jarman here on the news you need to know the speedy gets off bc
on thursday twelve giant vp clean guilty of fourteen charges related to the
twenty pdt engulf will spill
agreed to pay for a half billion dollars in fines
tied in a larger settlement our nation's history
it's nothing compared to the actual damage b_p_ determination two years ago
a senior investigator with greenpeace said the settlement quote fails every
aspect of the common accepted notion of
spokesperson with public citizen respond to the settlement saying quote
were stunned the settlement is pathetic
the point of criminal justice system is twofold to punish
and to deter this does not have and of course
over the course of three months bps oil wells spew five million barrels of oil
into the gulf of mexico choking marine life
blanketing coastlines
and ruining small businesses
public citizen estimates the total amount of damage caused by this bill and
more than fifty
billion
dollars yet vp is liable for only four recap billion
which is less money than that corporation makes in just three months
there is still a possibility to workers at the p will face manslaughter charges
and take the fall for the deaths of eleven men
who died when it will read exploded
the ultimately there will be no lasting punishment for vp which is going back to
business as usual punching holes in our gulf of mexico
this was the worst environmental disaster in our nation's history
that is an f_ resided b_p_ to corporate death penalty in revoke their corporate
charter here in the united states
but i don't know what is
corporations are run roughshod over our nation for too long
it's time to restrain them like teddy roosevelt did after the robber baron era
in scrutiny use the united states postal service is dying in congress isn't
willing to help
for twenty twelve the post office
suffered its worst loss ever nearly sixteen billion dollars roughly three
times bigger than last year's laws all this goes back to that poison pill
legislation passed by congressional republicans and signed by george w_ bush
in two thousand six they required the post office to devote billions of
dollars every year
free funny now retiree health benefits plan seventy-five years out into the
future
all congress has to do is reduce the burdens of this payment
post office will be self-sufficient again
postmaster general patrick dot he responded with financial woes saying
quote we cannot sustain large losses indefinitely it's critical that congress
do its part
and passed comprehensive legislation before they adjourned the sheer move the
postal service further down the path
toward fiscal health
public it's congress aren't budgie no primarily because the post office post a
large unionized workforce
it would disappear if the post office goes under
another words are republicans are willing to take down an institution
older than the united states itself
just to secure more victories in their war on labor
all your member of congress and tell them they can't let this happen it's
time to save the post office
in the best of the rest of the news the nation's largest retailer wal-mart has
good reason to be worried today
on tuesday warehouse retail workers with walmart stores in california and seattle
begin walking off the job to protest unsafe working conditions
and retaliation by management
is just the latest strikes a long series of ordinary actions it's wal-mart
gaining in september
and these actions will continue through black friday
organization making change of wal-mart issued a press release on thursday
promising more strikes rallies online action walmart stores
leading up to and on black friday
over the next week more than a thousand demonstrations are planned outside
wal-mart's across the nation
in cities like los angeles miami dallas in chicago
shoes black friday could mark the return of organized labor
democrats in the senate are committed to filibuster reform
last few years of seeing record numbers of filibusters by the republican
minority prompting senate majority leader he reread to admit
but the rules of the senate have been abused to need to change
on the leading proponents a filibuster reform
organ senator jeff markley suggested in an interview with the huffington post at
a key chains to the filibuster next year could be
foreseen senators to actually stayed on the floor and talk
in order to obstruct legislation
if the minority can't muster up enough people willing to physically filibuster
the bill
and a simple majority vote would be needed to advance of the senate
he climbs upcoming
it's issue number one to be settled with the new senate convenes next year
karl rove doesn't just have disappointed billionaires to deal with after
republicans resounding defeat on election day
ini also have to deal with the f_b_i_
the group citizens for responsibility and affix in washington
filed complaints on thursday with the federal election commission
and the f_b_i_
alleging the crawl rolled violated election law by not revealing his donors
brenda law five oh one c_ four groups like american crossroads
must disclose any donations that are intended for specific independent
expenditures like t_v_ ads
at bloomberg business week reported in september
the rove received as much as three million dollars from an anonymous donor
to defeat senate democrat shared brown in ohio
those groups cuts of more than six million dollar specifically on that race
it didn't disclose a single donor
now it's up to the f_e_c_ in the f_b_i_
to determine if they want to pursue penalties
or charges
stay tuned
and finally sega bada twinkies
response to workers striking against pay and benefits cuts posters brands which
makes the iconic twenty has announced it will file for bankruptcy shot dot all
its u_s_ facilities
layoff all of its eighteen
thousand five hundred employees
alle latest casually in corporate america's war on labor is the golden
being filled desert
it's been around since nineteen there
and that's the way it is today friday of amber sixteen
twenty twelve
i'm tom harkin