kind of person claims bullshite medical expenses after a fender bender.

BP is rightfully being taken to the bank for this, but it doesn't mean that you should be going after the money yourself if you're not affected. They deserve just like you and me to have to pay out fair amounts for what they've done, and no more.

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I would expect no less from a trial lawyer.

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You don't know me that well. I took up for BP for a very long time. I made some posts about it a month or so ago. I don't feel like re-hashing it.

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Anybody who takes money from BP who wasn't affected is a piece of shite.

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Yep! Put them right up there with the POS who uses food stamp money to buy beer and cigarettes.

Apples to oranges there. A TPOS, doesn't work, get's subsidized housing, free phone, free food, buys BS with La Purchase or whatever card vs. someone that works, recreational fishes, has to prove they had a fishing license, has to prove they live in a certain parish, who may or may not get a check from BP, and has to pay taxes on it if they do get it.

BP has money set aside for this. Hell, I know people that work for BP in Houma that are signing up for it.

I fish and hunt in coastal marshes and though it wasn't a huge deal, I was affected. I spend my money on conservation every year via CCA and DU while being on the committees, so frick it, sign me up. Maybe I'll spend a little more at the banquets this year. That, and I'll get hydraulic steering on the Xpress.

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At the end of the day, it's still someone taking money they're not entitled to.

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No one is saying they are entitled to it. Hell, I'm not but if those dumbfricks that screwed up by killing the brother of my friend and fricking up the coast want to pay me, then I'll take it. The money I get will probably go back to CCA in one form or another as I already spend a good bit on this already.

Hey bluemoons: I have $100 for you if show me you have a beard. You're going to take this, no?

There's no guarantee it's 3gs. Shite, there's not even a guarantee of any money.

Like I said, I already spend in upwards of $1000 a year on conservation which is a lot for the chump change I make (no OT baller here). This is not including the hours I put in on the committees. I'm not buying drugs or 26" rims with the money. IF I get it, I will have to pay income tax on it, and when I spend it, sales tax.

I mean it's cool yall spend this and that on CCA (LUL) and whatever, but I'm pretty positive I spend both more money and hours on the water than most people here, and I think it's ridiculous. It's cool if you take it. If it's there, that's your prerogative. I'd just never do it myself because it's the same to me what I posted above, and I think the money should be put to other more productive recovery efforts.

I should really rephrase, too. Neither are instances of taking money one isn't entitled to so much as they are taking money under a completely misfounded sense of entitlement.

To each his own.