response 75 of 119:

Jan 23 04:42 UTC 2006

HARD TARGET

response 77 of 119:

Jan 24 02:00 UTC 2006

Re resp:47: I think Nagin's "Chocolate City" comment was stupid and 
irresponsible.  I also think I understand what he was getting at, 
though.  Some of the decisions that have been made about what 
neighborhoods will be allowed to rebuild look suspiciously like 
someone's trying to make New Orleans into a theme park for rich white 
people.  I think he was trying to reassure people that everyone else is 
welcome back, too. 
 

response 79 of 119:

Jan 24 05:02 UTC 2006

Nice phone, Dave.

response 81 of 119:

Jan 24 09:38 UTC 2006

I have never been bonded for any purpose.  We did have to get certified 
here by the state of Louisiana to carry a gun on site.  Many sites we 
cover are currently unarmed, but there is talk that FEMA will soon 
allow armed officers on those sites.

The Law Enforcement down here think it is silly to be on site as a 
guard and not carry a gun.  they know what it is like down here.

response 83 of 119:

Jan 27 11:05 UTC 2006

I had an interesting conversation tonight with a couple of people who 
are residents of the south.  One born and raised in New Orleans, the 
other in Mississippi.

Their lack of reasoning skills left me at a loss for words.  That the 
NO resident would be willing to fight for her house which was totally 
unliveable and which she didn't even own simply because it contained 
her mothers silver which she had no desire to retrieve.

And the gentlemans firm belief, even though a veteran of the U.S. Army, 
a preacher, and a college graduate that it was totally possible for men 
to breed with ship simply because sheep have periods, and that the name 
achilles was a biblical name.

I am at a loss...

response 85 of 119:

Jan 27 13:04 UTC 2006

A hockey game has periods, does that mean I can breed with one?

response 87 of 119:

Jan 27 17:11 UTC 2006

re #85
You'll have to take it in the "penalty box" cuz "sticking" isn't allowed

response 89 of 119:

Jan 30 11:59 UTC 2006

found out that the reason the hotel wants to keep us evfen though we 
are taking up a lot of their rooms is that we are a lot cheaper than 
hiring the police for security, particularly during mardi gras.

the police have a starting salary of $24,000 a year or their abouts.  
Not a lot.  On the other hand, they get a premium working as security 
guards.  $45 an hour base with a minimum 3 hours.  $85 an hour for 
anything with alcohol being served and a minimum of 4 hours for 2 
officers.  For things like weddings.  For Mardi Gras, they get $106 an 
hour, minimum 4 hours.

Police are also selling T-shirts now with a reference to Ray nagins 
chocolate city statement.  It has an NOPD logo on the breast, and a 
large logo with the words Chocolate city Police on the back and in big 
letters " We're Bitter".  They come in chocolate color of course.

I bought two.

I have a report that I am looking into that some of the guys down here 
were hired even though they failed the drug screen.  Also reports of 
people smoking weed in the rooms.

we had someone get drunk and vomit in one room.  He didn't clean it 
up.  He followed it up by pissing on the wall.  To drunk for his own 
good, or that of his room mates.  Also, one guy in that room has had 
$600 come up missing.

also, last week we had 3 guys come in and set up in their room, then go 
to work.  While they were at work, 3 more guys were moved into their 
room, tossed their stuff into a corner, and even put one guys stuff out 
in the hall.  The guys who had their stuff tossed quit, and the other 
three were fired.

This is just more proof that many of these guys have no respect for 
other peoples stuff.  These guys are all young by the way that are 
abusing other peoples stuff.  We had one guy the other day walk thru 
the lobby in uniform with his pants sagging to his knees.  real 
professional looking.  NOT!

Another kid tried to get me to give him keys to the vans.  I managed by 
default of position to become the Keymaster for the vans.  He said he 
needed the keys to go to the drug store to get calamine for a rash.  I 
didn't see a rash, and by his attitude I think he was going after 
something to self medicate.  I mean, the Walgreens is just 4 blocks 
away, easy walking distance.  I told him he had to get a managers 
permission to take a van, not mine.

No one ever collects unemployment from this company either, I hear.  
They won't fire you after 90 days.
They won't lay you off.
They just won't have any work for you in Michigan.

Talked to a guy who worked for Wakenhut international before he took a 
job with CSS.  They were paying $18 an hour with 44 hours of OT.  and 
$300 per diem besides.  They lost the contract to a company that 
underbid them (like ours does) and he came to work for us.  he was 
making $2208 base pay plus only two to a room, and a rental car at 
their disposal.

so it appears the cost of security is dropping.  I understand their are 
companies that do this disaster thing on a regular basis, paying high 
wages for short periods.  I can make more in 4 months than I do working 
year round at that rate.  I am looking into it.  it woud require 
working in rough conditions such as earthquakes and tornadoes and 
hurricane aftermath, and maybe big events where they need people for a 
short time ( think superbowl).

we had an incident at my old site with one of he trailers.  They were 
getting it hitched to a contractors truck to get pulled to a site, and 
when the ready crew went into the trailer to secure it, it exploded.  
Two of the work crew injured and the trailer destroyed.

What is scary is they do not think it was propane from the tanks, but 
rather fumes from the glue used in the manufacture of the trailer.  
This may very well slow down trailer deliveries because they are unsafe.

response 91 of 119:

Jan 30 18:25 UTC 2006

Tod, didnt you know that "bru" stands for BRUtha?

response 93 of 119:

Jan 30 18:50 UTC 2006

re #91
*snort*

response 95 of 119:

Jan 31 18:28 UTC 2006

Yes, I don't want a chocolate city police t-shirt.

response 97 of 119:

Feb 1 15:10 UTC 2006

I think I am going to get a shirt that says "I dont live in NOLA but if 
I did, I would have survived the hurricane becuase I am rich and white" 

Luckily I am fat enough to get that all to fit on a t-shirt. 

response 99 of 119:

Feb 1 16:59 UTC 2006

I was thinking a t-shirt like:

I looted NOLA and all I got was this lousy t-shirt